Hi François, I can supply some information that may assist you. 1. In the archives communales d'Arras there is a list of abjurations covering the period 1744-1792. This relates to Protestants reverting or converting to Catholicism. The reference is GG 160 and the address of the archives is Archives communales d'Arras, La Biblioteque municipal, 20 rue Paul-Doumer, 6200 Arras. 2. There is also records relating to Wanquetin and covers Protestant NMD for the period 1788-1792. these are held at Archives Départmentales 1 pl du 19 mars 6200 Dainville. Hope this proves to be of some use. Roy Day. -----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