Regarding this and other french surnames , the person could look at www.genealogie.com there is an english version of this site . Because of the date at the breginning of the french revolution there might be more difficulties , always remember when there is another language to read the name aloud , it could have been Alphonse the french first name for example or even Lafont. Luc -----Message d'origine----- De : Andrea Vogel <andreav@island.net> À : HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date : 25 janvier, 2001 23:40 Objet : [HWE] Fw: {not a subscriber} ALFONT surname > 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 >> >> > > >==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== >For list guidelines and other important H-W-E list info, read and save >the "welcome message" you got when you subscribed. Lost your copy? >Contact list admin, Andrea, andreav@island.net, to get a new one. > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > >