The Reel family intermarried with the Keever family in NC...if I'm not mistaken. I wonder......malinda Katherine Ricker wrote: > My gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather, Peter Reel, first appears in record in Craven County, NC, US, in 1716. He was Huguenot and I suspect was with the Phillipe de Richelieu settlement in Craven County. Does anyone have information on that bunch of Huguenots? > > Thank you! > > Katherine > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.

Thank you for your most generous offer Andrea... My look up request is for John DOUTHIT...this surname could have a wide range of spellings (and mis-spellings) John DOUTHIT was born 9 May 1709 in Coleraine, N. Ireland the Presbyterian weaver son of Robert Andrew DOUTHIT (b 1684, Coleraine). He was the son of Andrew DOUTHIT (b 1657, Aberdeen). I would also like to request a look-up for the JOB(E) or JOAB surname. I had thought that they were Welsh (from Fishguard, Wales) but I saw some notes recently that indicated they were a family of Weavers who had fled religious persecution. The inter-married with the DOUTHITs in Rowan Co. NC after migrating there from Frederick Co MD and Chester Co PA. My earliest JOB was Thomas JOB (b 1655, in New England). His son John JOB was born in PA...his grandson Thomas JOB was born 1710 in Chester Co PA ; married Mary GORDON in VA abt 1740 and died 15 Nov 1787, Rowan Co NC Thanks again for whatever help you can provide...this is so nice of you...malinda

My gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather, Peter Reel, first appears in record in Craven County, NC, US, in 1716. He was Huguenot and I suspect was with the Phillipe de Richelieu settlement in Craven County. Does anyone have information on that bunch of Huguenots? Thank you! Katherine

my ancestor, Henry FRANCISCO, who lived to be 134, told a professor who interviewed him in 1819 that he was from ESSEX. he was definitely a huguenot whose father had fled france once to marry in amsterdam. when henry was a small child (he was born in 1685), under 5 probably, his father fled again, first to holland, then england, then the US. since there is no place in france named essex i thought perhaps henry was referring to Essex Co. NJ where his father settled. but he might have meant england, so i thought it was worth checking. Henry's father's name has been given variously as John FRANCIS, John FRANSOY, and John FRANCISCO. in the original french it was probably JEAN FRANCOIS, and if he had spent time in holland it could also be JAN. i have also seen it FRANCISKUS, VAN SISCO, VAN CISCO, SISCO, etc. thank you! -- Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number — Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Call to Freedom ---------- >From: "Andrea Vogel" <andreav@island.net> >To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HWE] Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG > Offer to Look Up >Date: Sat, Aug 5, 2000, 12:03 PM > > Hi, all of you on HWE list, > This post is to let you know that I am also willing to look up surnames > in the church records for Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG upon request. These > are on LDS film # 0962137, also Vol. 20 of the Quarto series published by > the Hug. Soc. of London. > > As with the Portarlington post, I am asking that following conditions be > met for look-up requests. > a) The request for look-up * must be* posted to the list and not sent to me > privately. > b) Requests for look-up **must have** a subject line like this (to alert me > to the fact that you are requesting the look-up) -- > SURNAME > Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG Look-up > c) Your request post must contain some *details* about your surname and the > reasons for thinking they might be at this location. > I am asking that this procedure be followed because, as I said in the > Portarlington post, everyone will be sharing their information yet, at the > same time, making it clear that the post is a look-up request. > In return, I will post everything I find to the list. It will not be > sent to individuals privately. In this way, there will be more sharing of > information back to the list. > Also, as previously stated, this work as quickly as possible, but > please bear in mind that my local FHC has cut back to summer hours of one > part-day (Tuesday) per week. > Looking forward to requests for this one. Andrea > > > > > > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To access H-W-E list archives, there are two options: > Threaded Archive is at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Keyword Archive at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi, all of you on HWE list, This post is to let you know that I am also willing to look up surnames in the church records for Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG upon request. These are on LDS film # 0962137, also Vol. 20 of the Quarto series published by the Hug. Soc. of London. As with the Portarlington post, I am asking that following conditions be met for look-up requests. a) The request for look-up * must be* posted to the list and not sent to me privately. b) Requests for look-up **must have** a subject line like this (to alert me to the fact that you are requesting the look-up) -- SURNAME > Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG Look-up c) Your request post must contain some *details* about your surname and the reasons for thinking they might be at this location. I am asking that this procedure be followed because, as I said in the Portarlington post, everyone will be sharing their information yet, at the same time, making it clear that the post is a look-up request. In return, I will post everything I find to the list. It will not be sent to individuals privately. In this way, there will be more sharing of information back to the list. Also, as previously stated, this work as quickly as possible, but please bear in mind that my local FHC has cut back to summer hours of one part-day (Tuesday) per week. Looking forward to requests for this one. Andrea

