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*1) Know the township, city or parish name to which your Huguenot ancestor came or settled in, in England, Wales, or Ireland. | *1) Know the township, city or parish name to which your Huguenot ancestor came or settled in, in England, Wales, or Ireland. | ||
*2) If the place[s] are not known, then search England (Great Britain) naturalizations in order to find an ancestor. The Family History Library has indexes to these records, held at the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey. | *2) If the place[s] are not known, then search England (Great Britain) naturalizations in order to find an ancestor. The Family History Library has indexes to these records, where the originals are held at the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey. | ||
*3) Approximately 70 congregations were known to have been created—in England. Only about 40 of these have surviving church registers available for researchers. | *3) Approximately 70 congregations were known to have been created—in England. Only about 40 of these have surviving church registers available for researchers. | ||
*4) Of the above 40 surviving church registers, the Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland have published records on these congregations and their recorded vital events | *4) Of the above 40 surviving church registers, the Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland have published records on these congregations and their recorded vital events | ||
*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 | *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 | ||
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 (based whether a church adopted and used the Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer in their religious rites) | *8) Depending on the Huguenot congregation or church, some were considered a Nonconforming church and others, as “conforming” church (based whether a church adopted and used the Church of England’s Book of Common Prayer in their religious rites) | ||