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From: "Andrew Sellon" <>
Subject: Re: [HWE] Fw: Inquiry re: Huguenots in Netherlands
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:54:28 -0000
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Subject: Re: [HWE] Fw: Inquiry re: Huguenots in Netherlands


> >
> > I am moderating a study group for the McGill Institute of Learning
> > in Retirement in Montreal. Our subject is Huguenot settlements
> > following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. I am looking for
> > sources on the history of the Huguenots in Holland since that time
> > i.e. where they settled? how they made their living? what influences
> > they had on Dutch society? what are their descendants doing now? Are
> > there books or articles on this subject available?
> > Please do not put yourself out on this. All we are looking for are
> > pointers.
>
> Hello Michael:
>
> To my knowledge there hasn't been a book written [in English] about the
> Walloons and Huguenots in The Netherlands following their exile from
> France.
> Many of them settled in Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden, and on the island of
> Walcheren first at Flushing, then at Middleburg. As you probably know, the
> Central Society for Genealogy [not sure of the title] in the Netherlands
> has a huge database/card file on the Walloons who fled to the Netherlands
> and now those files are available on the LDS Microfilms which anyone near
> a LDS [Mormon] Family History Library.
>
> Since many of the refugees/emigrants were in The Netherlands at least
> sixty years (many descendants are still there)I am sure they affected the
> Dutch
> society as they did in England - many were agriculturists, craftsman,
> artists, and sailors. There was also a large English colony in The
> Netherlands at about the same time, when the Protestants weren't looked on
> kindly in England.
>
> There may have been something published in the Netherlands that has since
> been translated into English but I haven't come across it. I find it
> necessary to go through history books covering that period of time and
> look for notations regarding the Walloons and Huguenots. Some of the
> Huguenots came to America and probably Canada with the Dutch and there are
> listings of those names in books in America. I would suggest your writing
> to the University of Leiden Library attention: Reference Librarian and see
> if she/he can help.
>
> Best wishes -
> Carol
> California
>
>
>
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