Fellow listers -- This post is to let you know that I am willing to look up surnames in the church records for Portarlington, IRL upon request. These are on LDS film # 0962137, also Vol. 19 of the Quarto series published by the Hug. Soc. of London. However, I am asking that certain conditions be followed with these requests. These are the same ones I have asked for when I did previous look-ups. The conditions are as follows -- a) The request for look-up * must be* posted to the list and not sent to me privately. b) Requests for look-up **must have** a subject line like this (to alert me to the fact that you are requesting the look-up) -- SURNAME > Portarlington, IRL Look-up c) Your request post must contain some *details* about your surname and the reasons for thinking they might be at Portarlington or at least in Ireland. I am asking that this procedure be followed because, in this way, everyone will be sharing their information yet, at the same time, making it clear that the post is a look-up request. In return, I will post everything I find to the list. It will not be sent to individuals privately. In this way, there will be more sharing of information back to the list -- and sharing is the best way for a list to thrive. Also, please understand that I will complete this work as quickly as I can but my local FHC has cut back to summer hours so it is open only part of one day a week (Tuesdays). Also, I am just one person and records are often quite time consuming to record by hand. And there are often quite a few spelling variants to record. So, all I can promise is that the work will be done as time permits. Requests, anyone? Andrea

Hi Andrea: Yes, I'm researching those areas but the dates are a bit late for me - my MARQUILLIERs were sentenced to permanent exile in October 1568 and made their way up to Cadzand, then some went to Middelburg, Walcheren (after they stayed in Flushing for a while), some went to Amsterdam, Haarlem, and Leiden. Thanks for the information though - I'll check out that last film. Regards - Carol At 05:14 PM 8/1/00 -0700, you wrote: > Listers -- > Here follows some info found through a Place Search for Lille, Nord, >France on the LDS web site (www.familysearch.org). Note that it also >includes info for other places in France, such as Béthune and Aire (both >Pas-de-Calais). >LDS film # 128837 snip> >2) Found under sub-heading History (Lille) -- >Kerkelijke geschiedenis,1706-1713, Waals Hervormde Kerk, Meenen, West >Vlaanderen, BEL & Lille, FRA. Microfilm genomen van de originele in het >Rijksarchief te Middelburg. Tekst in het Frans en Nederlands. >(History of the Reformation of Meenen, West Flanders, Belgium and Lille, >Nord, France. Microfilm of the original in the State Archives at Middelburg, >Zeeland, NL. Written in Dutch and French.) >LDS film # 855907 > > Is anyone researching in these areas? Andrea

Hello to everyone -- I just wanted to remind you all about the Huguenot Surnames Index posted by the Australian Family Tree Connections magazine (published monthly in Australia and New Zealand). The URL is: www.aftc.com.au/huguenot.html. This Index was started in 1994 by one of our subscribers, Michele Stephens, who is the publisher of the magazine. Since 1996, it has been online as well. Each month, all new entries are published in the magazine, then they are later added to the list on the web site. I know that some of our listers have already posted their surnames in the Index. Those of you who have not heard about it before might consider doing so. New names are being added all the time so regular checks of the site are a good idea. Entering your surnames into this Index is free. The only condition is that you must have personal knowledge or proof that these surnames were Huguenot in origin. Here are some additional details about the magazine -- Australian Family Tree Connections PO Box 322, Gosford NSW 2250, Australia Tel: (02) 4323 4201 [+61 2 4323 4201] Fax: (02) 4323 4111 [+61 2 4323 4111] AFTC Online: http://www.aftc.com.au Email: publisher@aftc.com.au That's all for this time. Bye now. Andrea

Hi list, Over the last year, I have been researching the various names in my family. One name that came up was Mogeon. I just recently came across the name in Switzerland and East Prussia. Now I find that a bit odd because my ancestor, Anne Mogeon, was in La Tremblade and that is located on the West coast of France, south of La Rochelle. By toadies standards, not that impossible. But back then, quite a distance for her to have traveled, unless she the entire family split up, some going east and some going west. Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated. Jon A.

