Your message interested me when you mentioned the name BESNARD because I have never heard of it before. Family legend has it that our BARNARD/BERNARD family were Huguenots. My family do not appear to have ever been wealthy but could those names be anglicised versions of Besnard ? Any thoughts anyone? Alan At 14:35 06-02-06, Lorraine wrote: >JULIUS BESNARD owned linen mills Douglas, CORK IRE. His gt >gfr PIERRE BESNARD md,MARIE DUBOIS in France. Born about >1630/1650. Does anyone have info. which would tell me what area of >France they came from? My 6xgt gparents. Thank you. Lorra