Hello Elizabeth, > "Descendants of Religious Oppositionists", the Cathers and the Huguenots and those French > heritage Swiss who found in Zwingli, a religious leader, we might be able to > address them all... At first I was wondering how you would have known about our ancestors :) Our clan only became Catholic as that is where the money was way back when. Many of them remained so until hearing Cauvin chattering away at the Sorbonne. I tell you, didn't that cause a kaffufel in the tribe. > Keeping in mind that there are some Huguenot groups that limit membership > to descendants of those who left France in a given time period after the > promulgation of the Edict of Nantes.. which if strictly applied, would exclude > many if not all Walloons from inclusions with Huguenots, as technically > speaking they were ruled by the Spaniards and therefore not .... nevermind... > perhaps there is a need for an additional group on rootsweb. Oh noooo I am not suggesting that HWE be 'restricted' too much as far as time period is concerned, from Luther onward is fine for many.. I did make mention of how I would suggest that perhaps there is a way of expanding that time period from the early days of the Reformation to the late 1600's I do believe that I once came upon a group on Rootsweb that did seem to be a tightknit group who only wished to discuss Huguenot ancestors, of course one had to also document in six copies and swear a blood oath that your ancestor did arrive from France. A select group me thinks, with limited interest, in all things Huguenot and/or Walloon. > I do hope something is found > on the Cathares as it could be an interesting and probably active list Now if one were to create a more general list such as the Reformation, then maybe Cathares could be openly discussed along with things Protestante and Walloon. Oh and while I have fingers to the keyboard... Jesus was a Christian ? Hmm ok ok.. so Luther was a Protestant then even though he was Catholic ? And Columbus discovered America ? No I am only kidding.. except that Luther was not a Huguenot. I don't think the word existed in his time ? Hopefully someone with knowledge of middle age French or German language could correct me on that ? Kind Regards, Peter Leroy