Fellow listers -- Do you know of the website http://www.museedudesert.com which is for the Musée du Desert (Huguenot Museum) in Mialet, France? This location is northwest of Nîmes in the southern part of the country. If you are ever planning a trip to this part of France, the Museum is open to visitors only from 1 Mar to 30 Nov. The period between 1685 (Revocation of the Edict of Nantes) and 1787 (Edict of Tolerance) is referred to as the "desert" period for the Huguenot exiles and refugees. Hence the name of this museum. The website is mostly in French at the moment but parts of it have been translated into Dutch, German and English and it looks like the plan is to have all of it translated eventually. The aim of the museum is to memorialize and tell the history of French Protestantism, as well as to portray daily life of the 18th century. There is a model of a Huguenot home with displays of typical artifacts of the day. There also appear to be some records of birth and marriage kept at the museum. If you are interested in contacting the museum personally, there is a fax number as well as an e-mail address on the site. If anyone is researching ancestors from this area of France, I hope you will post to share with the rest of us. Andrea The museum is in a rural setting and has two parts. The first is a model of a Huguenot home and includes many original objects like their Bibles and pulpits. The Assembly and Bible rooms themselves are worth the trip. The second part is a sober dedication to the Huguenot martyrs and refugees. We also spent some significant time in Geneva, the city of refuge for many Huguenots. Few understand nor remember that much of the great wealth of the

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