Hello All and Many, Garth has posed an interesting thread. The Calvinists of Suisse (Switzerland). I would have considered the followers of Zwingli to be more prominent in that country ? However let us see what smidgeoans of information can be dug up. Luberon community also called Vaudois.. well that is a beginning I suppose. This webpage gives us some information http://www.baptistpillar.com/bd0530.htm Hmm now this might be of some assistance. A knowledge of the French language may be required http://www.routevaudoisluberon.com And of course there is this URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~chevaud/ Perhaps all of the above is already known but then again, maybe something may be useful. Better still, by the rule of cause and effect, I am sure that others will join in with other snippets. Kind Regards, Peter Leroy

Thanks for the very interesting links you shared, Peter. I was very glad to see that part about the slave galleys. According to ancient family legend, my original Labuschagne ancestor had a brother or an uncle by the name of Samson (de) la Buscaigne, who wasn't blessed with an abundance of good fortune. While the rest of the family escaped France intact, Samson was caught and sentenced to row in the slave galleys. I have searched for his name many a time, but he seems to have been swallowed up by history, leaving only the shadow of a name and a vague legend. You don't suppose there might have been some kind of records kept concerning names of galley slaves? Probably too much to expect, but you never know. One can only begin to imagine the horror of having been chained at the oars for thirty or forty years. That article filled in a piece of knowledge for which I've kept a space open for a long time. Thanks again. Regards, Herman Labuschagne Johannesburg, South Africa -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 September 2003 09:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HWE] Re: Flight of the Vaudois to Piedmont Hello All and Many, Garth has posed an interesting thread. The Calvinists of Suisse (Switzerland). I would have considered the followers of Zwingli to be more prominent in that country ? However let us see what smidgeoans of information can be dug up. Luberon community also called Vaudois.. well that is a beginning I suppose. This webpage gives us some information http://www.baptistpillar.com/bd0530.htm Hmm now this might be of some assistance. A knowledge of the French language may be required http://www.routevaudoisluberon.com And of course there is this URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~chevaud/ Perhaps all of the above is already known but then again, maybe something may be useful. Better still, by the rule of cause and effect, I am sure that others will join in with other snippets. Kind Regards, Peter Leroy ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== When posting to the HWE list: SURNAMES written in capitals, s'il vous plaît. Also, please specify dates and location, including country. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237