Hi Jon, There are 57 references to Arnaud in the Paris library and two references to Arvert. The later two relate to a register of Protestants for the years 1771-1792 and the second covers Protestant marriages but the years are not stated. It would be well worth writing to the Bibliotheque as they undertake a search for free and you only have to pay if you want what they find. As an example I have obtained a 23 page document relating to the Protestants from Saumur and their flight abroad for 106 francs - this was made up with a standard search fee of 60 francs with the balance being photocopying costs. Also if they have a name on file then it will have at least three generations. Assuming you have looked at La Tremblade registers, available through the LDS, there are further records available for Arvert in particular in the Archives Departmentales de la Charente-Maritime as follows. 1. I 117 - BMS 1789 2. C 139, piece 59 - Religionaires arretes a Arvert vers 1750 3. C 138, piece 6 - List of pupils attending the Protestant church school 1730-1731 4. Ms 567 (dossier A) - List of Protestant Ministers in the 17th century The last record is in the Bibliotheque municipal de Saintes. There are also three references to the name ARNAUD in the prisoners list and these are Vve, Dauphine and Louise. From what I understand they were put aboard a ship at Nantes in 1687, bound for Marseille and were shipwrecked on route. If these names are of interest I can send you an extract of the information, in French. I have sent a copy of the reply to the list as it may be of interest to others. Roy ----- Original Message ----- Hi Roy, I saw your email to the list and don't want to swamp you with a huge request. I was only hoping that you might check for the name Arnaud, from La Tremblade, Arvert area in the province of Saintonge. Thanks Jon Arnaud/Arnow

On wednesday, February 14, 2001 Craig wrote | Hello list, | | I am trying to make the connection back to France for my Huguenot ancestors | that began in Wilhelmsdorf, Franken, Bayern. It appears that many of the | residents of Wilhelmsdorf came from the Dauphiné region of France. | Specifically mentioned in an article was the valley of d'Oisans and a town | named Misoin. | | If anyone knows any background information on the Dauphiné Huguenots I would | like to hear from you. Also, does anyone know of any good resources for | research in that region. | | Thanks, | Craig SALE Hi Craig, Unfortunately you omitted to give the names you are researching. I can confirm however that there are 16 references to the Dauphine region of France and 2 references to Oisans in the index of publications at the Paris Genealogical library. One of these refers to a list of Protestant marriages. It may well be worthwhile contacting the Bibliotheque. Interestingly there are several references to Protestant records in the places you have mentioned. These are contained in the guide to Protestant research issued by the Archives Nationales in Paris. One in particular relates to Mizoen-en-Oisans and contains BMS for the period 1669-1684 and this can be found at the Archives departmentales de l'Isere under reference "5 E 238/1". It would certainly be worth writting to them to see if the names you are researching appear in these records. If you do not have the address it is - Centre Jean-Berthoin 2, rue Auguste-Prudhomme 38000 Grenoble. Alternatively this is available on LDS film 1978554 Item 8. Last of all there is a book, written in German that covers the flight of the Dauphine Huguenots to Germany and deals specifically with Wilhelmsdorf. The author is Eugene Bellon and it was published in 1977. Good luck, Roy

I am trying to cover various requests found on the list after my return from holiday. Some were specific requests and others of a general nature. What I have done is to check the following names against both Paris Genealogical Library and the list of prisoners that I possess. HERVE There are some 77 references to this name in the Paris library but none on the list of prisoners ALFONT(E)/LAFONT. There are 20 reference s to the latter variation in the Paris library and also a Henri LAFONTE was deported from France in 1687 to one of their Colonies. This information from the prisoners list. SICARD Somebody asked if this was of French origin. There are 18 references to the name SICARD in the Paris library, one of which is in Canada. No reference on the prisoners list DEBANFER. No reference GUERIN There are 151 references in the Paris library and 14 to Saintonge, the likely origin of some of the family. There were also a MARIE and Philippe GUERIN who, according to the prisoners list, were deported from France. DUMONT/DUMOND No reference but there is reference to a Marie DEMOUD de Tracy en Picardie in the prisoners list. BILLIBEAU No reference. FEUILLADES No references GIRARD There are 171 references to this name in the Paris library but none on the prisoners list. A question was raised as to whether this is a Huguenot name and most certainly some of them were. It is a name that occurs in the family I am researching and they were definitely Huguenots from the Saumur area. Hope this is OK and will try to answer any questions that arise. Sorry to do it this way but I am trying to plough through some 7000 messages that accumulated whilst away. Roy.

