With the new year fast approaching, perhaps it's time to consider a new idea. It appears from many past posts over this year that a number of us have access to various reference materials. Given the common interest we share, it stands to reason that possibly there is a great deal of duplication of the reference material amongst us. What I would like to propose is that we gather a list of available reference materials and that we individually make commitments to help those who do not have the materials available to them. For example, I have the following at my disposal: The Huguenots of London (Robin Gwynn) Huguenot Ancestry (Noel Currer-Briggs & Royston Gambier) The Quiet Conquest - The Huguenots 1685 to 1985 (Catalogue by Museum of London and the Huguenot Society of London) Immigrant Histories: Huguenot Settlers in North America and Europe, 1600's - 1900's (CD#600 Family Tree Maker's Family Archives) Various pamphlets acquired in Canterbury While I have often searched some or all of this material for "names" that are submitted by list members, I have not been able to do it consistently. I am now prepared to do a search of my available reference materials once a week for all names that appear in the posts from the former week. It occurs to me that if others are willing to make such a commitment that perhaps any scraps of information we can provide will help some of our fellow listers. What I propose is that each of us who is willing and able to make a similar commitment post a list of our available materials. We could then nail down the duplications and sort out who will take responsibility for searching which piece of reference material. Where there are duplications, perhaps we could take turns on alternate weeks. For each of us willing to do the searches, we could post all entries/finds once a week for all names researched for the former week. This is just an idea and perhaps it's not a good one, but I thought I would toss it out and gather your thoughts. It occurs to me that several people such as Andrea (of course!) and Roy have been spending a great deal of time helping so many of us and it would be helpful to all if more of us chipped in on a more regular basis. I, for one, quite often search my materials to see if I have anything available, and I'm certain that I'm not alone in that practise. The problem is that I don't know if others are duplicating my effort and I haven't been posting if I don't find any references. Just a thought for the new year... Regards to all and a very happy new year, Jan Zwarick

Hello Listers and Happy New Year, I like Jan's idea although I don't have too much to offer. However last Friday arrived in my snail mail a lovely little booklet put together by my cousin Mona Germaine, on the Peter Street Cemetery in Dublin, Ireland. This was a non-conformist French Huguenot church and cemetery known as <French Peters> Dublin, and existed from 1711 to 1879. The booklet contains reference to wills and marriage settlements, includes tombstone inscriptions, burials, pedigree charts and biographies of those associated with the church. As I read it much use has been made of the Publs. of the Huguenot Society, but clearly there is much besides. As most of you must know by now I also have Grace Lawless Lee's Huguenot Settlements in Ireland. Regards and best wishes for 2001 Kaye Cole in Melbourne JanIsobel@aol.com wrote: > With the new year fast approaching, perhaps it's time to consider a new