+TOURIST OFFICE+ >bar sur seine, france +DEAR FRIENDS, >we shall visit you in september, 2009 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >WE ARE SEEKING INFORMATION relating to the verloin degruy and following families who LIVED IN YOUR REGION. in the 15th-18th cent. +MAGNY FOUCHARD CHATEAU+ >was their main residence but they also lived at versailles. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >PRIMARY FAMILIES OF OUR INTEREST IN YOUR AREA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1) de GRUYERE/deGRUY 2) VERLOING/VERLOIN 3) VALENTIN 4) FOUCHERE/FOUCHER 5) deVIRGY 6) le PERRY 7) BOSSANCOURT 8) PAMPLUME 9) d'AULNAY 10) VILLENEUVE 11) MONTMORENCY 12) BOUTTEVILLE >NOTE: many of these families related to the knights templar / shroud of turin history and i believe your >BAR SUR SEINE HISTORY IS AN IMPORTANT TEMPLAR PLACE OF INTEREST. +HUGHES de PAYEN< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >we are very interested in bar sur seine as a locus of the founder of the knights templar +HUGHES de PAYEN, & BELIEVE+ +OUR FAMILY WAS INVOLVED.+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the degruy family descends in part from the >deVIRGY-deCHARNY FAMILIES (original owners of the shroud >OF LIREY / TURIN ) ^^^^^^^^^^^ +DOCUMENTA/INFORMATION+ +BIBLIOGRAPHY+ >we thank you for any information (BOOKS, PAMPHLETS ETC) >either by e-mail or on paper. MAPS, LETTERS, PHOTOS.) SINCERELY eugene ray professor emeritus 5161 renaissance ave. (unit "b") san diego, california u.s.a. 92122 >note: i shall be grateful for contact with historians, libraries etc. also who can help us. i represent a (deGRUY DESCENDENTS) >large group of the degruy< >family largely in louisiana.<