I am a descendant of the Protestant De La Fountaine family that originated in Normandy, France. Nicholas De La Fountaine moved his family to England and in 1656 Nicholas, Jr. moved to the Colony of Virginia. By 1663 he had moved to Maryland where acquired land. I am interested in learning more of the De La Fountaine family's history in France. Ira

Please add the following to the Surnames List: EUDES/UDE 1500s - 1700s, FRA possibly in the Ardennes, then Harz Mtns, GER. geoude@igiles.net Thanks, George

Andrea, gauche can mean awkward which could be better, a poulet was a amourous small letter in old french apart from being the nickname of cops, thus a cop would be in french not a pig but a chicken . Luc -----Message d'origine----- De : Chris Leonard <cleonardca@earthlink.net> À : HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date : 17 février, 2001 05:27 Objet : Re: [HWE] translation--very rough! >my french dates back 25 years...i can't check my French dictionary because >i'm in the process of moving and it's packed already...but this is the gist >of it: corrections between { } > >Ravenel and his descendants crossed the Atlantic so often to find asylum for >themselves and to found a new country. It {is fitting} [something] to mention equally the >French colony which created in Acadia [by?] the sieur De Monts {name of a person who foundedin Acadia a colony at the beginning of the 17th century} hose from Saintonge of the >Mountains, without forgetting those of de la Muce (of Nantes), Maury, >Fontaine, Cariron and Fouquereau, of those from Bordeaux or Saintonge, and >many others. One descendant of these refugees, in Virginia, Col. >Richard-L[Louis?] Maury, published a very moving history of the brave >Huguenot congregation of the charming little village {town!} of Richmond; that >important congregation, in part founded by Huguenot refugees from the Midi >[the south of France], from Normandy and from the Guyenne, under the >direction of the Lyonnais Ch. [not sure what that abbreviation is for, >Charles?] de Sailly and the pastor DeJoux, founder, himself also of Lyon, >which remained until our days, and the cult which celebrates there in the >French language, following the old liturgy of La Rochelle. { So it seems that in Richmond Virginia, there was a Huguenot congregation !!!!} > >-- >There have always been two contradictory American ideals: to be the occasion >of maximum violence, and to remain absolutely innocent. > ~Leslie Fiedler, "The New Mutants", 1965 > >---------- >>From: Jfhort@aol.com >>To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [HWE] translation >>Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2001, 5:42 PM >> > >> Can anyone translate the following? >> >> Varietes >> >> Ravenel et de ses descendants, traverserent si souvent l'Atlantique pour y >> trouver asile et y fonder une nouvelle patrie. Il sied de mentionner >> egalement la colonie francaise que crea en Acadie le Saintongeais de Monts, >> sans oublier ces de la Muce (de Nantes), ces Maury, ces Fontaine, ces Cariron >> et Fourquereau, du Bordelais ou de Saintonge, et tant d'autres... Un >> descendant de ces refugies, en Virginie, le colonel Richard-L. Maury, a >> publie une bien emouvante histoire de la vaillante congregation huguenote de >> la charmante petite ville de Richmond; cette importante congregation, en >> partie fondee par des refugies huguenots du Midi, de Normandie et de la >> Guyenne, sous la conduite du Lyonnais Ch. de Sailly et du pasteur De Joux, >> originaire, lui aussi, de Lyon, a subsiste jusqu'a nos jours, et le culte s'y >> celebrait en langue francaise, suivant la vieille liturgie de La Rochelle. >> >> The name I am interested in is Fourquereau. >> >> Jackie >> >> >> ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >> When posting to the Huguenots-Walloons-Europe list: >> Your subject line must reflect the content of your message. >> eg. include topic or surname(s) and/or date and/or location. >> >> >> ============================== >> Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >> your heritage! >> http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >> >> > > >==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >Be a participating subscriber! Post your surname interests often. >Once a month is about right, or more often if you have new details. >Address your post to Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L@rootsweb.com > > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > >

