Hello Roy, I live near Alkmaar and know several people there. I might be able to do some research and if readable translate your record. Send me your attachment. Ciao and greetings, Lex Bennink Lookjng for Massé, De Lattre, Le Queler, Le Marechal, Chailloleau ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "Roy Day" <royday@dial.pipex.com> Aan: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Verzonden: woensdag 21 februari 2001 12:12 Onderwerp: [HWE] The Leiden Collection - a true story | I have always suggested to people with interests in North East France/ Low | Countries to search the above as it is a vast collection and it would be | surprising not to find the name you are searching. | | Having no links with the area I decided recently to do as I preach and | searched the L's for any mention of the name LERPINIERE which I am | researching. Why should there be I asked myself as they have no connection | with the area - at least that is what I thought. | | What did I find but a Marie LERPINIERE who was one of the family that | supposedly fled to Switzerland but I had been unable to trace. She was | attending a French school at Alkmaar, which is north of Amsterdam but I am | unsure in what capacity. My questions therefore are. | | 1. Does anybody have any knowledge of this part of Holland and the school | in particular. The period is 1702 - 1719. | | 2. The record is in Dutch and there is one word I cannot read/translate - | can anybody assist as it is the one word that will explain, I hope, what she | was doing at the school. I can send a scanned attachment to anybody that | might be able to assist. | | I have also requested a copy of the filmed records, via the LDS, of the | local reform church to see if this reveals further information. | | The lesson to be learned, sorry about the pun, is try any source available | as you never know the unexpected may happen. It certainly did for me. | | Roy. | | ______________________________