Thank you Peter for your suggestion which I will follow up. On reading the last few listings I am gaining the strong impression that the Huguenot clergy were interesting characters. Peter Sellon has his "silver tongued" ancestor. My Charles du Blés was evidently totally blind for 40 years while he conducted the services at the church in Canterbury and wrote that he "must keep in his mind the text, sermon, prayers, liturgie, psalms, catechism. &c., and that word for word, and who having gone through his duty is entirely exhausted, more dead than alive." He was also described as being "possessed of a somewhat combative disposition". I gather that there must be several letters written by him. I will contact the Huguenot Society and see if I can progress further. Best wishes Bronwyn Stuckey ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: [HWE] Re: [HWE] Charles du Blés Bronwyn has an interesting ancestor. Just as a first step I wonder if she has contacted the Huguenot Society ? http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/ or perhaps the Walloon Society, )yes they do have some webpage information in English) http://www.vallon.a.se/ Kind Regards, Peter Leroy ==== HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE Mailing List ==== Be a participating subscriber! Post your surname interests often. Once a month is about right, or more often if you have new details. Address your post to [email protected] ============================== 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