my french dates back 25 years...i can't check my French dictionary because i'm in the process of moving and it's packed already...but this is the gist of it: Ravenel and his descendants crossed the Atlantic so often to find asylum for themselves and to found a new country. It [something] to mention equally the French colony which created in Acadia [by?] those from Saintonge of the Mountains, without forgetting those of de la Muce (of Nantes), Maury, Fontaine, Cariron and Fouquereau, of those from Bordeaux or Saintonge, and many others. One descendant of these refugees, in Virginia, Col. Richard-L[Louis?] Maury, published a very moving history of the brave Huguenot congregation of the charming little village of Richmond; that important congregation, in part founded by Huguenot refugees from the Midi [the south of France], from Normandy and from the Guyenne, under the direction of the Lyonnais Ch. [not sure what that abbreviation is for, Charles?] de Sailly and the pastor DeJoux, founder, himself also of Lyon, which remained until our days, and the cult which celebrates there in the French language, following the old liturgy of La Rochelle. -- There have always been two contradictory American ideals: to be the occasion of maximum violence, and to remain absolutely innocent. ~Leslie Fiedler, "The New Mutants", 1965 ---------- >From: Jfhort@aol.com >To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HWE] translation >Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2001, 5:42 PM > > Can anyone translate the following? > > Varietes > > Ravenel et de ses descendants, traverserent si souvent l'Atlantique pour y > trouver asile et y fonder une nouvelle patrie. Il sied de mentionner > egalement la colonie francaise que crea en Acadie le Saintongeais de Monts, > sans oublier ces de la Muce (de Nantes), ces Maury, ces Fontaine, ces Cariron > et Fourquereau, du Bordelais ou de Saintonge, et tant d'autres... Un > descendant de ces refugies, en Virginie, le colonel Richard-L. Maury, a > publie une bien emouvante histoire de la vaillante congregation huguenote de > la charmante petite ville de Richmond; cette importante congregation, en > partie fondee par des refugies huguenots du Midi, de Normandie et de la > Guyenne, sous la conduite du Lyonnais Ch. de Sailly et du pasteur De Joux, > originaire, lui aussi, de Lyon, a subsiste jusqu'a nos jours, et le culte s'y > celebrait en langue francaise, suivant la vieille liturgie de La Rochelle. > > The name I am interested in is Fourquereau. > > Jackie > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > When posting to the Huguenots-Walloons-Europe list: > Your subject line must reflect the content of your message. > eg. include topic or surname(s) and/or date and/or location. > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

Hello, listers -- If you want to be entertained and, at the same time, learn lots of things about 16th century northern France, please visit the website for Le Poulet Gauche at http://www.lepg.org/ which describes itself as "a guide to the history, culture, and daily life of 16th century France". This website has been created by members of the Society for Creative Anachronism who are actually living in the U.S. but who attempt to authentically re-create life in the northern France of 400 years ago. They do this by learning as much as they can about the time period and location, by adopting imaginary "personas" of people who might have been living then, and by organizing events during which they recreate, as much as is possible, that time/place (in the clothing they wear, their conversation and manners, food served, etc). Le Poulet Gauche is an imaginary tavern in Calais (France), the master of the establishment being one Monsieur Jehan du Lac "a Gascon Huguenot". There is a lengthy interview with Mons. du Lac at http://www.lepg.org/intervw.htm in which he expresses his thoughts on a variety of different subjects, including religion. I'm not sure but I think the name of the tavern translates as The Left-handed Chicken (??) A modern and historical description of the Calais area is at: http://www.lepg.org/calais.htm. Topics listed on the site are: History & Politics (which includes the Reformation and also the Wars of Religion), Society & Culture, Tavern Life (some interesting description here <g>), Entertainment, Aspects of Everyday Life (includes discussion of clothing, money, etc.) There are maps, as well as a bibliography and, under the heading Resources, a section called Common Expressions for the French-Impaired. There are also lots of links to information on related topics re: this time period and location. As I said, a very entertaining but also educational website. Hope you enjoy it. Andrea

