Bonjour I am interested in the above named families. Sophia Aufrere, descendent of Anthony Aufrere of Norfolk Co., Eng., married William Dawson. Their son Frederick Dawson was born 1794. I am a descendent of Frederick's daughter Matilda Hill Dawson and Robert Arthur Puckle. The Aufrere name is very common in our family as a forename. The Lefevre name came to the US and in the late 1700s merged with the PRICE line, which is of German extraction, not English. My Great-grandfather was George Lefevre Price, son of Christian Price and Sybil Wells of NY State. I welcome any information on these families. Jean Born in England, but now in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

I search Eymer From Saintonge (near Melle, La Rochelle) to United States via England. Where Search? My Web genealogy : http://perso.club-internet.fr/jceymer http://jeanclaude.eymer.free.fr Réunion Island : http://jceymer.multimania.com Http://jceymer.waika9.com Email : jceymer@club-internet.fr

Hi, everyone -- This is in response to Edelgard <udostrobel@surfeu.de> who posted on 7 March re: surname ZACHE (and variants: Zachey, Zachae, Zachai, Zachaj, Zachae) in Poland, specifically asking if this name had Huguenot origins. I can't answer that question but it might be helpful to get in touch with the Polish Huguenot Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Hugenockie). This is a new Society, just organized in the last couple of months. To get in touch with them, please e-mail Kazimierz Bem at kdebem@hotmail.com or the Society itself at hugenota@hotmail.com. Hope this helps. Good luck! Andrea

Sylvias mail concerning Le Havre was of great interest to me, as about 80% of the Huguenot residents of that place are relatives of mine and many of the names she mentioned are connected in some way to my family. The small Protestant community for 200 years married almost exclusively within their religion, one assumes this was arranged by their parents to cement alliances and perpetuate the faith. However although the names BARBEY/BARBET, BEUZEVILLE, LEVESQUE, JACOB, HEBER(T), GUILLMART/GUILLMAND, AND HEUZE were familiar I saw no connection between them all. My research has concentrated on the Protestant temples at Sanvic and Senitot, so perhaps they were from outside the city. I would be interested in further information concerning these good people. I have been to LE HAVRE several times, unfortunately the city itself was virtually destroyed by the allied invaders in 1944, and little of interest remains to be seen. Of more interest are the towns outside of the city which escaped most of the war. If you really want to get a flavor of what life must have been like in olden days go across the seine to Honfleur, this ancient fishing village seems untouched since the 1500's, and some parts are way older than that. Even though my family was from Le Havre I am ceertain that some must have crossed the river to the old town and visited friends and cousins there. There are still people with my family name of GODIN living in Honfleur and Le Havre. I especially enjoyed a trip to Fecamp where my DU FOU family originated and where there was another small community of Huguenots. Should you wish you can visit the Distillery there where they make a famous Brandy liqueur. Sylvia I would love to hear about your trip and wish you a wonderful time, I hope the weather is good so you can enjoy the most beautiful countryside in France. I feel that it must have broken the hearts of some of my family to leave the beautiful fields of Normandy, for foreign places and when I go back I feel some of their joy in being in such beautiful countryside. Enjoy Chris

Hello, I am new to this list and I'm searching for informations about the family ZACHE or Caché, which shall have Huguenotic roots. My ancestors lived in the area of Kalisch, province Posen. Relatives told me, that they emigrated from Bad Bentheim near the Dutch border in the beginnig of the 18th century, lived in Brandenburg and then settled in Poland, where they were called Zachey, Zachae, Zachai, Zachaj, Zachae. Does anybody know, if Zache is a Huguenotic name? Any informations are greatly appreciated. Regards from Solingen (Germany) Edelgard

