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From: Camilla von Massenbach <>
Subject: Re: Huguenot family
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 22:51:48 -0800


Donald Hendrix wrote:
>
> I am tracing a family, supposedly Huguenot, which left France for the
> Netherlands (I presume in the 1600's). Several sources indicate that
> four brothers (Wilhelm, Hendrick, Lorenz and Gerhart) emigrated from
> this family went from Holland to America between 1683 and 1700. The
> spelling of their name in Holland and America became: HENDRIX or
> HENDRICKS, with some less common variants, such HENDREX and HENDRIK.
> As they moved from region to region, the spelling of their name on
> written documents seemed to change, possibly because many of them were
> illiterate. I would like to eventually find from where in France they
> might have emigrated. Were Hugenots at the time of their emigration
> concentrated in certain provences in France? What french surnames
> might be transliterated into HENDRIX OR HENDRICKS? Are there groups
> which specialize in the genealogy of Huguenots?

There is a Huguenot Society in London. I am going to phone them next
week for someone else. If you want me to ask them any questions for you,
I would be happy. Email me.

Camilla
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