In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes >I read recently an article that stated you could find information at the LDS >Family History centres on the Huguenots. I have a couple of questions. >1. Where do you look in the Library Cataolog, is it the country of origin or >country of exile? >2. What records are the best? >3. Are there any records that show the migration into England and if yes what >time periods do they cover? >4. How do I find out where my Huguenots came from? >I know I sound sort of a novice, I am when it comes to this kind of research. > I have be doing Family History for years and recently found out that at >least 8 family lines originated in France, Belguim, Holland or Germany. So, I >need to pick your brains. >Thank you. >Phyl Because my own surname has foreign origins, I too sought details of Huguenot immigration. Some background information that might be useful. In the mid-nineteenth century, a certain William Durrant Cooper collected and edited the returns from the then State Paper Office that dealt with Huguenot immigration. It was published in 1862 as one of the annual volumes of the Camden Society of London. As a description, the opening paragraph of the introduction reads: 'The following pages contain lists, first of the French and other refugees who, in 1622, were resident in St. Martin's-le-Grand in London, or were engaged in the trades of cutlers (for which they made the metropolis famous, as it still remains), joiners, ceelers, carvers, and tallow-chandlers; and also of the foreigners who were then resident in the principal places of refuge in England, viz., Canterbury, Maidstone, the Cinque Ports, Norwich and Colchester; and, secondly, of those refugees who came into this country between the years 1678 and 1688, during the troubles preceding and immediately following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and to whom free letters of denization were granted by Charles II and James II.' The Camden volume is indexed by name and subject and the details therein often include family details, trades and the name of the town or village from whence they came. The volumes of the Camden Society may be found in major & academic (university) libraries. In the years 1897-1898, The Genealogical Magazine of London ran a series of articles by the Reverend Cornelius Hallen. This worthy extracted from the Lansdowne MSS in the British Museum, the 'List of Strangers' that had been compiled by the city fathers in 1567. Each of the articles listed by name against city ward, those inhabitants of foreign birth (including the Scots who were so regarded at that time). The names often gave details of family, trade, place of origin and how long they had been resident. The magazines were subsequently published as annual volumes, copies of which may be found in major libraries. Unfortunately, the articles were not collated and indexed and any name query requires a methodical search through all the articles. Both the Camden volume and the 'List of Strangers' (now indexed) have been subsequently published together on a CD. Lest I be accused of advertising, please email me privately for details. Mike. -- ======================================================================= Mike Gallafent - Publisher - CD 'Strangers, Foreigners & Aliens' - CD 'Published Wills of London' [email protected] - CD 'Middlesex Oath Rolls 1641-2' =======================================================================