Hi Justin, You wrote: << 2. Second, I notice that Brions from Kirrberg are listed in the Reformed Church registers from Diedendorf (which begin in 1698) and also in the Reformed Church registers from Rauwiller (which begin in 1723). I have read that the area was settled very early (16th century) by Protestant Huguenots, and that, at various times, church communities were closed/decimated. My question is: Is the Reformed parish at Rauwiller a "daughter" parish to the one in Diedendorf? I'm trying to analogize to the situation I've encountered in Eastern European research, which is, if you live in village X, you attend church in village Y, and your baptisms, marriages, funerals, are recorded in village Y 99.999% of the time, unless for some exceptional reason you happen to be in village Z when an important life event happens. Hence my question, can I *analogize *this properly to Reformed parishes in the Alsace? That is, if someone lives in Kirrberg, will they always go to the parish which "covers" their village for ecclesiastical acts? If so, did that change in 1723 or so for Kirrberg? Otherwise, why are Brions from Kirrberg mentioned in both Diedendorf and Rauwiller records? Any resources which can help me understand the development of these parishes would be very much appreciated.>> Count Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrücken has introduced the Reform in his county. After 1559, he asked that Huguenots from France repopulate the devasted villages in his county. They came mostly from the area of Metz (Lorraine), and also from Champagne, Normandy, Burgundy and the Midi. These Huguenots settled in 7 destroyed villages in Northern Alsace (Bas-Rhin): Altwiller, Burbach, Eywiller, Diedendorf, Goerlingen, Kirrberg and Rauwiller. These villages became "welsches villages" because their population spoke French and not Alsacian dialect. The inhabitants of these villages were not easily accepted by the inhabitants of the other villages due to the other language they spoke and to their other religion (Calvinist and not Lutheran). Thus, these new settlers intermarried in the above 7 villages. Ewald

Thank you Ewald. This information is very helpful. Can anyone tell me how to get the Hein CD? Justin On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Ewald Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Justin, > > You wrote: > > << 2. Second, I notice that Brions from Kirrberg are listed in the > Reformed > Church registers from Diedendorf (which begin in 1698) and also in the > Reformed Church registers from Rauwiller (which begin in 1723). I have > read > that the area was settled very early (16th century) by Protestant > Huguenots, > and that, at various times, church communities were closed/decimated. My > question is: Is the Reformed parish at Rauwiller a "daughter" parish to > the > one in Diedendorf? I'm trying to analogize to the situation I've > encountered in Eastern European research, which is, if you live in village > X, you attend church in village Y, and your baptisms, marriages, funerals, > are recorded in village Y 99.999% of the time, unless for some exceptional > reason you happen to be in village Z when an important life event happens. > Hence my question, can I *analogize *this properly to Reformed parishes in > the > Alsace? That is, if someone lives in Kirrberg, will they always go to the > parish which "covers" their village for ecclesiastical acts? If so, did > that change in 1723 or so for Kirrberg? Otherwise, why are Brions from > Kirrberg mentioned in both Diedendorf and Rauwiller records? Any resources > which can help me understand the development of these parishes would be > very > much appreciated.>> > > Count Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrücken has introduced the Reform in his county. > After 1559, he asked that Huguenots from France repopulate the devasted > villages in his county. They came mostly from the area of Metz > (Lorraine), and also from Champagne, Normandy, Burgundy and the Midi. These > Huguenots settled in 7 destroyed villages in Northern Alsace > (Bas-Rhin): Altwiller, > Burbach, Eywiller, Diedendorf, Goerlingen, Kirrberg and Rauwiller. > > These villages became "welsches villages" because their population spoke > French and not Alsacian dialect. > The inhabitants of these villages were not easily accepted by the > inhabitants of the other villages due to the other language they spoke and > to their other religion (Calvinist and not Lutheran). > Thus, these new settlers intermarried in the above 7 villages. > > Ewald > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >