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From: "Andrea Vogel" <>
Subject: [HWE] VAN HANSEL
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 01:10:43 -0800


Hi, everyone --
This is in response to Valerie <> who posted on
3 March about
the VAN HANSEL surname, seeking possible links between Belgium/Germany and
the presence of this surname in Manningtree, Essex, ENG in 1710.

Valerie (and anyone else researching in Essex), there was a French
Protestant Church at Colchester in Essex. I am not sure where Colchester is
in relation to Manningtree but this might be a good place to start looking
for any VAN HANSELs.
The Huguenot Society of London has transcribed, indexed, and published
these records in Volume 12 of their Quarto Series -- ie. Register of the
Dutch Church at Colchester. This volume has also been filmed by LDS and is
on # 0962135.
Since all the French Protestant Church records which have been published
by the Hug. Society have also been entered into the IGI (International
Genealogical Index), it would be a good idea to check there to see what
comes up. The IGI is accessible on the LDS website at www.familysearch.org.
Once on the site, click on Search for Ancestors.

Another idea -- have you tried a search of the parishes immediately
adjoining Manningtree? The section for Essex on the GENUKI site (which is
Genealogy in the UK and Ireland at www.genuki.org.uk) should provide you
with parish maps and an idea of which parishes to search next.

You might also try joining an Essex mailing list and posting a query on
there. Information on Other Mailing Lists is on our list website at
http://www.island.net/~andreav/index.html in the Beyond the Basics section.
And if anyone wants to learn more about the Hug. Soc. of London Quarto
Series, that's also on our list website in the Beyond the Basics section.
Look for the heading Organizations & Addresses then choose British Isles
information.

Lastly, don't forget to try some search engines to see if any clues turn
up through that route. Look for the heading Search Engines in the Beyond the
Basics section of the list website.

Sorry I can't help with Belgian or German origins of this name. Perhaps
others on the list have information for these locations. Hope these comments
have helped. Andrea


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