Hello to all -- I want to wholeheartedly agree with the statement made by Roy <royday@dial.pipex.com> today (21 Feb) -- that is, "try any source available" when researching your ancestors because "you never know (when) the unexpected may happen". And for anyone who might want to have a look at the Leiden Collection that Roy mentioned, here is further information. The Leiden Collection is a vast card index of Huguenots in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and elsewhere (1500-1828), written in both Dutch and French. In our HWE list archives, I found conflicting information as to where the original records are kept. LDS information lists the location at the Bibliotháeque Wallonne at Leiden. However, a post in the archives from a subscriber mentioned researching the collection at the Leiden Municipal Archives while yet another post from someone else stated that the collection is now at the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie in the Hague. However, if you don't live near any of those places <g>, the LDS church has filmed the whole thing -- on 199 film reels (did I mention it was vast??)!! The films are arranged alphabetically according to surnames and are numbered from 0199755 (AB-ALE) to 0199953 (WITA-Z). If you'd like to look at a complete listing, including film numbers and how they are arranged alphabetically, please look in the list archives for a post on 8 Feb 2000 with the subject line: Re: Hugenoten (Leiden collectie). The archives are accessible through our list website, in The Basics section, at: http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html. Finally, just thought I'd mention that there is the Mirandolle Collection which is also for Huguenots in the Netherlands, France, Germany etc.,1644 -1858. I believe that the originals are at the Walloon Library in Leiden but that could be incorrect. But again, LDS has filmed this collection and it is arranged alphabetically according to surnames and films are numbered from 0199963 (AA-BARSE) to 0199983 (VOORBURG-ZIEGLER). A complete listing of Mirandolle should be found on the LDS site (www.familysearch.org) by going to the Family History Library, then click on Search, then select Film/Fiche Search and type in any of the film numbers in the Mirandolle series, ie. 0199963 to 0199983. (Only 20 film reels for this one!) Hope this helps someone out there. Can anyone else tell us about their research experiences with the Leiden and/or Mirandolle Collections (eg. successes, failures, triumphs, despairs??) Andrea