[HWE] SIX & variants: Reply to Carol Reply To Message: #2 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:10:53 -0700 From: "Carol J. Markillie" <markilli@inreach.com> To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000822101053.008107f0@pop3.inreach.com> Subject: Re: [HWE] SIX & variants Carol, Thanks so much for the fascinating account of your various adventures at home and abroad. That alone was a real treat, and then on top of that, you offer useful advice about our search for our SIX & variants, and you promise to look through your files when you get a chance to do so. Who could ask for anything more? Merci mil fois! We have written to the Archives at Lille but they did not have the staff to help us and suggested we rely on professionals or join the GGRN. Undoubtedly, to be there on the scene as you have been is the best possible way to operate, but that avenue is closed to us. However, as I have said, my research partner Virginia Holter has joined the GGRN and already we are getting some help from them. A couple of French friends in other parts of France are also trying to help us out with data from Flanders. My partner has read the Peters book, A Family From Flanders, and has shared some of the chapters with me. Peters' account and yours give us a good taste of what it's like to be there. Your suggestion about writing the mayor of Wicres sounds like a good one and we shall try to follow up on it. Not being near large university or public libraries, we are dependent on Interlibrary loans, the LDS Family History Centers and the good services of Andrea and Listers like you. We are also able to take advantage of the greatly improved search engines and websites on the Internet. I discovered the location of Marquillies and Wicres online at expedia.com. It's very good for finding almost any place in Europe. I knew there was a place called Sy in France but with the help of Expedia, I found another Sy in Belgium. If anyone missed reading your account, I recommend that they do so even if Flanders is not their area of interest. Thanks once more for your help and we'll look forward to hearing from you again. Hugh Seay HDELMAR@aol.com