You certainly seem to know the area. None-the-less, this whole area, by whatever name, was Cathar. Giselle At the risk of being pedantic, could I point out that Toulouse is in the Haute Garonne departement (No 31in the French system), not in the Aude. The Aude (no11) is on the Mediterranean coast, between the Herault (34) and the Pyrenees Orientales (66). These 3 departements are 5 of the ones that make up the Languedoc region. I mention the departement numbers because the French record system seems to use them quite often, in my experience. >From my limited knowledge of the Cathars, there was a siege of Carcassonne, Aude during the Albigensian crusade and a massacre in Beziers, Herault. The watchword at Beziers and I may be paraphrasing was 'Kill them all, God will recognise his own'. Regards, Jennie researching TUTIN and HAIRSINE/HERSIN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message