Can anyone translate the following? Varietes Ravenel et de ses descendants, traverserent si souvent l'Atlantique pour y trouver asile et y fonder une nouvelle patrie. Il sied de mentionner egalement la colonie francaise que crea en Acadie le Saintongeais de Monts, sans oublier ces de la Muce (de Nantes), ces Maury, ces Fontaine, ces Cariron et Fourquereau, du Bordelais ou de Saintonge, et tant d'autres... Un descendant de ces refugies, en Virginie, le colonel Richard-L. Maury, a publie une bien emouvante histoire de la vaillante congregation huguenote de la charmante petite ville de Richmond; cette importante congregation, en partie fondee par des refugies huguenots du Midi, de Normandie et de la Guyenne, sous la conduite du Lyonnais Ch. de Sailly et du pasteur De Joux, originaire, lui aussi, de Lyon, a subsiste jusqu'a nos jours, et le culte s'y celebrait en langue francaise, suivant la vieille liturgie de La Rochelle. The name I am interested in is Fourquereau. Jackie

Please add these to the Surname List thanks, LE-THIEULLIER 1466-1593 Pas De Calais, or Nord, France COVILLET 1471-1490 same area, MESURER 1490 ssme area Thank You, John Bennett.

Hello to everyone -- This is to let you all know that another link has been added to the Beyond the Basics section of our list website at http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html. It's called Organizations & Addresses -- these are places which are specifically concerned with Huguenot research and which you may want to contact directly at some point. They are arranged geographically and, yes, I have omitted some countries (eg. Belgium, Switzerland to name two) but this is only because I was unable to find specific Huguenot information about them. Please post to the list if you have additional information which can be added to this new Organizations & Addresses section. Similarly, please send in omissions or errors. In other words, keep me up-dated and on my toes <g>! I can easily make changes to the pages once they are on the website. It's getting them ready for the website which is the hard part! For example, this new link contains 11 separate pages which had to be researched, organized and composed. It's a slow process. If you are re-visiting the website, please remember to click on your Refresh button (or the equivalent) to activate the changes. As always, your input is always welcome. Hope everyone finds something in this new section to interest them. Andrea

I just wanted to thank everyone who had suggestions on my research of the NOE/NEAU family and the name of the ship called "De Bonte Koe" which everyone seems to agree is called The Spotted Cow in English. As a result of my posting I have learned that Pierre NEAU Sr. of Portou, FR m-Sarah Anelia JANS of Walleslant, Holland prior to 1635. Thank you.....Patricia Curran - Chambersburg, PA

Hello list, I am trying to make the connection back to France for my Huguenot ancestors that began in Wilhelmsdorf, Franken, Bayern. It appears that many of the residents of Wilhelmsdorf came from the Dauphin� region of France. Specifically mentioned in an article was the valley of d'Oisans and a town named Misoin. If anyone knows any background information on the Dauphin� Huguenots I would like to hear from you. Also, does anyone know of any good resources for research in that region. Thanks, Craig SALE