Dear Listers, I found a record in the Leiden Municipal Archives dealing with a Pieter Bodine and was wondering how best to proceed in investigating it. I'd appreciate any suggestions. The record was in the "Uitgaande attestaties" from 1620 - 1889. These were testimonies that were written up by the church showing that the member was in good standing. They were used when moving from one place to another, usually within Holland. There isn't much information, just that a Pieter Bodine moved from Leiden to near Hambourg (Hamborch), Germany. His was written on 4-6-1661 in the Hooglandse Church. All the index says is "Bodijn, Pieter nr. buiten Hamborch (with the date). The librarian explained to me what this meant (nr. stands for nar). Thanks for your help, Dave Bodine Dave@MediterraneanAccents.com

LOOKING FOR COUSIN AND OUDART--Emigration year: circa 1875 from Namur, Belgium. My wife is a descendant of Alexandre Cousin married to Leonie Oudart who emigrated to Nicaragua after 1870 with their two children: Louis Alexandre and Blanche Cousin. Blanche married in Nicaragua on April 25, 1892 to Jose Santos Zelaya (1853-1919) who was President of Nicaragua from 1893 to 1909. Blanche was in Nicaragua the First Lady for 17 years. We know that al least Blanche Cousin was born in Namur, Belgium. After 1909 when her husband lost the Presidency, Blanche accompanied her husband to exile to Spain, France and later to the USA where he died in New York in 1919. She returned to Nicaragua where the descendants of Louis Alexandre and Blanche still live. The descendant of Blanche carry the Zelaya surname, while the descendant of Louis Alexandre carry the Cousin surname. My wife maiden name is Blanca Estrada-Cousin and was born in Managua, Nicaragua in 1937. Anybody there has a clue on where to search for the relatives of my wife in Belgium?

Hello listers, Please can someone tell in if the name STANTON could be an Anglesization (that spelling looks terribly wrong!) of a Huguenot name? Regards, Anne in Notts., UK e-mail - harann@aedwards6.fsnet.co.uk

Dear Listers, Here is what I found out about the two archives mentioned above. I'll post another message later about the municipal archives I visited in this area. Nord Department Archives The Nord Department Archives at Lille are open Monday through Thursday from 9 am to noon (closed noon to 1 pm) and from 1 pm to 5:30 pm. On Friday, they close at 4:30. On Saturday, I think they are open from 9 to 12. They were closed for summer vacation, July 1-15, 2000. I believe this is an annual closure. The Archives telephone is (33) 03 20 93 87 17. The address is 22 rue St. Bernard. This is in the southern part of Lille. It's off of Metz Avenue. They have microfilm, books, journals, and other assorted reference materials. Some can be referenced by yourself, but most need to be signed out. Supposedly, you can only check out about eight things for the day, but I don't think that was enforced very much. There are a limited number of seats. I would get there early to make sure you get one, or at least a good one. Pas-de-Calais Department Archives The Pas-de-Calais Department Archives are located in the city of Arras in the Place (Plaza) de la Prefecture. Look for #12 over an arch in the Plaza. Go through the arch and there will be a kind of blue building down the alley. This is the Centre Georges-Besnier where the Archives are located. The address is 12 place Jean-Moulin (or Place de la Prefecture), 62018 Arras Cedex 09. The telephone is 03 21 21 61 90 and the fax is 03 21 21 62 98. Hours are 9-12 and 1-5 Monday through Friday. It is also open on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays of the month from 9-12 except on holidays and school vacations. There is no annual closure. They mostly have microfilm of church records here. You can access these by yourself. That makes things easier. Books along the back wall tell you, in general, what is on the microfilm, but many of the films are not indexed and would be very hard to decipher for the beginner in French research. However, along the back wall are books of records that have been organized by individuals and genealogical organizations. These are transcriptions of some of the church records with some indexing. They're a big help if the town you want to research happens to have been transcribed. Hope that helps someone, Dave Bodine