These are the huguenot ancestors I am working on. Jacques COSSART b-1595 and wife Rachael GELTON of Liege, now in Belgium, removed to Amsterdam later Leyden Holland. Birth records of their daughter show that they were living in Leyden in 1632. Their son Jacques COSSART was born 1639 in Leyden and was married 14 Aug. 1656 Walloon Church Frankenthal, Germany to Lydia WILLEMS (Lea VILLMAN) I am not sure which spelling is correct. Louis Du BOIS bapt: 21 Oct. 1626 at Lille, Parish Church of Wicres, France. Suppose to be son of Chaetien Maxmillian Des FIENNES. Louis Du BOIS married 10 Oct. 1655 French Protestant Church at Mannheim, in the Pfalz, German Palatinate, Catherine BLANCHAN, daughter of Matthys BLANCHAN & Madeleine Brissen JORISSE. Their daughter Sara Du BOIS married Jooste Jan Van METERAN b-Gelderland, Holland 1656. I am not certain if the METERAN's were Huguenots or not Matthew BLANCHAN was a man of some note in his native town of Nouvelle Le Conte before being compelled to flee to Manheim. He was a distiller by occupation. Matthew BLANCHAN and his wife Madeleine Brissen JORISSE were originally from the village of Nouville Le Comte in the Province of Artois. They sojourned in the Mannheim Colony for a few years with their daughters, Madeleine and Elizabeth and a son Mathieu who had been born there. The antecedents of Matthew BLANCHAN are deduced from the record of a marriage contract dated 12 Apr 1649, recorded at the Walloon or Strangers' Church of Canterbury England, between: "Anthoin BLANCHAMP, son of the late Leonin, and the late Isabeau LeROY, his father and mother, assisted by Mathieu BLANCHAM, his brother; and Martinne VALQUE, daughter of Jacques, assisted Jaque VALQUE (VALKE), her brother, and Mathieu MARHEIM." (Ref: Huguenot Society of London, Collections Vol. 5 part 3, page 725) Pierre NOE b-early 1600's, Walslant, France and came on the Spotted Cow from Holland in 1663. Married Margaret DUMONT 1659 at London. Margaret DUMONT born France. This is the extent of what I have on these Huguenots who are my ancestors. The Magna Charta Barrons' and other Royal Lineages compiled by Dorothy A.S.Lainson takes the Louis Du BOIS antecedents back quite a few more generations. I would be interested in learning more about the antecedents of the other Huguenots in my ancestral line. Patricia Curran - Chambersburg, PA

Fourqueran (c 1666 - 1720) from Castelmoron en Guyenne, Lot-et-Garonne France; 1684 -1700 Livre Des conversions et des Reconnoissances Faites a L'Eglise Francoise De La Savoye Jackie Perkins-Horton

Hi all, I believe these are varients of the same, but both occur in Le Havre this predominating................ Descendants of Abraham DUCHESNE First Generation 1. Abraham Duchesne , died before May 1655. Abraham married Sara Viard. Children from this marriage were: + 2 M i. Abraham Duchesne . Second Generation (Children) 2. Abraham Duchesne . Abraham married Elizabeth De Melun, daughter of Jehan De Melun and Marguerite Le Motteux, in 1655 in , Normandy, France. (Elizabeth De Melun was christened on 25 Mar 1635 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France.) Children from this marriage were: 3 M i. Abraham Duchesne was born on 17 Jul 1656 and was christened on 20 Jul 1656 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 4 M ii. Jacques Duchesne was born on 17 Sep 1657 and was christened on 23 Sep 1657 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 5 M iii. Pierre Duchesne . 6 F iv. Susanne Duchesne was born on 5 Sep 1660 and was christened on 8 Sep 1660 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 7 F v. Elizabeth Duchesne was born on 14 Jul 1663 and was christened on 15 Jul 1663 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 8 F vi. Judith Duchesne was born on 11 Nov 1664 and was christened on 16 Nov 1664 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 9 M vii. Abraham Duchesne was born on 28 Jan 1667/68 and was christened on 2 Feb 1667/68 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. + 10 F viii. Elizabeth Duchesne was born on 22 Mar 1668/69 and was christened on 24 Mar 1668/69 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 11 M ix. Abraham Duchesne was born on 4 Aug 1671 and was christened on 9 Aug 1671 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 12 F x. Francoise Duchesne was born on 13 Nov 1672 and was christened on 20 Nov 1672 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 13 M xi. Louis Duchesne was born on 20 May 1676 and was christened on 24 May 1676 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 14 F xii. Susanne Marie Duchesne was born on 24 Oct 1677 and was christened on 31 Oct 1677 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. Third Generation (Grandchildren) 10. Elizabeth Duchesne was born on 22 Mar 1668/69 and was christened on 24 Mar 1668/69 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. Elizabeth married Pierre Neel, son of Pierre Neel and Judith Gouye. (Pierre Neel was born on 6 Jan 1667/68 and was christened on 8 Jan 1667/68 in Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France.) Thats all for now, Chris

