France Huguenot Family Lineage Searches Huguenot family names, ancient families and family heraldry of France of the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries Familles protestantes de France / Familles nobles de France / Bourgeoisie française / Seigneurs de France / Seigneuries de France / Armorial (Armoriaux) des grandes familles de France http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/fonds/consistoire s-serie-tt.pdf https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armorial_des_familles_nobles_protestantes_de _France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armorial_des_familles_nobles_protestantes_de _France http://fracademic.com/dic.nsf/frwiki/132745 http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/Armorial des familles nobles protestantes de France/fr-fr/ http://books.openedition.org/pur/18106?lang=en http://histoiressingulieres.over-blog.com/article-la-vendee-protestante- 61934746.html https://www.museeprotestant.org/en/notice/cartes-xviie-siecle/ https://www.museeprotestant.org/en/notice/cartes-xviiie-siecle/ Protestant Nobility (Aristrocratic families) of France of the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries For many years, historians, scholars, authors in France and in other countries of Europe have played down the role played by the elite Protestant families of France from the 16th to the 18th centuries. In many regions of France, Protestant seigneurs contributed to a stable and growing economy of their regions or ancient provinces of France. Unfortunately due to persecutions of Protestant families in France, many of these Protestant seigneurs simply left their native France and re-settled in many countries of the world. The following pages are organized according to the ancient regions or provinces of France (the period prior to the French Revolution 1789-1799). I have reproduced URL addresses of online books and societies that address in part who were these Protestant seigneurs during the Old Regime of France. Most of these texts are in the French language. They are superb works addressing the aristocratic families of France, both Catholics and Protestants. But I did not forget the working class of France during these periods of time of the Old Regime. At the conclusion of each section, I have reproduced URL addresses of the most common family names within a particular département (modern-day state of France) and within an ancient province of France. Researching Protestant families (Huguenots, Calvinists, members of the Église réformée de France) of France prior to the French Revolution is highly difficult or in some cases nearly impossible. The reasons are multiple, the primary reason being that many, if not most, Protestant Temples of France under the Old Regime were demolished and church registers, including acts of baptism and marriage.were destroyed by fire. But you are willing to scrutinize in detail the content of the many URL addresses reproduced in the following pages and take the proper steps in order to solve the French language issue, you can find traces of your Huguenot ancestors. You might not find an actual act of baptism or marriage, but if you are persistent, you may at least succeed in locating your family name in a commune of France. One final suggestion: your current family name might not have the same spelling in the 16th, 17th, 18th centuries of France. A number of online family names search engines (Patronymes) in France will suggest alternatives to the spelling of your present time family name. As they say in France among family lineage researchers: Bonne recherche or Bonne lecture >> Agenais - #47 Lot-et-Garonne – Agen being its capital – An ancient district within the province of Gascogne, the latter being within modern-day Nouvelle Aquitaine https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/huguenot-families- in-france-1565-1721.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/archives- dc3a9partementales-de-france-revision-2018-04-16.pdf http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/fonds/consistoire s-serie-tt.pdf https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1582585?collectionNameFil ter=false http://catalogue.bnf.fr/changerPage.do?motRecherche=&index=TOUS3&nu mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triR esultParPage=5&typeNotice=d http://books.openedition.org/pur/18106 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenais https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot-et-Garonne https://www.google.ca/search?q=Agenais+D%C3%A9partements&tbm=isch &tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2w6WBtZDbAhWF5IMKHVylC WIQsAQIVw&biw=794&bih=473 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Lot-et-Garonne-47 http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/73/1/lot-et- garonne.shtml >> Alpes-Rhônes - #01 Ain / #07 Ardèche / #26 Drôme / #38 Isère / #42 Loire / #69 Rhône / #73 Savoie / #74 Haute-Savoie – Lyon, being its capital – A region referred mostly as Rhône-Alpes – A region of the south-west portion of France also referred to as Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in many maps of France. The city of Lyon is the second largest city in regard to its number of citizens. Only the city of Paris being larger. https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/huguenot-families- in-france-1565-1721.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/archives- dc3a9partementales-de-france-revision-2018-04-16.pdf http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/fonds/consistoire s-serie-tt.pdf https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1582585?collectionNameFil ter=false http://catalogue.bnf.fr/changerPage.do?motRecherche=&index=TOUS3&nu mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triR esultParPage=5&typeNotice=d http://books.openedition.org/pur/18106 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes https://ingenealogie.wordpress.com/sources/provence/ http://aix.arkotheque.fr/article.php?laref=1 https://www.filae.com/v4/genealogie/Lastnames.mvc/LastnamesDepartmen tRank?departmentId=01 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Ardeche-07 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Drome-26 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Isere-38 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Loire-42 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Savoie-73 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Haute-Savoie-74 https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/departement-Rhone-69 http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/27/1/ain.shtml http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de- famille/noms/33/1/ardeche.shtml http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/52/1/drome.shtml http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/64/1/isere.shtml http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/68/1/loire.shtml http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/95/1/rhone.shtml http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/99/1/savoie.shtml http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/noms/100/1/haute- savoie.shtml >> Alsace #67 Bas-Rhin / #68 Haut-Rhin - Strasbourg, being its capital, was located across the German border state of Baden to the east, Lorraine to the west, Franche-Comté to the south, some 500 km east of Paris. Ancient Alsace was divided into Upper Alsace and Lower Alsace – (a) The Upper Alsace was formed by uniting various regions of the Plains of Colmar, located north of Colmar, including Elsgaw (Delle), the ancient land of Huningue, the old counties of Ill, Sundgau, the latter also known as Belfort or Altkirch or Ferrette, plus the ancient districts and dukedoms of Kembs, Raffach and Ferrette, the valleys of Moutiers (Delemont), and Ober-Mundat, the latter located in today’s Colmar – (b) The Lower Alsace, included then the regions and villages of Nordgau, Hagueneu, Hatten, Thure, the city of Bischeim (Strasbourg), the ancient duchies of Kirchheim, Lutzelstein (Petite-Pierre), Wasgau also known then as Wissembourg- Alsace was divided at a later time period into two départements (regions) Lower-Rhine and Upper-Rhine, the latter was subsequently divided with one portion assigned to Germany, only the Territory of Belfort, remained with France. Alsace was formed in 870 as a province of Germany – In 1354, the city of Strasbourg would become a free entity – During the war of 1618-1648, known as the War of 30 Years, the region of Habsbourg was allocated to France – 1681, the region of Strasbourg would join France – 1871 – Germany would take over most of Alsace and a large portion of Lorraine with the exception of the territory of Belfort – 1918, Alsace would be allocated once more to France. https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/huguenot-families- in-france-1565-1721.pdf https://genealogyensemble.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/archives- dc3a9partementales-de-france-revision-2018-04-16.pdf http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/fonds/consistoire s-serie-tt.pdf https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1582585?collectionNameFil ter=false http://catalogue.bnf.fr/changerPage.do?motRecherche=&index=TOUS3&nu mNotice=13591055&nbResultParPage=10&afficheRegroup=false&affinageA ctif=false&pageEnCours=1&nbPage=14&trouveDansFiltre=NoticePUB&triRe sultParPage=5&typeNotice=d http://books.openedition.org/pur/18106 http://www.shase.org/telechargement/Repertoire94-98.pdf http://www.shase.org/telechargement/Repertoire38-78.pdf http://docplayer.fr/26079652-Parc-du-chateau-bp-saverne-cedex.html https://fr.informationvine.com/index?qsrc=999&qo=semQuery&ad=semD&o =605533&l=sem&askid=46564dcd-80db-40c3-8696-e474057ed4b4-0-