Fellow Listers -- Just to bring you up to date on some changes on our list website, all in the Beyond the Basics section. If you visit there at -- (http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html -- you will find a new link which is called Search Engines. I hope you will have a browse through it and perhaps try some of the search engines to see if they turn up anything of interest to you. I recommend the specifically genealogically-oriented search engines such as www.genealogyportal.com or the Rootsweb sites as a start. But even the general search engines might turn up something unexpected. If you've been to Beyond the Basics section at other times, you will notice that a lot of the links that were there before are now missing. These were links that "went nowhere", ie. I hadn't completed all the work involved and transferred them to the website yet. So I removed them. I thought it was better to have *fewer* links displayed, all of which worked, rather than *more* links, many of which didn't work <g>! In retrospect, I was being too ambitious in putting them all on the site in the first place, and, at the same time, not being realistic as to how much time all this would take. So, as I said, I removed those non-working links, leaving only those which worked. The deleted links will eventually all be put back, but not until they are functioning links, ie. leading to information rather than "this URL not found" as before. As always, I welcome input/suggestions from subscribers about the website (what you like & find useful, what you don't, etc). I also welcome any information which you think should be included on the website. It's a big job so anything which will help me get it done is really appreciated. Andrea

Fellow listers -- Continuing on with the surnames from the tésmoignages of the Threadneedle St. French Church in London, here are names LEA to LEL. This is a series of posts I have been sending (at infrequent intervals) for some time now, the last one being on 25 January. If the topic is new to you and you want to learn more, please look in the archives (accessible through the website at http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html) for previous posts in this series. Just type in the keyword Threadneedle or tesmoignages and you should get results, including how to search the original records from which these surnames have been taken. Hope this is helpful to someone. If it is, please share with us by posting to the list. Andrea LEAUUNT, LE BAAC, LE BACHELLE, LE BACHELÉE, LE BACHELIER, LE BADOIT, LE BAILI, LE BAILIE, LE BAILIEF, LE BAILLY, LE BALLEUR, LE BEAU, LE BEAUX, LEBER, LEBERT, LEBERTON, LEBEZ, LE BLANC, LE BLAND (MAINQUELQUE), LE BLANQ, LE BLET, LE BLON, LE BLOND, LEBLONS, LE BOISEUR, LE BOITEUX, LE BOUILLY, LE BOULANDER, LE BOULENGER, LE BOULEUR, LE BOULEURE, LE BOULEUX, LE BOULLEAU, LE BOULLEUR, LE BOULLEUX, LE BOULLIE, LEBOUR (GENTIL), LE BOURCQ, LE BOURGEOIS, LE BONS, LE BONSLY, LE BOUURER, LE BOUVIER, LEBRAN, LE BRAND, LE BREMAN, LE BRETON, LE BRUMAN, LE BRUMART, LE BRUN, LE BUMIN, LE CACHEU, LE CACHEUR, LE CAN, LE CAND, LE CANTORS, LE CARPENTEIR, LE CARRON, LECARTIER (MARTIN), LE CEAU, LE CENE, LE CERF, LECERF, LECHALAS, LE CHASEUR, LECHELLA, LE CHEVALLIER, LE CHEYRE, LE CHOLLEUR, LE CIRE, LECLER, LE CLERC (GIRARD), LE CLERCK, LE CLERCQ, LE CLERQ, L'ECLUSE, LECLUZE, LE COCHE, LECOCK, LE COCQ, LE COEUR, LE COINT (ROUSSEL), LE COINTRE, LE COMPT, LE COMPTE, LE COMTE, LE CONTE, LE COQ, LE CORDIER, LE CORNET, LE CORNU, LE COUR, LECOURCHEUX, LE COUREUR, LE COURSEU, LE COURT, LE COURIEUX, LE COUVREUR, LE CREU, LE CROSNIER, LE CRU, L'ECUYER, LEDAIN, LEDDLE, LEDE, LE DEIN, LE DENT, LE DERNIER, LE DIEU, LE DOUS, LE DOUX (LE GRAND), LE DUC, LE DUCQ, LEFADE, LE FAE, LE FAURE, LEFAUX, LEFEAU, LE FEBERE, LE FEBEUR, LE FEBRE, LE FEBUER, LE FEBURE (DE LA HERISE, DU BRUIS, BUGINE, HOPKINS), LE FER, LE FEURE, LE FEVRE, LEFIENT, LE FLANC, LE FLEUR (CAILLEAU), LE FORT, LE FOURE, LE FRANC, LE FRANCOIS, LE FRECHON, LEFREIN, LE GAGNEUR, LE GAGNEUX (LARDENT), LE GAIGNEUR, LE GAY, LEGE, LEGEAY, LEGENDRE, LEGER, LEGERE, LEGLISE, LE GRAN, LE GRAND (FOLIEZ), LE GRAS, LE GRAY, LE GRELLE, LE GRIER, LEGROS, LE GROU, LE GRU, LE GUAY, LE HAUY, LE HEUP, LEHOUE, LE HOUK, LEHUGUER, LE JALLE, LE JEUNE, LE JOLLE, LEJUGE, LE JUNE, LE KEUX, LE LACHEUR, LE LARGE, LE LAVYE, LE LEU, LE LIEVRE, LE LONG, LE LORME, LELYEER (DE VAUX). End of surnames LEA- LEL Threadneedle St. Church tésmoignages

