Dear Listmembers, even it was some extra work to look up all the names you asked for, I was happy to see that there are members out there somewhere doing research on huguenot families. The rare postings to the list sometimes give a different impression! (And I can tell you that Andrea, our list-administrator was surprised, too) Now in return for my work I ask you for the following: Could you please post a brief statement, what families you are looking for in which area and the time range, and maybe tell a bit about their profession if known. I know that there is a list with surnames but that is very brief. This would help other listmembers to find connections. I'm personally interested in those walloon families that came from North France, Flandres and the Netherlands, first settled in the Pfalz (Palatinate) and later moved to the North-East of "Germany" (it wasn't called that at the time around 1700, but anyways) an area called Uckermark. Family names are: BEQU, COCHOIS, DE FRENE, DE LA BARRE, DE LATRE, DESOMBRES, DU BOIS, FOUQUET, GENET, GUIARD, LEDOUX, LEFEVRE, LULIOU, MAILLEFERT, ROPITAIL, ROQUETTE, SALINGRE, SALOME, TAVERNIER, VAGER, YOLIN in all kind of spellings Main time range for these people is 1650 to 1750. Place names are: Prentzlau/Prentzlow, Strasburg, Bergholz, Battin, Fahrenwalde, Rossow, Woddow, Walmow, Bagemuehl, Angermuende. This area was alsways 'borderland', sometimes parts of it belonged to Brandenburg or Mecklenburg-Strelitz or (Vor)Pommern. The city of Strasburg(Uckermark) used to belong to Brandenburg for hundreds of years and just recently in 1994 decided to "go" to Mecklenburg-Strelitz, part of the 'Bundesland'-(state) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (shortly called McPom in Germany). And this makes my own research kind of difficult. The French reformed church books are in the central archive in Berlin (EZAB) available on microfiche, the evangelical lutheran books are still in Strasburg or in the archives in Pasewalk (Mecklenburg-Strelitz). Other files are in the archives of Potsdam (capitol of state Brandenburg) or somewhere in Mecklenburg. The French reformed church books for the Pfalz are in the central archives in Speyer on microfiche, but I can't have them send to Berlin to look into them here. One has to go to Speyer. I started my family research just last year with a very detailed Ahnentafel (ancestors report chart) drawn by my father's brother Siegfried NOLTE, who died in WW2 in 1942 in the age of 22 years. He has done very valuable research at that time (before the war ruined so many of the old documents) and in young age (and without computer, Fax or any of the other helps we got used to so much). I was surprised to see that my greatgrandmother Hermine Henriette FOUQUET, born 1842 in Strasburg had almost only French ancestors, even though the family had come to Germany in 1653 (I have the marriage entry from Frankenthal for Guillaume FOUQUET and Susanne FIERE at 16 Dec 1653. So I became interested in that French colony and French reformed parish, followed her lines back to France and then the different family strings back from 1691 (when they all came to Strasburg) until about 1900 in Strasburg. Here the German data privacy laws hit hard, datas of people that might still be living are restricted. (Birth 100 years, marriage 80 years) And if just one date on a microfiche gets into that time range, you don't get to see the whole thing. Any research has to be done by the officials and that costs a lot of money, and you only can get what you asked for (the marriage of Mr X and Mrs Y) and you have to prove that you are of direct descendancy. Ina Friling Germany

Hello, list, InaFri@aol.com wrote: > Could you please post a brief statement, what families you are looking for in > which area and the time range, and maybe tell a bit about their profession if > known. I would love to be able to post all that information about my Huguenot ancestors - if only I knew it! I know the name - Charles DE AZELEY, and the country or origin - FRANCE - and the country he settled in - N. IRELAND - and that's all! Granted, I have done very little searching, even in NIR, as it seems such an insurmountable task. Well, maybe in my next life.....sigh. In the meantime, shortly I'll be unsubbing for a few days while I switch to a new computer and a new ISP. Talk to you later. Cheers! Betty