Evening all, Ther Bellet/Billet variation that I have come across most often is BELLET: see below: Descendants of Jacques BELLET First Generation 1. Jacques Bellet . Jacques married Marie Reville. (Marie Reville died before May 1682.) Children from this marriage were: + 2 M i. Jacques Bellet was born about 1658. Second Generation (Children) 2. Jacques Bellet was born about 1658. Jacques married Esther Doree, daughter of Etienne Doree and Elizabet Delin, on 31 May 1682 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. (Esther Doree was born about 1652.) Children from this marriage were: 3 M i. Isaac Bellet was born on 9 May 1683 and was christened on 9 May 1683 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. + 4 F ii. Catherine Bellet . Third Generation (Grandchildren) 4. Catherine Bellet . Catherine married Jean Maze, son of Jean Maze and Jeanne Dumouchel, on 2 May 1715 in Pays DE Caux, Normandy, France. (Jean Maze was born on 13 Mar 1681/82 and was christened on 15 Mar 1681/82 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France.) Hope this might be interesting Chris

Evening all, Here are some Quesnel families for they who are interested in this name>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Descendants of Abraham QUESNEL First Generation 1. Abraham Quesnel was born in Of Turretot, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died before Nov 1630. Abraham married Marie Lambert. Children from this marriage were: + 2 M i. Jacques Quesnel . + 3 M ii. Jean Quesnel , died before 1655. Second Generation (Children) 2. Jacques Quesnel . Jacques married Jeanne Gascoing, daughter of Jacob Gascoing and Marie Godin, in 1629 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. He was sealed to his spouse on 12 Aug 1997 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jeanne Gascoing was born in 1597 in Of Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, died on 26 Apr 1643 and was buried on 27 Apr 1643.) Children from this marriage were: + 4 M i. Jacob Quesnel was born on 2 Oct 1630, was christened on 6 Oct 1630 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died in 1698. 3. Jean Quesnel , died before 1655. Jean married Marie Gascoing, daughter of Jacob Gascoing and Marie Godin, on 19 Jul 1626 in Senitot, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. He was sealed to his spouse on 12 Aug 1997 in Los Angeles, CA. (Marie Gascoing was christened on 1 Feb 1603/04 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died on 17 Feb 1665/66.) Children from this marriage were: + 5 M i. Jacob Quesnel was born on 14 Apr 1627, was christened on 18 Apr 1627 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, died on 29 Apr 1677 and was buried on 30 Apr 1677. + 6 F ii. Marthe Quesnel was born on 29 Aug 1629 in Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, was christened on 29 Aug 1629 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died on 17 Jul 1664. 7 M iii. Nicollas Quesnel was born on 4 Nov 1631 and was christened on 9 Nov 1631 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 8 M iv. Jean Quesnel was born on 1 Oct 1635 and was christened on 7 Oct 1635 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 9 M v. Nicollas Quesnel was born about 1640 and died on 30 Jun 1662. Third Generation (Grandchildren) 4. Jacob Quesnel was born on 2 Oct 1630, was christened on 6 Oct 1630 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died in 1698. Jacob married Madeleine Andrieu, daughter of Jacques Andrieu and Madeleine De Pimont, in 1655. He was sealed to his spouse on 26 Jan 1996 in Los Angeles, CA. (Madeleine Andrieu was born about 1631, died on 20 Apr 1656 and was buried on 22 Apr 1656.) Children from this marriage were: + 10 F i. Madeleine Quesnel was born in Apr 1656 in Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and was christened on 17 Apr 1656 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. Jacob next married Genevieve Ernault (1) , daughter of Etienne Ernault and Rachel Mauger, on 9 Dec 1657 in Quevilly, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. He was sealed to his spouse on 26 Jan 1996 in Los Angeles, CA. Children from this marriage were: 11 M i. Jacob Quesnel was christened on 10 Nov 1658 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 12 M ii. Nicollas Quesnel was born on 9 Nov 1659 and was christened on 11 Nov 1659 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 13 M iii. Jacques Quesnel was born in Oct 1660 and was christened on 17 Oct 1660 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 14 M iv. Abraham Quesnel was born on 4 Oct 1661 and was christened on 5 Oct 1661 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 15 F v. Jeanneviefve Quesnel was born on 12 Oct 1662 and was christened on 15 Oct 1662 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 16 M vi. Etienne Quesnel was born on 25 Sep 1663, was christened on 14 Oct 1663 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, died on 1 Mar 1667/68 and was buried on 2 Mar 1667/68. 