Dear Tom, I know that throughout the south there are Guerins that are from my Huguenot Guerin line from Charleston, SC that have moved westward. Some of our line went to Morris Co. NJ and then west to KY and Tenn. and then south. Some of those are in Louisiana. Also, there may be others from Daniel Guerin/Guerannt who settled in VA and this line went west and possibly south. However, there are Guerins in Louisiana who are Catholic and came directly from France to New Orleans and settled. There are other Catholic Guerins in Canada that came from France to settle in Canada. Some of those did move to New Orleans, too. Guerins in France seemed to divide and some stayed Catholic and some went to the Huguenot faith. Elsie Wilson At 11:31 PM 2/11/01 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Roy, > There are Guerin's in Louisiana. Do you know if these are of huguenot >descent? > >Tom Angers

Please include on your list VAUX, in London in the 1740s, any information appreciated on name. BRIEVAUX, in London in 1740s, later to Canada in 1900s, any information appreciated. Thank you. Jane Reid

My James FOSTER married Mary Ann BERNARD silkweaveress of Huguenot descent at Bethnal Green ST Matthew in Feb 1837. I believe one of this couple's ancestors was an OLIVE. His cousin John James FOSTER married Sarah LE MARECHAL at Spitafields Chirst Church 1816 but I dont know how these two cousins are related.

Please add these names to the surnames list:- Paul CLAUDON bpt.31.5.1693 Morges, Vaud, Switzerland Marianne DUVIVIER bpt.about 1695 possibly Morges, Vaud, Switzerland Paul CLAUDON bpt.1650-60, Meuse, France Marie HENRION bpt. about 1660 Conde-en-Barrois, Meuse, France Jean-Francois BUVELOT bpt.28.2.1727 Morges, Vaud, Switzerland Jeanne BUVELOT born about 1696 Morges, Vaud, Switzerland Pierre-Andre HOBLER born about 1690 probably Morges, Vaud, Switzerland Jean BUVELOT born 1669 either at Morges, Vaud, or in Bern, Switzerland Marie COTTAUX born about 1670 either at Morges, Vaud or in Bern, Switzerland Abraham BUVELOT born about 1640 Vaud or Bern, switzerland Jeanne Catherine HOBLER born about 1640 Vaud or Bern, Switzerland Jean-Francois HOBLER born about 1670 Morges, Vaud, Switzerland Jean Rodolphe HOBLER born about 1610 Bienne, Bern, Switzerland Thank you Liisa Hobler _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Dear Andrea Could you please add these surnames to the list on your website Duclos/Dukelow: mid seventeenth century in England, >From 1680 in Ireland. Scofill/Scofield: Eighteenth century in Ireland. Thank you. Leslie Shannon