Hello -- This is in reply to Simon and his query about the French Protestant Society for Apprenticing Orphan Children. Perhaps it might be of help to contact the Huguenot Society in London to see if they have any info about this organization and school. They may also be able to confirm the correct spelling. Here is a page on our website which will tell you how to contact the Society: http://www.island.net/~andreav/orgsaddsbri.htm. If they do have some info, it may be in their Proceedings publications. Simon, you didn't mention any dates but I'm guessing that if it was only in your great-grandfather's time, this was fairly recent (ie. 1800s?) If this is so, a search of the earlier English censuses (eg. 1851, 1861, etc) might be of help, and if that isn't where you got the info you mentioned. The censuses are indexed and online on either Ancestry.co.uk or Ancestry.com if you have access to those websites. For example, many FHCs have free access. I also did a web search for Langourini and found nothing, nor did I find anything for French Protestant Society for Apprenticing Orphan Children. However, using the keywords "Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn" turned up quite a bit of info, not all of which looked relevent and which I did not have time to look through but which you may find of interest. I did find reference to some early time periods (1600s-1700s) and also to barristers and the Old Bailey. So those references, while not about the school itself, may give you an idea what this area of London was like. Lastly, while I was on the Huguenot Society website, I linked through to the library catalogue which is part of the eUCLid network for the University College of London and found a book which may not be of help but I'll mention it anyway. The title is "The Court of Orphans: a study in the history of urban institutions, with special reference to London, Bristol, and Exeter in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries". It's by Charles Hope Carlton (published Los Angeles, 1970). Hope this helps. Anyone else got further ideas? Regards, everyone. Andrea