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From: "Katherine Ricker" <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Records of Huguenots fleeing after 1685
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:00:16 -0700


I agree with you. However, there are those of us in the U.S. who only know
the name, not the European country of origin. There may be lore in the
family that the ancestor(s) in question was/were Huguenot. I put a name out
on the list (Oakman/Ochman) in hopes that someone had run across it and
could direct me. All I got in response were questions about the European
country of origin. I have no idea. I am trying to acertain that.

What do you suggest in cases such as this?

Thanking you!

Katherine





----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Day" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Records of Huguenots fleeing after 1685


> One or two people have posed a question regarding the where abouts of
> Protestant records.
>
> There is a first class book published by the Archives Nationale in Paris
> that sets out in some 700 pages the location of such records. It is
> entitled Les Familles Protestantes en France and covers the period from
the
> 16th century to 1792. It is described as a "guide des reserches
> biographiques et genealgiques".
>
> What always puzzle me about a lot of these so called Huguenot enquiries is
> how it has been ascertained that the ancestors in question are in fact
> Protestants. Without finding records in their country of origin
indicating
> their place of worship it is, in my view, impossible.
>
> The problem is this list has lost its direction and should be concerning
> itself only with researching ancestors in the their countries of origin.
> Once they have left that country research should be continued elsewhere.
>
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