Fellow listers -- You may be interested to know that there were three Walloon Churches in what you might think of as an unlikely location, ie. South America. Specifically, churches were established in the colonies of Demerara and Essequebo in Guyana and also in Paramaribo in Suriname (or Surinam). At least some of the records of all three churches have been filmed by LDS and are available on the same film -- #106810. For example, the Demerara records contain marriages between dates 1758-1811. For Essequebo, the records contain marriages between dates 1779-1811. And for Paramaribo, the records include baptisms and marriages between dates 1695-1790. The original manuscripts for all three churches are held at Algemeen Rijksarchief te 's-Gravenhage. For those who may not be aware of it, Guyana and Suriname are located in northeastern South America (north of Brazil) and share a common border with each other. Both also have coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. Before 1975, Suriname was a dependency of The Netherlands and was called Dutch Guiana or Netherlands Guiana. Using slave labor, the Dutch cultivated sugarcane, which became the major source of income, and large agricultural estates developed. The present-day capital and only major urban area is Paramaribo. Guyana was also, at one time, under the control of the Dutch but also fought over by the English and the Spanish. Ties with its Dutch past are still evident today in town with names such as New Amsterdam. For an outline of events from Guyana's history, go to the following URL: http://geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/9253/History.html. Does anyone have further information about the Walloon churches and communities in these locations? Andrea