17 F vii. Judith Quesnel was born on 3 Oct 1664 and was christened on 12 Oct 1664 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 18 F viii. Marthe Quesnel was born on 30 Apr 1666 and was christened on 2 May 1666 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 19 F ix. Marie Quesnel was christened on 24 Apr 1667 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 20 M x. Etienne Quesnel was born on 14 Aug 1668, was christened on 19 Aug 1668 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, died on 13 Oct 1668 and was buried on 14 Oct 1668. + 21 F xi. Madeleine Quesnel was born on 28 Dec 1671 and was christened on 1 Jan 1671/72 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 5. Jacob Quesnel was born on 14 Apr 1627, was christened on 18 Apr 1627 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, died on 29 Apr 1677 and was buried on 30 Apr 1677. Jacob married Jeanne Lenud, daughter of Pierre Lenud and Marie Gilles, in 1652. He was sealed to his spouse on 12 Aug 1997 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jeanne Lenud was born on 3 Mar 1624/25 and was christened on 9 Mar 1624/25 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France.) 6. Marthe Quesnel was born on 29 Aug 1629 in Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, was christened on 29 Aug 1629 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died on 17 Jul 1664. Marthe married Jean Fondimare, son of Etienne Fondimare and Anne Marion, in 1653. She was sealed to her spouse on 26 Jan 1996 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jean Fondimare was christened on 23 Jul 1628 in Senitot, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France.) Children from this marriage were: 22 F i. Anne Fondimare was christened on 10 May 1654 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, died on 24 Aug 1654 and was buried on 24 Aug 1654. 23 M ii. Jean Fondimare was christened on 9 May 1655 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 24 F iii. Marthe Fondimare was born on 24 Feb 1656/57, was christened on 25 Feb 1656/57 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died on 12 Mar 1657/58. 25 M iv. Jacob Fondimare was born on 12 Nov 1658 and was christened on 17 Nov 1658 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 26 M v. Jacques Fondimare was christened on 21 Mar 1659/60 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died on 1 Jan 1663/64. 27 F vi. Madelaine Fondimare was born on 6 Nov 1661, was christened on 20 Nov 1661 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died on 25 May 1662. Fourth Generation (Great Grandchildren) 10. Madeleine Quesnel was born in Apr 1656 in Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and was christened on 17 Apr 1656 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. Madeleine married Pierre Beaufils, son of Jean Beaufils and Anne Lesbahy, on 1 Jan 1675/76 in Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. She was sealed to her spouse on 26 Jan 1996 in Los Angeles, CA. (Pierre Beaufils was born on 15 Mar 1648/49, christened on 25 Mar 1649 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and died on 16 Nov 1718.) Children from this marriage were: + 28 M i. Pierre Beaufils was born on 14 Sep 1676 and was christened on 20 Sep 1676 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 29 F ii. Madeleine Beaufils was born on 1 Nov 1677 and was christened on 7 Nov 1677 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 30 F iii. Genneviefue Beaufils was born on 3 Mar 1678/79 and was christened on 5 Mar 1678/79 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 31 F iv. Marthe Beaufils was born on 13 Oct 1682, was christened on 18 Oct 1682 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France, died on 19 Feb 1682/83 and was buried on 20 Feb 1682/83. 32 M v. Jean Beaufils was born on 18 Jan 1683/84 and was christened on 23 Jan 1683/84 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 33 M vi. Jacob Beaufils was christened on 17 Aug 1685 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. 21. Madeleine Quesnel was born on 28 Dec 1671 and was christened on 1 Jan 1671/72 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. Madeleine married Nicolas Peley, son of Nicolas Peley and Elisabeth Fichet, in 1701. She was sealed to her spouse on 12 Aug 1997 in Los Angeles, CA. (Nicolas Peley was born in 1667 in Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France and was christened on 8 Sep 1667 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France.) Fifth Generation (Great Great Grandchildren) 28. Pierre Beaufils was born on 14 Sep 1676 and was christened on 20 Sep 1676 in Sanvic, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. Pierre married Elisabeth Decaux, daughter of Jacques Decaux, on 27 Nov 1707 in Huguenot Church, Swallow St., London, England. He was sealed to his spouse on 12 Aug 1997 in Los Angeles, CA. Enjoy Chris