Hello to all of you --further to Andrea's listing of 4 April 2000 of details of the Quarto Series, here is a repeat including the LDS film numbers of the first 48 volumes. Listed below are the volumes included in the "Quarto Series" (ISSN 0309-8354) published by The Huguenot Society of London (now known as the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland). Where are these publications available to researchers? ** At the Hug. Society itself in London (University College, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT). E-mail: s.massil@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/UCL-Info/Divisions/Library/huguenot.htm The Volumes 1—47 are on fiche and are available for purchase here. ** At many major libraries worldwide -- eg. universities, for example. ** On film through the LDS research facilities (FHC's). See listing below. ** Some of them (volumes1-40 only) are on fiche and can be purchased from the Australian Genealogical Society. Their address: 120 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. http://www.sag.org.au/ They have also published the indexes to the first 40 volumes on fiche from the same address. Actually I am uncertain if the have published the volumes themselves, maybe only the indexes. The Society publications (Quarto series) are -- *Vol 1 The Walloons and their Church at Norwich, their History and Register, 1565-1832. LDS film 0599301. *Vol 2 Les Actes des Colloques des Églises françaises et des Synodes des Églises Étrangeres réfugiées en Angleterre, 1581-1654. LDS film 0962134 Item 1. *Vol 3 Register of the Protestant Church at Guisnes, France,1668-1685. LDS film 0086957 Item 1. *Vol 4 Registre de l'Église Wallonne de Southampton. LDS film 0962134 Item 2. *Vol 5 Registers of the Walloon Church in Canterbury, Parts 1-3. LDS films 0086956 and 0086957 Item 2. *Vol 6 Despatches of Michele Suriano and Marc' Antonio Barbaro, Venetian Ambassadors at the Court of France, 1560-1563. LDS film 0962134 Item 3. *Vol 7 Registers of the French Conformed Churches of St. Patrick and St. Mary, Dublin. LDS film 0962134 Item 4. *Vol 8 Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England, 1509-1603. LDS film 0824513 Item 1. *Vol 9 Registers of the French Church at Threadneedle Street, London, Part 1. LDS film 0962135 Item 1. *Vol 10 Lists of Aliens Resident in London, Henry VIII to James I, Parts 1, 2 & 3, and index. LDS films 0578823 and 0578824. *Vol 11 Register of the French Church at La Patente, Spitalfields, London. LDS film 0928501 Item 1. *Vol 12 Register of the Dutch Church, Colchester. LDS film 0962135 Item 2. *Vol 13 Register of the French Church of Threadneedle Street, London, Part 2. LDS film 0962136 Item 1. *Vol 14 Registers of the French Nonconformist Churches, Dublin. LDS film 0962136 Item 2. *Vol 15 History of the Walloon and Huguenot Church at Canterbury, Kent, ENG. LDS film 0962136 Item 3. *Vol 16 Registers of the French Church of Threadneedle Street, London, Part 3. LDS film 0962136 Item 4. *Vol 17 Register of the French Church, Thorney. LDS film 0924820 Item 2. *Vol 18 Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization in England and Ireland, 1603-1700. LDS film 0824513 Item 2. *Vol 19 Register of the French Church, Portarlington, Ireland. LDS film 0962137 Item 1. *Vol 20 Registers of the French Churches at Bristol, Plymouth, Stonehouse and Thorpe-le-Soken. LDS film 0962137 Item 2. *Vol 21 Le Livre des Tésmoignages de l'Église de Threadneedle Street,1669-1789. LDS film 0862137 Item 3. *Vol 22 Le Livre des Conversions et des Reconnoissances faites a l'Église française de la Savoye, 1684-1702. LDS film 0928002 Item 1. *Vol 23 Register of the French Church of Threadneedle Street, London, Part 4. LDS film 0962139 Item 1. *Vol 24 Lists of Naturalization of Foreign Protestants in the American Colonies under Stat. 13 Geo. II. Film not found. *Vol 25 Registers of the French Church of Le Carre and Berwick Street, London. LDS film 0962137 Item 4. *Vol 26 Registers of the French Churches of the Savoy, Spring Gardens and Les Grecs, London. LDS film 0928501 Item 2. *Vol 27 Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization in England and Ireland, 1701-1800. LDS film 0824514 Item 1. *Vol 28 Registers of the French Churches of the Chapel Royal, St James and Swallow Street, London. LDS film 0962139 Item 2. *Vol 29 Registers of the French Churches of the Tabernacle, Glasshouse Street, and Leicester Fields, London. LDS film 0928002 Item 6. *Vol 30 Registers of the French Church of Rider Court, London. LDS film 0928002 Item 7. *Vol 31 Register of the French Church of Hungerford Market, later Castle Street, London. LDS film 0962139 Item 3. *Vol 32 Registers of the French Churches of Le Petit Charenton, West Street, Pearl Street and Crispin Street, London. LDS film 0928501 Item 3. *Vol 33 Extracts from the Court Books of the Weavers' Company of London. LDS film 0962139 Item 4. *Vol 34 Memoires inedits d'Abraham Mazel et d'Elie Marion sur la Guerre des Cevannes. LDS film 0962139 Item 5. *Vol 35 A Supplement to Dr W A Shaw's Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization (Vols. 18 & 27). LDS film 0824514 Item 1. *Vol 36 Registers of the Walloon Church at Cadzand in Holland. LDS film 0962139 Item 6. *Vol 37 Register of the Church of St Martin Orgars with its history and that of the Swallow Street Church, London. LDS film 0928002 Item 8. *Vol 38 Actes de Consistoire de l'Église Françoise de Threadneedle Street, London, Vol 1, 1560-65. LDS film 0962139 Item 7. *Vol 39 Register of the French Church of Saint Jean, Spitalfields, London. LDS film 0928002 Item 9. *Vol 40 Aufrere Letters and Papers. LDS film 0962139 Item 8. *Vol 41 Lists of Huguenot Pensioners in Ireland. LDS film 0962140 Item 1. *Vol 42 Register of the Artillery Church, London. LDS film 0962140 Item2. *Vol 43 Correspondence of Jacques Serces, Vol. 1. LDS film 0962140 Item 8. *Vol 44 Correspondence of Jacques Serces, Vol. 2. LDS film 0962140 Item 3. *Vol 45 Registers of Wheeler Street, Swanfields, Hoxton, La Patente de Soho, Repertoire General. LDS film 0962140 Item 4. *Vol 46 A calendar of the correspondence of J H Ott, 1658-71. LDS film 0962140 Item 5. *Vol 47 Registers of Le Mans. LDS film 0962140 Item 6. *Vol 48 Actes du Consistoire de l'Église Française de Threadneedle Street, London, Vol 2, 1571-1577. LDS film 0962140 Item 7. *Vol 49 Relief of French Protestant Refugees of London, 1681-1687. No film found. *Vol 50 Archives of the French Protestant Church of London: a handlist. No film found. *Vol 51 Records of the Huguenot Library:The Royal Bounty and connected Funds, The Burn Donation, The Savoy Church. No film found. *Vol 52 & Vol 53 French Protestant Hospital: inmates of, and applicants to, 1718-1957, and applicants for the Coqueau Charity 1745-1901. No film found. *Vol 54 Calendar and Letter Books of the French Church of London, 1643-59. No film found. *Vol 55 The case book of 'La Maison de Charité de Spitalfields', 1739-41. No film found. *Vol 56 Catalogue of Remaining Manuscripts in the Huguenot Library. No film found. *Vol 57 Returns of strangers in the metropolis 1593, 1627, 1635, 1639. No film found. *Vol 58 Minutes of the consistory of the French Church of London, 1679-92. No film found. *Vol 59 Minutes of the Coetus of London, 1575-1598, and Consistory Minutes of the Italian Church of London, 1570-1591. No film found. Hope this is useful Brian Walker

