Ginny, The requirements that they sent me were that anyone who is over 18, adheres to Huguenot principles of Faith and Liberty, and is descended from a Huguenot that emigrated prior to the Edict of Toleration in 1787, or remained in France after the Edict, can join. Since they accepted Francis as a Huguenot with the only "documentation" being what was stated in a book, presumably anyone who is descended from him can join, as long as they pass the first two requirements. I have a feeling their requirements of "proving" the person was a Huguenot are rather loose, or they might have problems having enough members. I can't tell them how to run their organization, but I think they would do a better service to the public, and the perceived repution by the public of their organization if they allowed anyone to join, and then issued certificates or something to members who submitted strigent documentation back to and including their Huguenot ancestor. Rick Saunders

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------29F310961F0816BD8B69EC3F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sounds like a good idea to me. "Fredric Z. Saunders" wrote: > Ginny, > > The requirements that they sent me were that anyone who is over 18, adheres to Huguenot principles of Faith and Liberty, and is descended from a Huguenot that emigrated prior to the Edict of Toleration in 1787, or remained in France after the Edict, can join. > > Since they accepted Francis as a Huguenot with the only "documentation" being what was stated in a book, presumably anyone who is descended from him can join, as long as they pass the first two requirements. > > I have a feeling their requirements of "proving" the person was a Huguenot are rather loose, or they might have problems having enough members. I can't tell them how to run their organization, but I think they would do a better service to the public, and the perceived repution by the public of their organization if they allowed anyone to join, and then issued certificates or something to members who submitted strigent documentation back to and including their Huguenot ancestor. > > Rick Saunders -- Emma Gene Gentry <hgentry@inetport.com> Austin, Texas --------------29F310961F0816BD8B69EC3F Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="hgentry.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Emma Gene Gentry Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="hgentry.vcf" begin:vcard n:;Emma Gene (Seale) Gentry x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 fn:Emma Gene (Seale) Gentry end:vcard --------------29F310961F0816BD8B69EC3F--