PARADINE HUGUENOTS
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Re: PARADINE HUGUENOTS
| Korvis_Albion (View posts) | Posted: 14 Oct 2009 6:45PM GMT |
Classification: Query
You say, “I know my family descended from huguenots I just haven't discovered when yet!” What about where, or perhaps who? Huguenot ancestry is proven by evidence, not by intuition. I’m not going to debate your family history, I’m not looking and you’ve said nothing. Just from the data that I saw previously, there was nothing to indicate a Huguenot connection, but there certainly may be further information in other sources. Given that there is early PARADINE documentation in London, it is always a possibility that your Huguenot connections are on the maternal side rather than the paternal side. With all the various possibilities and complexities, a fully developed family tree is an indispensible part of any genealogical investigation. If you desire assistance from other researchers, then relevant information from your investigation needs to be presented. The best method for this is a family group sheet for your oldest well-known ancestor.
You say, “Still don't understand the 1800 thing though...” Seriously? Well try, try again. When the various groups of refugees came to England (Huguenots, Walloons etc.), they often formed their own communities with their own churches and maintained their own church documents. The movement of these refugees culminated with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and ended in the subsequent decades. The Royal Bounties etc. are a record of the aid these refugees received from the government. Over time these people and their descendants were absorbed into the general population. As a result of the communities dispersing, their churches and other institutions came to a close and the documents they generated also ended. The approximate last date for any document of a ‘Huguenot’ description, as offered by your source, is stated as 1800 – if not earlier. Therefore, stated in a general perspective, all Huguenot documentation ends before 1800, because no Huguenot communities or institutions existed after 1800 to generate any further records after that time. And as a result, it is your responsibility to connect to the documentation provided by the Huguenot society, as they can not use their collection of Huguenot reference data (which is pre 1800) to connect to you - assuming they possess additional data beyond what you have already presented.
Regards,
KA
You say, “Still don't understand the 1800 thing though...” Seriously? Well try, try again. When the various groups of refugees came to England (Huguenots, Walloons etc.), they often formed their own communities with their own churches and maintained their own church documents. The movement of these refugees culminated with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and ended in the subsequent decades. The Royal Bounties etc. are a record of the aid these refugees received from the government. Over time these people and their descendants were absorbed into the general population. As a result of the communities dispersing, their churches and other institutions came to a close and the documents they generated also ended. The approximate last date for any document of a ‘Huguenot’ description, as offered by your source, is stated as 1800 – if not earlier. Therefore, stated in a general perspective, all Huguenot documentation ends before 1800, because no Huguenot communities or institutions existed after 1800 to generate any further records after that time. And as a result, it is your responsibility to connect to the documentation provided by the Huguenot society, as they can not use their collection of Huguenot reference data (which is pre 1800) to connect to you - assuming they possess additional data beyond what you have already presented.
Regards,
KA