Listers -- I am forwarding to the list the following message which is from someone who is not a subscriber. If anyone has general advice to offer as to how to start a search in France when a specific location is not known, could they please reply to the list as well as to Judy privately? I'm sure others would be interested in this topic. Many thanks. Andrea -----Original Message----- From: Judy Winn <j-winn2@tamu.edu> To: Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L@rootsweb.com <Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-L@rootsweb.com> Date: January 25, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} ALFONT surname >I'm trying to find information about the ALFONT family. My ancestor, >John ALFONT, came to America from France in the 1790s. He married in >Cecil County, Maryland in 1798. I have no idea what area of France >he might have come from. Family legend has it that he went to sea as >a young boy. Can anyone advise me about where to start in tracing >this surname in France? > >Thank you. >Judy Winn >j-winn2@tamu.edu > >

The name is not listed in the Paris Bibleotheque Genealogique but that is not to say the name is not French. The name I am researching is not listed there. The nearest I came was to Maison ALFORT in Department 94, Reunion Isles and a Robert ALFONS in Charente, Department 16. Roy. | -----Original Message----- | From: Judy Winn | Date: January 25, 2001 9:43 AM | Subject: {not a subscriber} ALFONT surname Routed by Andrea | | >I'm trying to find information about the ALFONT family. My ancestor, | >John ALFONT, came to America from France in the 1790s. He married in | >Cecil County, Maryland in 1798. I have no idea what area of France | >he might have come from. Family legend has it that he went to sea as | >a young boy. Can anyone advise me about where to start in tracing | >this surname in France? | > | >Thank you. | >Judy Winn