FYI to the Left Coasters, as in California, Oregon, Washington, Mexico, this book is available at Sutro Library in SF per their catalog entries below: S Alberts [email protected] 1.. Fontaine, Jacques, b. 1658. Memoirs of a Huguenot family [microform] / tr. and comp. from the original autobiography of the Rev. James Fontaine, and other family manuscripts; comprising an original journal of travels in Virginia, New York, etc., in 1715 and 1716 by Ann Maury. With an appendix, containing a translation of the Edict of Nantes, the Edict of revocation, and other interesting historical documents. New York : G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853. California State Library Sutro Library (RR) b.. Display Full Record Add to My List Request This Title Fontaine, James, b. 1658. Memoirs of a Huguenot family / Translated and compiled from the original autobiography of the Rev. James Fontaine, and other family mauscripts; comprising an original journal of travels in Virginia, New York, etc., in 1715 and 1716, by Ann Maury. With an appendix, containing a translation of the Edict of Nantes, the Edict of revocation, and other interesting historical documents. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1967 (1973 printing) California State Library Sutro Library (RR) c.. Display Full Record Add to My List Request This Title Fontaine, James, b. 1658. Memoirs of a Huguenot family, tr. and comp. from the original autobiography of Rev. James Fontaine, and other family manuscripts; comprising an original journal of travels in Viginia, New York, etc., in 1715 and 1716. By Ann Maury. With an appendix containing a translationof the Edict of Nantes, the Edict of revocation, and other interesting historical documents. printed from the original edition of 1852. New York, G. P. Putnam & co., 1853. California State Library Sutro Library (RR) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 5:49 AM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Memoirs of a Huguenot Family > I just pulled my "version" on this book and it is not the one send by Teryna. > > Memoirs of a Huguenot Family > Translated and compiled for the original autobiography of the > Reverend James Fontaine > > This book was written by Ann Maury, a granddaughter or great granddaughter. > It was originally published in 1853. > > >From my understanding, Ann did not do the translating. She had it done and > she also had certain words changed to be more genteel and worthy of a lady of > her time. > > Dianne's book is from the same original manuscript but reads much different > but with basically the same meaning. Dianne went to France and England a > number of times doing research for her translation. > > I cannot promise you will find your Huguenot ancestors mentioned among the > Fontaine work but I can assure you that this is probably the number one book > used in Huguenot research by scholars as it was written by those who experienced > this life. You will certainly have a greater appreciation of what your > Huguenot ancestor experienced. > > Gale > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb Acceptable Use Policy forbids posting copyrighted material which you do not own to Rootsweb Lists. > > ============================== > 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 >