Since 1980 I have researched the LUCADOU family in Europe and America. The earliest ancestro was Pierre Antoine LUCADOU of Castres in Lanquedoc, France. His wife was a DE MALABRON. The two sons Pierre Antoine born in Castres in 1671 and Humbert who was part of the LUCADOUs of Geneva, Switzerland and later went to Holland. By his second wife Marthe ORET, he had a son Jaques LUCADOU of Castres who became a Burgess of Geneva, Switzerland. He married Judith NAVILLE of Geneva in 1729. The line which went to England were the children of Paul Francois von LUCADOU who was born on 27 April 1783 who married Louise JOHANNOT. Another John Daniel LUCADOU was naturalized by an act of Parliament in 1759. If you have membership with Ancestry.com, you can trace English descendants and records they might have in England. I actually found 103 references to the LUCADOU family including their business addresses and even play tickets. I would like Andrea to please search any records she might have for mention of any LUCADOU in the English records. The Huguenot Society of London gave us details about the family and a pedigree chart. The churches mentioned in the IGI records for the family included Shoreditch, St. Leonards, All Hallows, St. Martin in the Fields, and St. Benet Paul's Wharf. If anyone knows of these churches and their records or any LUCADOU connections, please contact me or share it with our Huguenot group. I also want to thank Andrea for letting the Huguenot group know about the Spanish connection. We had a tradition of being Spanish, and the explanation about the Walloons being under Spanish control in the Netherlands (now Belgium) cleared up a mystery we had wondered about for years. In a book titled "Les Refugies of Pays Castral" they discuss the family in an alphabetical listing. These are Walloon records and they definitely were Protestants because in 1682 Pierre LUCADOU, with several of his friends, were accused of sacrilege and condemned by non-appearance (in court) to be burned alive. Instead he went to Holland and was received in "citizenship" at Amsterdam the lst of December 1685. He married in the city and died there in 1728. In later notes, several of the LUCADOU family were persecuted. A Lady LUCADOU of Castres was shut up in a convent about 1699 in Chinon. A Jeanne-Rose LUCADOU published the Wilderness bans of marriage in 1749 and was put in prison. Jean-Louis LUCADOU, merchant druggist of Castres, was prosecuted for baptism (non-Catholic) and a Marthe LUCADOU was imprisoned at Castres for joining an assembly (Protestant church service) the 23rd September 1754 but was recognized as innocent and liberated the 15th of October. My ancestor Jean LUCADOU and his wife came to Manakintowne, VA in 1700. The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the group coming to America on Saturday, October 21. They will be touring the library, the old church, and at 7 p.m. having a banquet at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, Virginia. As an author of 3 histories on the LUCADOU, LOOKADOO, LUCKADO and LUCADO families (and possibly the 4th book by then) , I have been invited to participate in the festivities. I thought others with Manakin roots might be interested in knowing about this upcoming event. Carolyn LUCADO GRIFFIN (CLGriffinY@aol.com)