This is just a little publicity for a web site I have found very fruitful. Read on because there is a question for the experts at the end. A few weeks ago SKS, whose identity I regrettably cannot recall, posted a message about Philippe Ramona's site http://www.es-conseil.fr/pramona/englabst.htm which has some excellent resources for searching people and places in France. One link on this site worthy of particular note is "Geneactes", which enables search and help for publication of civil-status records from 1599 in French Communes or Parishes. http://www.geneactes.org/index-en.html. The beauty is some records throws up additional parishes by name and location code which help to trace other family members geographically who were principles in a baptism or a marriage.. Using it I felt a high degree of confidence in it as a copy of a primary source and it has already enabled me to check the accuracy of some of the Familysearch Pedigree Resource file data posted for my THEVELIN family!! I would be very interested to hear the views of other listers on the reliability of these records and their connection with French Protestant church records. I notice they contain more information than in the corresponding Protestant Church record at, for example, Guines, Pas-de-Calais published by the Huguenot Society. I'm sure Andrea will find a suitable place for it on the HWE-L website. Clive Bates Researching: TEVELEIN, THEVELIN, GIBBONS, GIBBENS, FISHER, BATES (- 1700) in Kent, France and Netherlands.