Dear Listers, I wonder if any of you can help. There is a group of us, all in some way linked to the TEVELEIN family who have gathered much of the family data of the descendants of JEAN TEVELEIN b abt 1618 in Guemp, Pas-de-Calais. We want to push back further still. The family moved to Canterbury from the villages of Guines, Guemp, Marcq, and Armentiers , Picardie, France and Cadzand, Netherlands in the late 17th Century We would very much like to hear from anyone who can throw light on the associated branch family names of the period; their French ancestors and places of residence pre 1700: BEUNE/BONNE, RAIRE, LE HOUCQ,CHEVALLIER, DU FOUR, DOSSELAIT/DOSSELAR, OLIVE, ELVEN, PICARD, BOYKIN, HOLBROOK, CLARKE, BRICE, RUCK . We would appreciate guidance on searching records in this part of France and particularly the records of JEAN TEVELEIN. Listers, what makes a Huguenot a Huguenot?. Is it: 1. A person whose records are found in a Huguenot, Walloon or Strangers Church. 2. A person who has married into a Huguenot family.. 3. A person who because of persecution has emigrated from a Huguenot area irrespective of religious persuasion.. 4. A person whose parents were Huguenots but whose christening or birth is not found in Huguenot or Walloon records. Where does one draw the line in the definition? Were Huguenot immigrants to Canterbury immediately absorbed into the Church of England? I would like to thank Andrea for all the 'names' she has posted recently with the very many references to TEVELEIN in its various spellings. This is a very valuable site. Thank you. Clive Bates