In a message dated 1/4/2000 12:14:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, Waomalley@aol.com writes: << My family was originally French Huguenots who fled France in 1685. The name "Dreffein" is not a French name and I am having troulble tracing their roots back to Alcase >> There is a Huguenot newsgroup on rootsweb which may be helpful to you. Just go to www.rootsweb.com scroll down to "Mailing Lists" (on the left side), and click on, Then go to to "Ethnic Mailing Lists" (upper right hand corner) click on and scroll down to Huguenots and follow the directions for subscribing. You might also explore the rest of the rootsweb site; there is plenty of help there for all sorts of research. A trip to your local public or college/university library may help you with background research on Huguenots. Our library, as small as it is, has several books on this subject. Good luck. Carol Granville