Ina -- you might want to have a look at the background material at www.demarests.com After that, please feel free to contact me or another director of the Demarest Genealogical Society -- we'll tell you what (little) we know about David and Marie. -----Original Message----- From: Inajono@aol.com [mailto:Inajono@aol.com] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:20 PM To: HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HWE] Why leaving Picardie and Thierache shortly after 1650 Can anyone give me a hint why so many of the Huguenots settling in Palatinate (Mannheim etc) around 1651 left the Thierache at that time? The first birth registered in the French church of Mannheim was David DESMAREST, son of David DESMAREST and his wife Marie SOHIER born 20. Dec. 1651. Did they leave because they could settle savely in Mannheim or did they found a church in Mannheim because so many had to leave? (2 birth in 1652 and 13 in 1653, 30 in 1654) Ina www.hugenotten-uckermark.de ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== Website for the Huguenots-Walloons-Europe list at: http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html Lots of information, links to other sites, surnames list. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx