Hi folks Interesting article (7 pages long, lots of references) in one of the French genealogical mags (Votre Genealogie) about those people sentenced to servitude in the galleys, in French called les Galeriens. Among a welter of statistics, two small pie charts. First one shows percentages of crimes for which people were sentenced 1680-1715, 45% deserteurs, 31% droits commune, 16% contabandiers, 4% motif non donne, 4 % Protestantes. Between 1715 and 1789 no Protestantes recorded, the number of deserteurs had fallen dramatically but the number of contrabandiers had risen hugely. Figures from the central records at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris ............. Regards Tony Fuller Huguenot Trails Berbiguieres 24220 France