Hello, listers -- Can anyone on the list help the person whose e-mails I have attached below? His name is Armel Francois, living in France. He is specifically interested in Protestants in the predominantly Catholic area around Arras (1800s). He wrote to me personally with his questions (he is not a subscriber) but I am unable to give him any information. The time period he is interested in is rather too late for discussion of Huguenots. However, the area he mentions had many Protestants in an earlier time period who left for other countries -- but possibly some of them later returned when the religious climate in France became more "friendly"? There are two copies of his inquiries below. The first one is in French and the next one is the same, but translated into English. After the English copy, I have included details of his family which Armel sent to me in a third e-mail, not copied here. If anyone can assist, please contact him directly at the address below -- but would you please post a copy to the list as well? I would be interested to learn more on this subject and I'm sure others would too. Thanks. Andrea ----Original Message----- From: armel.francois <armel.francois@wanadoo.fr> To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-admin@rootsweb.com <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-admin@rootsweb.com> Date: March 8, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: généalogie Bonjour, Je suis originaire de Wanquetin, un village près d'Arras (Pas de calais) où il y a toujours eu une forte minorité de protestants (1/3 de la population). C'est dans une région catholique. Auriez vous des informations sur les protestants de ce villages? Par avance, merci. Armel FRANCOIS -----Original Message----- From: armel.francois <armel.francois@wanadoo.fr> To: Andrea Vogel <andreav@island.net> Date: March 13, 2001 10:01 AM Subject: Re: généalogie My family came from Wanquetin, a little village near Arras (in the north of France). In this region, almost all the people are catholics but in this village 1/3 are protestants, 2/3 are catholics. I should have liked if you know the reason of this 'island'. If you have references about the protestants in this village, I should be very interessed. The reasons of this "interest" (english?), I discovered 6 months ago that my great grandmother was a protestante of this village. Excuse me for the english, but I have rarely the occasion to write in english. FRANCOIS Armel Here are the details of Armel's family. His great grandmother was Ludivine CARPENTIER, born in1833 died in 1885. Her parents were Ephraim CARPENTIER, born at Wanquetin, near Arras and Charlotte TATON, born at Lille. Some related names: BICHOPS, PAUCHET, MAYEUR. All lived in the north of the France. Thanks to anyone who can offer help to Armel. Andrea END