Hello Roy, If I can be of any assistance, just let me know. I am a native Dutch speaker (living in Flanders, Belgium). Regards, Johan@Berteloot.NET -----Original Message----- From: Roy Day <royday@dial.pipex.com> To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: woensdag 21 februari 2001 12:12 Subject: [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. > >______________________________