Hello Folks, Has any one heard from our beautiful concierge of late ? Her abscence is duely noted and she had better have a note for being away so long. Meantime... the wonderful Andrea has been known to make little posts from time to time concerning all sorts of ideas for those of us who are just setting out on the long journey of genealogy and family history. Why anyone would pick the middle bit first is only something that they can answer. But subscribed you did and now you sit "hiding" terrorfied of the darkness that is surely to be found in this most enjoyable of enjoyable mailing lists! Nothing further from the truth. This little list can provide you with an enormous amount of assistance. Ok, shush Mr. Fuller maybe I will just say some information. Yes some do tend to "waffle" along and write about all manner of topics, all to do with things Huguenot of course. It is very naughty to write about things that are not really related to this mailing list. For that kind of thing perhaps direct email to whomever you think might know something that you really really do need to know but alas it is not about your Huguenot ancestry. But!!! If you want to know or know something that needs to be told and it is about things Huguenot or Walloon, then press fingers to the keyboard and write away. It might be about one of your own ancestors, it might be about some important fact of the Wars of Religion, it might be a follow-up to something that you read while browsing the HWE posts. Whatever it is, do it and do it now before you forget! And for those who dont really believe that men ruled the Huguenot / Walloon world during those times, I am sure you might discover that there are one or two very very well versed lady subscribers who can fill entire books on the role of women in Huguenot times. And for those who may have an enquiry regarding the theology of the times, yes folks, there are one or two subscribers who are quite expert in that little field. Then of course there are the other 300 or so subscribers who sit quietly waiting to pounce on that juicy morsel of information but rarely say too much. They too, from time to time, also have information that while they might think is of no interest to other subscribers will be mightarily suprised to discover that they are actually a potential source for our newer subcribing "Fellows and Fellowettes" and some of the more mature variety. And so where might you find things, apart from asking in a post to the mailing list ? Well for starters try these URL's (a URL is the address you type at the top of your browser to find things on the Internet) The first URL is the webpage for this HWE mailing list. It will take you off to discover all manner of things. http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html And this one is off to another site which attempts to answer that age old question.. What names might be Huguenot ? http://www.aftc.com.au/Huguenot/Huguenot_surnames.html So there we are new subscribers, and perhaps I have refreshed the memory of the old hmm nay; subscribers of the list who have been so for some time (sound better than old subscribers ?) Good luck with your research and a small "tip" for those beginning. a) check your information twice and if in doubt search for a third source b) do not believe all sources such as family webpages as being accurate. Many are, some are very good guesses c) Do not be backward in coming forward on this list with either question or answer. oops nearly forgot. Be nice, play good and smile lots. Ok Andrea you can come out now ? Kind Regards, Peter Leroy