Hello, list -- I hope the following comments will be helpful. They are in response to a post today (2 Aug) from Tverdov@aol.com who posted about the MOSSAY surname, apparently originating in Frence, and also asking: < Can someone tell me what or where Wallonia was?> I don't have any info about the MOSSAY surname -- other than to offer my usual suggestion to try the IGI and other features on the LDS web site at www.familysearch.org which may give some clues. However, I can supply some information about Wallonia. It is a region of present-day Belgium which is located to the south of Brussels and between the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. For further details about this region, please go to the following URL which is the page for Welcome to Wallonia! Belgium's Information Site -- http://www.wco.com/~sfwallon/ . There is also a web site called Wallonia: Genealogy Databank for French-speaking Belgium. The home page (in French) is at: http://users.skynet.be/wallonia/wallonia.htm . You can choose an English version once you are on this site or you can go directly to English at: http://users.skynet.be/wallonia/wallonia.htm#uk . There is a surname search feature on this page which may help in finding info re: MOSSAY. There were no dates included in the post from Tverdov@aol.com but I suspect that "Walloon" in this case is meant in the modern sense, not the historical sense that is usual on this list. For further comments on this topic, please see post of April 13 in list archives with subject line -- Walloons: modern vs historical. Good luck in your search. Hope this has helped. Andrea

