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Look for name indexes and study the history of the area. Identify their date of arrival and their nation of residence before they crossed the ocean. Do not believe everything that has been published previously, but prove information for yourself. The following sources may help researchers looking for Huguenot ancestors. | Look for name indexes and study the history of the area. Identify their date of arrival and their nation of residence before they crossed the ocean. Do not believe everything that has been published previously, but prove information for yourself. The following sources may help researchers looking for Huguenot ancestors. | ||
=== Indexes === | ==== Indexes ==== | ||
Bibliothèque Wallonne (Leiden). ''Fiches op de Waalse register, 1500-1828 (Card index of Huguenots, 1500-1828)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950. (Family History Library film 199,755-953.) Text is mainly in French, with some Dutch, on 198 microfilms. Includes Huguenots in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and elsewhere. The names are alphabetical phonetically, then chronological in order by the event date. They show dates and places of births, marriages, deaths, and migrations. | Bibliothèque Wallonne (Leiden). ''Fiches op de Waalse register, 1500-1828 (Card index of Huguenots, 1500-1828)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950. (Family History Library film 199,755-953.) Text is mainly in French, with some Dutch, on 198 microfilms. Includes Huguenots in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and elsewhere. The names are alphabetical phonetically, then chronological in order by the event date. They show dates and places of births, marriages, deaths, and migrations. | ||
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Bibliothèque Wallonne (Leiden). ''Fiches op de registers, collectie La Rochelle, 1602- 1685. (Card index of Huguenots of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, 1602-1685)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950. (Family History Library film 199,954-56.) Text in French. Alphabetical by name. Shows dates and places of births, marriages, deaths, and migrations. | Bibliothèque Wallonne (Leiden). ''Fiches op de registers, collectie La Rochelle, 1602- 1685. (Card index of Huguenots of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, 1602-1685)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950. (Family History Library film 199,954-56.) Text in French. Alphabetical by name. Shows dates and places of births, marriages, deaths, and migrations. | ||
=== Parish Register Inventory === | ==== Parish Register Inventory ==== | ||
France. Archives nationales. ''Les familles Protestantes en France (XVIe siècle-1792) (French Protestant families from the 16th century to 1792)''. Paris, France: Archives Nationales, 1987. (Family History Library book {{FHL|944 F23f|disp=944 F23f}}; not on microfilm.) Many of the parish registers mentioned in this inventory are also available on microfilms at the Family History Library. | France. Archives nationales. ''Les familles Protestantes en France (XVIe siècle-1792) (French Protestant families from the 16th century to 1792)''. Paris, France: Archives Nationales, 1987. (Family History Library book {{FHL|944 F23f|disp=944 F23f}}; not on microfilm.) Many of the parish registers mentioned in this inventory are also available on microfilms at the Family History Library. | ||
=== Historical Periodicals === | ==== Historical Periodicals ==== | ||
''Cahiers du Centre de Généalogie Protestante'' (See [[France Periodicals]] .) | ''Cahiers du Centre de Généalogie Protestante'' (See [[France Periodicals]] .) | ||
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*''Der Deutsche Hugenott (Periodical of German Huguenot genealogy and history)'' Hannover, Germany: Deutscher Hugenotten-Verein, 1929-. (Family History Library book 943 B2dh; film {{FHL|908257|film|disp=908257}}.) Text in German. A cumulative name index is found in Mathieu, Ursula-Marianne. Namensregister 1.-40. Jahrgang, 1929- 1976 (Name index for years 1 to 40, 1929-1976) Sickte: Verlag des Deutschen Hugenotten-Vereins, 1987. (Family History Library book 943 F2gd v. 19 pt. 5-7; not on microfilm.) | *''Der Deutsche Hugenott (Periodical of German Huguenot genealogy and history)'' Hannover, Germany: Deutscher Hugenotten-Verein, 1929-. (Family History Library book 943 B2dh; film {{FHL|908257|film|disp=908257}}.) Text in German. A cumulative name index is found in Mathieu, Ursula-Marianne. Namensregister 1.-40. Jahrgang, 1929- 1976 (Name index for years 1 to 40, 1929-1976) Sickte: Verlag des Deutschen Hugenotten-Vereins, 1987. (Family History Library book 943 F2gd v. 19 pt. 5-7; not on microfilm.) | ||
=== Significant Huguenot Records === | ==== Significant Huguenot Records ==== | ||
*Haag, Eugène. ''La France protestante: l'histoire (The History of Protestant France)''. Nine Volumes. Paris, France: Imp. de J.-B. Gros, 1846-1859. (Family History Library book 944 D3hg; film 962,949-53.) Biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent figures in the Protestant movement in France. Alphabetical by surname. | *Haag, Eugène. ''La France protestante: l'histoire (The History of Protestant France)''. Nine Volumes. Paris, France: Imp. de J.-B. Gros, 1846-1859. (Family History Library book 944 D3hg; film 962,949-53.) Biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent figures in the Protestant movement in France. Alphabetical by surname. | ||
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*Wagner, Henry. ''Wagner collection of Huguenot pedigrees in England''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952. (Family History Library film 087,860-65, index on 824,245 item 9.) Text in English. About 1,000 surnames. | *Wagner, Henry. ''Wagner collection of Huguenot pedigrees in England''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952. (Family History Library film 087,860-65, index on 824,245 item 9.) Text in English. About 1,000 surnames. | ||
=== Handbook === | ==== Handbook ==== | ||
''La généalogie: histoire et pratique'' (see [[France For Further Reading]]). Pages 181-87 describe Protestant records, their content, and history. | ''La généalogie: histoire et pratique'' (see [[France For Further Reading]]). Pages 181-87 describe Protestant records, their content, and history. | ||