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Those of the Dutch Reformed religion have remained predominant in all provinces except for Limburg and Noord-Brabant. | Those of the Dutch Reformed religion have remained predominant in all provinces except for Limburg and Noord-Brabant. | ||
== Huguenots (French Protestants or Walloons) == | == Huguenots (French Protestants or Walloons) == | ||
[[Image:Bookstore of the Huguenots in Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|left]] | |||
<br>Natives of northern France and southern Belgium (known at that time as the Southern Netherlands) who accepted Calvinism were persecuted by Catholics, many of them fleeing to the Northern Netherlands. The oldest Walloon congregation, dating from 1571, is in Middelburg. | |||
Natives of northern France and southern Belgium (known at that time as the Southern Netherlands) who accepted Calvinism were persecuted by Catholics, many of them fleeing to the Northern Netherlands. The oldest Walloon congregation, dating from 1571, is in Middelburg. | |||
Because of their residence in the Netherlands, French immigrants began to adopt the language and customs of their new homeland, and through intermarriage they became integrated into Dutch society. Since the doctrines and teachings of the French Reformed Church and the Dutch Reformed Church were so similar, it was not uncommon for French Protestants to have their children christened in either of these two churches. | Because of their residence in the Netherlands, French immigrants began to adopt the language and customs of their new homeland, and through intermarriage they became integrated into Dutch society. Since the doctrines and teachings of the French Reformed Church and the Dutch Reformed Church were so similar, it was not uncommon for French Protestants to have their children christened in either of these two churches. | ||
Information about Huguenots has been extracted from the parish registers of the French Protestant and Dutch Reformed Churches and entered, in abbreviated form, on cards that now comprise the ''Collection des Fiches'', a section of the Walloon Library now housed in the Central Office for Genealogy. Because it was formerly at Leiden, it is also referred to as the ''Leiden Collection''. | Information about Huguenots has been extracted from the parish registers of the French Protestant and Dutch Reformed Churches and entered, in abbreviated form, on cards that now comprise the ''Collection des Fiches'', a section of the Walloon Library now housed in the Central Office for Genealogy. Because it was formerly at Leiden, it is also referred to as the ''Leiden Collection''. | ||
You can also find the French churches under the heading "Walloon Church", the services were mostly spoken and recorded in French. | You can also find the French churches under the heading "Walloon Church", the services were mostly spoken and recorded in French. | ||
Effective research in church records requires some understanding of your ancestor’s religion and of the events that led to the creation of church records. | Effective research in church records requires some understanding of your ancestor’s religion and of the events that led to the creation of church records. | ||
For more information on the Huguenots you can search the Internet. There are many web-sites to be found and you will see that they spread across the world in persuit of freedom to worship as they wished. | |||
== Doopsgezinden or Mennonites (Anabaptists) == | == Doopsgezinden or Mennonites (Anabaptists) == | ||