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#Requires searches in the 19th and later centuries to be conducted in the parish registers of the Church of England. Many of the Huguenots assimilated into the Church of England society rather quickly. Because of the *Protestant similarities in doctrine and beliefs of the | #Requires searches in the 19th and later centuries to be conducted in the parish registers of the Church of England. Many of the Huguenots assimilated into the Church of England society rather quickly. Because of the *Protestant similarities in doctrine and beliefs of the predominant church (Church of England), it did not take long for most next-generation and later Huguenots to assimilate into its ranks and English society in general. Most Huguenot Churches' registers in Great Britain were not kept much later than about 1830. | ||
#Requires knowing that French surnames by the 20th century are very likely to have been anglicized, sometimes rendering it difficult to determine the original “Huguenot” spelling of the family surname | #Requires knowing that French surnames by the 20th century are very likely to have been anglicized, sometimes rendering it difficult to determine the original “Huguenot” spelling of the family surname | ||
#requires searches to be made in the Huguenot Society (of Great Britain) Publications which contain transcribed records from church registers which have mostly been indexed and published on FamilySearch.org. of Grat Britain's approximately 75 congregations, there are surviving registers for about 45-50 of them. Or, contact the Huguenot Society of Great Britain, directly, and have them provide a list of record agents in order to search not only the various Huguenot congregation registers they hold for Great Britain, but also Quarto Books which also provide records and details of Huguenots. | #requires searches to be made in the Huguenot Society (of Great Britain) Publications which contain transcribed records from church registers which have mostly been indexed and published on FamilySearch.org. of Grat Britain's approximately 75 congregations, there are surviving registers for about 45-50 of them. Or, contact the Huguenot Society of Great Britain, directly, and have them provide a list of record agents in order to search not only the various Huguenot congregation registers they hold for Great Britain, but also Quarto Books which also provide records and details of Huguenots. | ||