Well hello to all and in particular.. Fuller the wonderfully clever and all round nice guy who has a vast collection, or access to, information on things Huguenot. Cathares you say ! How I have longed for further information regarding those chums and those of the lodge (Orient). But that is for another day and another way as it does not meet the requirements of Angela the cutie concierge and this list. And mention of the little information regarding Huguenot ancestors of the wonderful north western areas of the motherland is difficult to find, unless one actually toddles up there. And that young Meazey is a most definite trip in my near future as Dinan, and surrounds, is where my ever so pitful ancestors originate. Well some of them, the rest tended to remain scattered from St. Malo over s far as Bourges. They were the Catholic version of our clan. Yes in all good families folks.. which prompts me to offer a suggestion. Just because you are searching your Protestante ancestor who may or may not have been Huguenot, doesn't mean that you should not search the records of the Catholic church in the area of interest. We found in our genealogical journey that some ancestors hid the fact that they were supporters of Cauvin, even attended Mass and made significant donations to cover their religious preferences. Made for remaining alive you see. The ones that did make mention of Cauvin, in public, found their options limited. A grand auto de fete was not the prefered option and so many chose the little island off the coast, England. But we all know that side of things, as many on this most wonderful of lists seem to begin their research in Threadneedle or somewhere nearby. For us of protestante ancestry, religious endeavour for reform began in the motherland and so while running around jolly old England is a good step, be prepared to venture back a few years and expect to find little or nothing in English language. I digressed, who would have ever thought that I would do so ? Fuller the Great, remain silent :) And yes of course Peter of the clan Meazey, it was indeed the law courts and that is exactly our clans difficulty. We were once avocat and so if it wasn't the fishermen of the early 90's, that's the last century to you youngsters, then I deeply apologise to casting such bad feeling toward that most wonderful of industry. So.. before I arrive in the beautiful region of Bretange once again, perhaps Peter, we could discuss in private correspondence just where and what information may be available concerning my forebears between say 1550 and 1650 in and around Dinan. See folks this list can be very handy for researching our Protestante ancestors as you just never know who may be a subscriber and where first contact may take you. If I was a new adventurer in things HWE, I would begin by searching the achives, as much has been written and stored over the years of this list on subjects varied. It can save time, effort and much typing questions for which there are already answers. I shall once again sit and ponder, peruse little notes and keep my eye on matters HWE once again. Kind Regards, Peter Leroy