Hi, everyone -- This is a follow-up to my post yesterday (1 Aug) with subject line -- Records: Nord, FRA & Flanders, BEL, about the records of Lille, Nord FRA and other places in that area. Here are some additional records for the same border area between Northern France and Flanders in Belgium. I found them by cross-referencing with the Place Search for Lille on the LDS site (www.familysearch.org). In addition to further info re: Meenen (or Menin) in Belgium, the specific places mentioned are: In Belgium: Tournai (Hainaut), Ieper (West Vlaanderen), Namur (Namur) In France: Armentières (Nord) I wanted to include the URL for an online map site which would show this border area but couldn't find a good one. Anyone know of one? Andrea 1) Kerkelijke registers, 1707-1743, Waals Hervormde Kerk, Meenen, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Dopen, trouwen. Microfilm genomen van de originele in de Bibliotheque Walonne te Leiden. (Registers of the Walloon Reformed Church of Meenen, West Flanders, Belgium. Includes baptisms and marriages, 1707-1743. Written in French. Microfilm of the original in the Walloon Library at Leiden, NL.) LDS film # 106807 2) Eglise wallonne de la Barrière: Tournai, Armentières, Menin, Ypres et Namur; registres des baptêmes, mariages & inhumations; liste des membres de l'Eglise wallonne hors de Tournai; abjurations à Tournai et à Menin, XVIIIe siècle. Comprend des index. (Church registers for Walloon Churches of the border area between France and Belgium, ie. at Tournai, Armentières, Menin, Ypres and Namur. Written in French. Indexed, 528 pgs.) LDS film # 1123001 3) Kerkelijke registers, 1713-1781, Waals Hervormde Kerk, Ieper, West Vlaanderen. Dopen, trouwen, begraven. Microfilm genomen van de originele in de Bibliotheque Walloon te Leiden. (Walloon Reformed Church of Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. Includes baptisms, marriages and burials, 1713-1781. Baptisms, marriages:1713-1759. Burials:1725-1781. Written in French. Microfilm of the original in the Walloon Library at Leiden, NL.) LDS film # 106808 4) Registres paroissiaux, 1721-1776, Eglise réformée de Namur, Namur, Belgium. Microfilm produit de l'original dans Bibliothêque Wallonne, Leiden. Sépultures 1721-1776. (Registers of the Walloon Reformed church of Namur, Namur, Belgium. Includes burials, 1721-1776. Written in French. Microfilm of the original in the Walloon Library at Leiden, NL.) LDS film # 106812 5) Registres paroissiaux, 1700-1796, Eglise réformée de Namur. Microfilm produit de l'original dans Archives de l'Etat, Namur. Tables de baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1700-1796 Baptêmes, sépultures 1713-1755 Mariages 1713-1763 (Registers of the Walloon Reformed church of Namur, Namur, Belgium. Includes indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1700-1796. Written in French. Microfilm of the original in the State Archives at Namur.) LDS film # 315604 END