Hello to all -- This is in response to Pamela <pgmartin@breathemail.net> who posted on 26 Feb to say that one of the marriages that I posted on 24 Feb from the records of Canterbury Cathedral was "hers", ie. 1721 Apr 10 James CLARIS & Mary VILLIERS Pamela, it would have been wonderful if you had provided us all with some details about your research. Never too late for that though. <g> Pamela also asked me -- >Did you notice any entries for DERNOCOUR or GALMAR, by chance? > No, I noticed no entries for either of those two names. There was also no further mention of CLARIS and only one more occurrence of the VILLIERS name, which was another marriage -- 1757 May 2 Francis VILLIERS & Martha WEST It's pretty easy to search this source (LDS fiche # 6906422) because it is a transcribed, indexed copy of marriage entries taken from the original records. I also have fiche #6906421 which is the births/baptisms taken from the same records (also an indexed transcription). There were no CLARIS, DERNOCOUR, GALMAR or VILLIERS names listed in there either. Sorry this was not of more help. Andrea

Suggest you log on to Huguenot Walloons-Europe-L@rootsweb.com, which specializes in Huguenots in Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Pose your query there. Charles Geoffroy

Andrea and all, Rootsweb also has a "Virus" mail list and the topic of that list is viruses. For those interested in viruses they extensively report and discuss these things. Bob Fay <snip> It is **not appropriate** to post virus warnings to the HWE list -- or to any other Rootsweb mailing list. If you feel the matter is urgent and important, by all means contact people privately, off-list, including me if you want to. But **do not** send warnings to the list. <snip>

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Suggestions please. I am visiting France for a couple of days next week. I intend going to places connected to the Huguenot ancestors in my husbands family tree. The names we link to are BARBET, BEUZEVILLE, LEVESQUE, JACOB, HEBER, GUILLEMAND, HEUZE, LEMANICHER,CANAYE. We are visiting the area around Le Havre. I intend finding the Chateau Beuzeville for example. I am taking my 9 year son, so don't intend researching records etc. If anyone knows or can recommend interesting places to go in this context please let me know. e.g. museums, cemetaries. Thanks Sylvia M ----- Original Message -----

Ref Marcia Ryan inquiry re Vaden of New Kent Co. Va. This is what little I know of the origin of my Vaden/Vaiden line can be found in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 28, page 470, and Vol 39, pages 177 and 300 when the name appeared in New England approx. the same time it appeared in Va. Vol 29 mentions a Moses Vouden formerly of the Isle of Jersey as living in Salem, Mass, and his two daughters, born in 1677 and 1679. A John and Collete, formerly of "ye Island of Jersey" are also mentioned in Salem in 1717. Jersey is one of the Channel Islands, apparently people by that name are still there. Also spellings of Vauldin/deVauldyn /Vouden. I do know my Vaden line was French Huguenot, I have been told they can be found in the records of the Huguenot Church Threadneedle Street in London, but have not had a chance to research that yet. I know this is not much but hope it helps. Barbara Taylor bher@prodigy.net

26. Judy Winn: Will you please see if the name Alfont or La Font(e) appears? Lafond 143 Jean LAFOND, de St Hipolite, Facturier, deux fils et une bru (Cologne = Berlin) Lafond 2511 Estienne LAFOND, de Sodorgues Province des Cevennes, Ouvrier en Laine, sa femme et trois enfants Icy (Halle) Lafond 3869 Le Sr LAFOND, de Xaintes en Xaintonge, et sa femme ( Emmerich) (in additions) Xaintes=Saintes, Dep. Charente inferieure, Xaintonge= Saintonge Lafond 3917 Jeremy LAFOND, Coutelier, de la Province Bourgogne, sa femme et un enfant (Wesel) La Fond 2541 Pierre LA FOND, Ouvrier en bas, du lieu de Sodorgues en Cevennes (Halle) La Fond 2917 Pierre LA FOND, Manufacturier, de St Hipolite et un Apprentif (Magdeburg) Names and places were spelled different throughout the time. Keep in mind that the colony-list was made in 1699, the book printed from the list in 1888, (the reprint done by photomechanic copying of the original book in 1990, so the reprint shows exactly what was written in 1888.)

