France Huguenot Family Lineage Searches

[Pages:68]France Huguenot Family Lineage Searches

Huguenot family names, ancient families and family heraldry of France of the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries

Familles protestantes de France / Familles nobles de France / Bourgeoisie fran?aise / Seigneurs de France / Seigneuries de France /

Armorial (Armoriaux) des grandes familles de France

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Protestant Nobility (Aristrocratic families) of France of the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries

For many years, historians, scholars, authors in France and in other countries of Europe have played down the role played by the elite Protestant families of France from the 16th to the 18th centuries. In many regions of France, Protestant seigneurs contributed to a stable and growing economy of their regions or ancient provinces of France. Unfortunately due to persecutions of Protestant families in France, many of these Protestant seigneurs simply left their native France and re-settled in many countries of the world.

The following pages are organized according to the ancient regions or provinces of France (the period prior to the French Revolution 1789-1799). I have reproduced URL addresses of online books and societies that address in part who were these Protestant seigneurs during the Old Regime of France.

Most of these texts are in the French language. They are superb works addressing the aristocratic families of France, both Catholics and Protestants.

But I did not forget the working class of France during these periods of time of the Old Regime. At the conclusion of each section, I have reproduced URL addresses of the most common family names within a particular d?partement (modern-day state of France) and within an ancient province of France.

Researching Protestant families (Huguenots, Calvinists, members of the ?glise r?form?e de France) of France prior to the French Revolution is highly difficult or in some cases nearly impossible. The reasons are multiple, the primary reason being that many, if not most, Protestant Temples of France under the Old Regime were demolished and church registers, including acts of baptism and marriage.were destroyed by fire.

But you are willing to scrutinize in detail the content of the many URL addresses reproduced in the following pages and take the proper steps in order to solve the French language issue, you can find traces of your Huguenot ancestors.

You might not find an actual act of baptism or marriage, but if you are persistent, you may at least succeed in locating your family name in a commune of France.

One final suggestion: your current family name might not have the same spelling in the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries of France. A number of online family names search engines (Patronymes) in France will suggest alternatives to the spelling of your present time family name.

As they say in France among family lineage researchers: Bonne recherche or Bonne lecture

>> Agenais - #47 Lot-et-Garonne ? Agen being its capital ? An ancient district within the province of Gascogne, the latter being within modern-day Nouvelle Aquitaine s-serie-tt.pdf ter=false mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triR esultParPage=5&typeNotice=d

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>> Alpes-Rh?nes - #01 Ain / #07 Ard?che / #26 Dr?me / #38 Is?re / #42 Loire / #69 Rh?ne / #73 Savoie / #74 Haute-Savoie ? Lyon, being its capital ? A region referred mostly as Rh?ne-Alpes ? A region of the south-west portion of France also referred to as Auvergne-Rh?ne-Alpes in many maps of France. The city of Lyon is the second largest city in regard to its number of citizens. Only the city of Paris being larger. s-serie-tt.pdf ter=false mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triR esultParPage=5&typeNotice=d tRank?departmentId=01



>> Alsace #67 Bas-Rhin / #68 Haut-Rhin Strasbourg, being its capital, was located across the German border state of Baden to the east, Lorraine to the west, Franche-Comt? to the south, some 500 km east of Paris. Ancient Alsace was divided into Upper Alsace and Lower Alsace ? (a) The Upper Alsace was formed by uniting various regions of the Plains of Colmar, located north of Colmar, including Elsgaw (Delle), the ancient land of Huningue, the old counties of Ill, Sundgau, the latter also known as Belfort or Altkirch or Ferrette, plus the ancient districts and dukedoms of Kembs, Raffach and Ferrette, the valleys of Moutiers (Delemont), and Ober-Mundat, the latter located in today's Colmar ? (b) The Lower Alsace, included then the regions and villages of Nordgau, Hagueneu, Hatten, Thure, the city of Bischeim (Strasbourg), the ancient duchies of Kirchheim, Lutzelstein (Petite-Pierre), Wasgau also known then as Wissembourg- Alsace was divided at a later time period into two d?partements (regions) Lower-Rhine and Upper-Rhine, the latter was subsequently divided with one portion assigned to Germany, only the Territory of Belfort, remained with France. Alsace was formed in 870 as a province of Germany ? In 1354, the city of Strasbourg would become a free entity ? During the war of 1618-1648, known as the War of 30 Years, the region of Habsbourg was allocated to France ? 1681, the region of Strasbourg would join France ? 1871 ? Germany would take over most of Alsace and a large portion of Lorraine with the exception of the territory of Belfort ? 1918, Alsace would be allocated once more to France. s-serie-tt.pdf ter=false mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triRe sultParPage=5&typeNotice=d =605533&l=sem&askid=46564dcd-80db-40c3-8696-e474057ed4b4-0if_gsb&q=genealogie%20alsace&dqi=&am=broad&an=google_s

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>> Angoumois (Comt? d'Angoul?me) #16 Charente / #24 Dordogne Angouleme, being its capital, was located south of Poitou, east of Saintonge, north of P?rigord, west of Marche and Limousin, some 450 km southwest of Paris. Ancient Angoumois was the birthplace of the d?partement of Charente and a small portion of the Dordogne. The region also known as Angouleme was united to the French Crown in 1308. For the next two hundred years various regional principalities took control of the region. In 1515, the region was reunited once more and on a permanent basis to France. s-serie-tt.pdf ter=false mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triR esultParPage=5&typeNotice=d tRank?departmentId=16

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>> Anjou #49 Pays de la Loire ? Maine-et-Loire Angers, being its capital, was located south of Maine, east of Bretagne, west of Touraine, north of Poitou, some 300 km southwest of Paris. The ancient province of Anjou would join France in 1205 ? In 1360 King of France Louis the First would grant the region the status of Royal Domain ? In 1481, the city of Angers would be declared by King Louis the Sixth, the capital of Maine & Loire, a portion of l'Indre & Loire, a portion of Mayenne and a portion of Sarthe ? The region of Anjou is crisscrossed by numerous rivers such as the Loire, Sarthe, Mayenne ? The various regions (now known as d?partements) were formed based on the flow of the above rivers: (a) Higher Anjou (Anjou Sup?rieur), located north of the Loire river included the Anjou Valley, between the rivers of Authion and Loire, the region also included the counties of Bauge, Baune, Bou?re (Chateau-Gontier), Ceans or Caens (La Fl?che), Craonnais. (b) Lower Anjou (Anjou Inf?rieur), located south of the Loire river included the regions of Saumurois, Bourg (Montreuil-Bellay), Vaux (Gennes)- The province of Anjou would become the d?partement of Maine-et-Loire (Maine & Loire), following the French Revolution s-serie-tt.pdf ter=false mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triR esultParPage=5&typeNotice=d de+l%27Anjou&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjInfShYzbAhXnqFkKHcVLCgkQsAQIJg&biw=969&bih=522 (6)_jpg_view.htm

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>> Aquitaine #24 Dordogne / #33 Gironde / #40 Landes / #47 Lot-etGaronne / #64 Pyr?n?es Atlantiques Poitiers and later Bordeaux being its capitals, from which the region of Guyenne (l`Aguienne) first obtained its name, was located from the Loire region to the Pyr?n?es region and from the Atlantic Ocean region to the C?vennes to the south. Aquitaine more recently, being described as the region of the Bassin d'Aquitaine, the latter being situated between the Massif Armoricain, the Massif Central, the Pyr?n?es and the Atlantic Ocean s-serie-tt.pdf ter=false l_Registration_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triR esultParPage=5&typeNotice=d uguenots-personnages uguenots-carte

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