Can anyone tell me origin of the surname MOSSAY. My great grandfather was Josef MOSSAY , lived in austro-Hungary but was born in France. I'm having trouble identifying it as a Hungarian name and I keep finding references to France and Walloonia. Can someone tell me what or where Wallonia was? Thanks tverdov@aol.com

If anyone on this web knowes somewone with these surnames, please contact me. Thanks Jack Kentucky

Listers -- In response to the post on 30 July by Alison <the.jacksons1@sympatico.ca> re: surnames PRASHA, PRESHO, PRASHER, possibly Huguenot and possibly originating with Flemish weaver family in Lisburn, IRL. Alison, you didn't mention dates so there is info as to how far back you have researched. The IGI (International Genealogical Index) on the LDS web site (www.familysearch.org) sometimes provides clues for a search such as this one so it's always worth a try (although one must keep in mind that the IGI is only an index -- ie. a secondary source -- with gaps, omissions and errors). In this case, a lot of PRASHER names came up in the British Isles. The vast majority were in Scotland, one or two in Ireland (eg. Lisburn) but almost all of them were in the last half of the 1800's, much too late to prove Huguenot ancestry. The variants given were PREUSSER, PRESSER, PREISER, PRICER, PRIZER, PRISER, etc. There was one PRESSER in 1647 in Devon. I also noticed that, in the case of those listed in Europe, the location mentioned was Germany. The spelling variants in these cases were PREUSSER, PREISER, I think. All this neither proves nor disproves Huguenot ancestry. But it *may* indicate that the name originated in Germany as something like PREUSSER or PREISER, then moved on to Scotland where it *possibly* became PRASHER, and then to Ireland. There was a lot of to-and- fro movement of people between Scotland and Ireland, although I have no idea if this happened amongst Huguenot refugees as well. So, it appears inconclusive as to whether these surnames are Huguenot/Walloon in origin. Alison asked: Is this a Huguenot name? This is a natural question that pops up from time to time among listers. There's no easy, fast answer to it. For more on this subject, please see any of following posts in list archives, with these dates and subject lines: 13 Jan Huguenot name? 22 Feb A Huguenot name? 20 Apr Comments re: Huguenot connections 8 Jne Huguenot name or not? It might be worth joining an Irish mailing list (Lisburn area?) to see if anyone there can help. Also might be worth joining a Scottish list seeing as the name seems to have been prevalent there. Don't know if all this has helped -- hope so. In the meantime, keep fingers crossed and keep trying <g>. Andrea

Listers -- Here follows some info found through a Place Search for Lille, Nord, France on the LDS web site (www.familysearch.org). Note that it also includes info for other places in France, such as Béthune and Aire (both Pas-de-Calais). As well, there is also some information for locations in Belgium, ie. Mons (Liège) and Meenen (aka Menin) in West Flanders. These are all in the border area between France and Belgium. Found under sub-heading Church Records (Lille) -- 1) Registres paroissiaux, 1708-1735, Eglise réformée de Lille, Nord, FRA. Microfilm des originaux dans les Archives General sur Den Hag. Avec: Registres paroissiaux, 1708-1713; Eglise reformée de Béthune (Pas-de-Calais) et Registres paroissiaux, 1708-1713; Eglise réformée de Mons (Liège); Registres paroissiaux, 1711-1735 Eglise réformée d'Aire (Pas-de-Calais). (Parish registers, baptisms and marriages for Lille, France. Written in French. With the parish registers of the reformed churches at Béthune & Aire in France and Mons in Belgium. Microfilm of the original in the General Archives at The Hague, NL.) LDS film # 128837 2) Found under sub-heading History (Lille) -- Kerkelijke geschiedenis,1706-1713, Waals Hervormde Kerk, Meenen, West Vlaanderen, BEL & Lille, FRA. Microfilm genomen van de originele in het Rijksarchief te Middelburg. Tekst in het Frans en Nederlands. (History of the Reformation of Meenen, West Flanders, Belgium and Lille, Nord, France. Microfilm of the original in the State Archives at Middelburg, Zeeland, NL. Written in Dutch and French.) LDS film # 855907 Is anyone researching in these areas? Andrea