Hello everybody, I´m a german BILLET probably descend from the first Huguenot wave who fleet from somewhere in France to Swizerland, Canton Bern, to "Wimmis" First document I found is from 1599. The BILLETs later (around the year 1700) settled from Wimmis to the german River Rhein-valley to the places: "Lahr", "Oberkirch", "Offenburg" and "Karlsruhe" in south western Germany parallel to the french borderline. Along old german church-documents our name sometimes varies a little bit to "BILET; BILLETT, BIELET, BIHLET, BELLET, BILLOT" but it seems the true old form must be BILLET. Starting in 1851 five BILLET men (some with their hole families) settled out to USA. But I have no informations where they went there! Only one I know that he went to Baltimore. I would like to get in contact with researchers or US-BILLET-families or other people who believe that they are offsets from a german, swiss or alsatian BILLET-branch to share our BILLET-familytrees. Contacts wanted aross the mailinglist or directly to my e-mail adress: KlausW.Billet@t-online.de Best reetings from Karlsruhe / Germany Klaus W. Billet

Dear Listmembers, even it was some extra work to look up all the names you asked for, I was happy to see that there are members out there somewhere doing research on huguenot families. The rare postings to the list sometimes give a different impression! (And I can tell you that Andrea, our list-administrator was surprised, too) Now in return for my work I ask you for the following: Could you please post a brief statement, what families you are looking for in which area and the time range, and maybe tell a bit about their profession if known. I know that there is a list with surnames but that is very brief. This would help other listmembers to find connections. I'm personally interested in those walloon families that came from North France, Flandres and the Netherlands, first settled in the Pfalz (Palatinate) and later moved to the North-East of "Germany" (it wasn't called that at the time around 1700, but anyways) an area called Uckermark. Family names are: BEQU, COCHOIS, DE FRENE, DE LA BARRE, DE LATRE, DESOMBRES, DU BOIS, FOUQUET, GENET, GUIARD, LEDOUX, LEFEVRE, LULIOU, MAILLEFERT, ROPITAIL, ROQUETTE, SALINGRE, SALOME, TAVERNIER, VAGER, YOLIN in all kind of spellings Main time range for these people is 1650 to 1750. Place names are: Prentzlau/Prentzlow, Strasburg, Bergholz, Battin, Fahrenwalde, Rossow, Woddow, Walmow, Bagemuehl, Angermuende. This area was alsways 'borderland', sometimes parts of it belonged to Brandenburg or Mecklenburg-Strelitz or (Vor)Pommern. The city of Strasburg(Uckermark) used to belong to Brandenburg for hundreds of years and just recently in 1994 decided to "go" to Mecklenburg-Strelitz, part of the 'Bundesland'-(state) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (shortly called McPom in Germany). And this makes my own research kind of difficult. The French reformed church books are in the central archive in Berlin (EZAB) available on microfiche, the evangelical lutheran books are still in Strasburg or in the archives in Pasewalk (Mecklenburg-Strelitz). Other files are in the archives of Potsdam (capitol of state Brandenburg) or somewhere in Mecklenburg. The French reformed church books for the Pfalz are in the central archives in Speyer on microfiche, but I can't have them send to Berlin to look into them here. One has to go to Speyer. I started my family research just last year with a very detailed Ahnentafel (ancestors report chart) drawn by my father's brother Siegfried NOLTE, who died in WW2 in 1942 in the age of 22 years. He has done very valuable research at that time (before the war ruined so many of the old documents) and in young age (and without computer, Fax or any of the other helps we got used to so much). I was surprised to see that my greatgrandmother Hermine Henriette FOUQUET, born 1842 in Strasburg had almost only French ancestors, even though the family had come to Germany in 1653 (I have the marriage entry from Frankenthal for Guillaume FOUQUET and Susanne FIERE at 16 Dec 1653. So I became interested in that French colony and French reformed parish, followed her lines back to France and then the different family strings back from 1691 (when they all came to Strasburg) until about 1900 in Strasburg. Here the German data privacy laws hit hard, datas of people that might still be living are restricted. (Birth 100 years, marriage 80 years) And if just one date on a microfiche gets into that time range, you don't get to see the whole thing. Any research has to be done by the officials and that costs a lot of money, and you only can get what you asked for (the marriage of Mr X and Mrs Y) and you have to prove that you are of direct descendancy. Ina Friling Germany