Hello Hugh and All: The SIX family was a very influential, important family in Amsterdam and you can still tour their main residence. I have seen SAY and SIX in various Walloon registers and have always believed they were separate families. The SAYs are in the French Register at Thorney - don't remember if SIXs are also, but rather doubt it as they were wealthy industrialists as far as I can remember.[When I asked the reference librarian at Leiden University what "industrials" in the 1600s would have been, in regard to two LE PLA brothers in Leiden, she said "woollens". snip> But Marty's other August 11 posting about Huguenots in Virginia has a VIGNE surname that is possibly related to the family of my ancestor Abraham SEAY (SAY) who received a land grant in Virginia in 1745. He was married to a Naomi LAVIGNE, LOVIGNE, LOVINE, or LOVING--the spelling is uncertain. I have seen LAVIGNE in the Huguenot Society Quarto Series registers but unfortunately I don't remember which ones - some of the early Huguenot and Walloon people who came to America were closely connected to the Brownists in Leiden but your ancestor Abraham SEAY in 1745 was quite a bit later. I've seen mention of Huguenot settlements in the early colonies in Virginia etc. while helping others research there but I haven't paid particular attention since it is way early for me and mine. Thanks very much for the information on the GGRN! Regards - Carol At 05:25 PM 8/13/00 EDT, you wrote: > >Thanks to Andrea for posting on August 10 the SIX & variants in >Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, and for having found and filled in all the gaps. > >My research partner, Virginia Holter, has recently joined the GGRN >(Groupement Genealogique de la Region du Nord). Membership is about $40+ to >join, and this includes 6 issues of their magazine. The members work for each >other, free. This is a good bargain. However, a little knowledge of French is >necessary >The URL: http://www.genenord.tm.fr/gnasso/gnoggr1.htm > >Since Flanders is included in la Region du Nord, we are getting help from >researchers on the scene where many SIX and SY sightings are possible. >But the registers of the English churches are also a fertile field, and >Andrea has been very helpful with them. > >Hugh Seay