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*5) By mostly 1800, just about all Huguenot churches have been disbanded or dissolved. | *5) By mostly 1800, just about all Huguenot churches have been disbanded or dissolved. | ||
*6) Because the Church of England was considered a Protestant religion, (even with similarities to the rites of the Catholic Church), numerous new generation descendants among the Huguenots fairly quickly and easily assimilated into the Anglican church. There were but a handful of churches still open and preaching Calvinistic doctrine, with few new converts among them, by 1800 | *6) Because the Church of England was considered a Protestant religion, (even with similarities to the rites of the Catholic Church), numerous new generation descendants among the Huguenots fairly quickly and easily assimilated into the Anglican church. There were but a handful of churches still open and preaching Calvinistic doctrine, with few new converts among them, by 1800 | ||
*7) Researching Huguenot ancestry is complex in that many of these Calvinist adherents’ names are to be found in church registers of numerous other denominations due to their open (Protestant) views on religion. However, Church of England parish registers are key record sources for Huguenot research for the following reasons: <br> 1) most had to be buried in Church of England churchyards, from 1754 to 1837 <br> 2) most Huguenots married (law required) in Church of England parishes<br> 3) some families baptized the first-born in the Church of England for proof of rights to heirship of property. | *7) Researching Huguenot ancestry is complex in that many of these Calvinist adherents’ names are to be found in church registers of numerous other denominations due to their open (Protestant) views on religion. However, Church of England parish registers are key record sources for Huguenot research for the following reasons: <br> 1) most had to be buried in Church of England churchyards, from 1754 to 1837 <br> 2) most Huguenots married (law required) in Church of England parishes<br> 3) some families baptized the first-born in the Church of England for proof of rights to heirship of property. | ||
*8) Depending on the Huguenot congregation or church, some were considered a Nonconforming church and others, as “conforming” church | *8) Depending on the Huguenot congregation or church, some were considered a Nonconforming church and others, as “conforming” church--based on whether or not a church adopted and used the Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer in their religious rites. | ||
*9) The Huguenot Society of Great Britain provides researchers with some archival and published materials, including their Quarto Books, dedicated to records which include, French Hospital, the Westminster French Protestant School and Foundation, Huguenot charities and Friendly Societies, together with family records and research notes, original manuscripts, transcripts, businesses in India, of 18th and 19th century soldiering, and of 17th and 18th century theological questions. *10) Huguenot settlements in England and Ireland included the following—with or without church registers: | *9) The Huguenot Society of Great Britain provides researchers with some archival and published materials, including their Quarto Books, dedicated to records which include, French Hospital, the Westminster French Protestant School and Foundation, Huguenot charities and Friendly Societies, together with family records and research notes, original manuscripts, transcripts, businesses in India, of 18th and 19th century soldiering, and of 17th and 18th century theological questions. *10) Huguenot settlements in England and Ireland included the following—with or without church registers: | ||