my ancestor, Henry FRANCISCO, who lived to be 134, told a professor who interviewed him in 1819 that he was from ESSEX. he was definitely a huguenot whose father had fled france once to marry in amsterdam. when henry was a small child (he was born in 1685), under 5 probably, his father fled again, first to holland, then england, then the US. since there is no place in france named essex i thought perhaps henry was referring to Essex Co. NJ where his father settled. but he might have meant england, so i thought it was worth checking. Henry's father's name has been given variously as John FRANCIS, John FRANSOY, and John FRANCISCO. in the original french it was probably JEAN FRANCOIS, and if he had spent time in holland it could also be JAN. i have also seen it FRANCISKUS, VAN SISCO, VAN CISCO, SISCO, etc. thank you! -- Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number — Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Call to Freedom ---------- >From: "Andrea Vogel" <andreav@island.net> >To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HWE] Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG > Offer to Look Up >Date: Sat, Aug 5, 2000, 12:03 PM > > Hi, all of you on HWE list, > This post is to let you know that I am also willing to look up surnames > in the church records for Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG upon request. These > are on LDS film # 0962137, also Vol. 20 of the Quarto series published by > the Hug. Soc. of London. > > As with the Portarlington post, I am asking that following conditions be > met for look-up requests. > a) The request for look-up * must be* posted to the list and not sent to me > privately. > b) Requests for look-up **must have** a subject line like this (to alert me > to the fact that you are requesting the look-up) -- > SURNAME > Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, ENG Look-up > c) Your request post must contain some *details* about your surname and the > reasons for thinking they might be at this location. > I am asking that this procedure be followed because, as I said in the > Portarlington post, everyone will be sharing their information yet, at the > same time, making it clear that the post is a look-up request. > In return, I will post everything I find to the list. It will not be > sent to individuals privately. In this way, there will be more sharing of > information back to the list. > Also, as previously stated, this work as quickly as possible, but > please bear in mind that my local FHC has cut back to summer hours of one > part-day (Tuesday) per week. > Looking forward to requests for this one. Andrea > > > > > > > > > ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== > To access H-W-E list archives, there are two options: > Threaded Archive is at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Keyword Archive at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ > >