[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Hugenot Society in Germany

[Jutta Dennerlein]

Hello Paul,

just a minor detail: the villages Pinache and Serres near Pforzheim were settlements of Waldensians (Waldenser), not Hugenots.

Greetings

Jutta Dennerlein

www.upstreamvistula.org

On 28.06.2011 06:36, PnSWork at aol.com wrote:
> There were indeed quite a few Huguenots who settled in various parts of
> Germany.  Although I am not affiliated with the German Huguenot Society, I  am
> aware of two villages in Baden-Wurtemberg that were founded by Huguenots
> when  they were driven from France.  One was called Friedrichstal, in honor of
>   Duke Friedrich of Baden, who welcomed them to the area (near Karlsruhe).
> It is now part of the municipality of Stutensee (my ancestors came from
> Spöck,  also part of Stutensee now).  The other village was called Pinache, and
> was  located near Pforzheim in Wurtemberg.  I believe that you will find
> Huguenot villages all over Germany.
>
> To try and locate the actual village that your family came from, you can do
>   a search of the on-line German phone book to see where your name turns up
> in any  appreciable number.
>
> Good luck!
>
>      -Paul
>
>
> In a message dated 6/27/2011 9:43:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> dabookk54 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> My  brother just got back from a trip to Germany. He met someone on his
> trip who  is tied with the Hugenot Society in Germany. They claim to have many
> of their  own historical and genealogical resources. Has anyone on this
> listserv dealt  with them - particularly any of our German  members?
> http://www.hugenotten.de/
>
> I have suspected Hugenot lineage  in my ancestry (Taron) which I can trace
> in Polish records back to Brandenburg  at the turn of the nineteenth
> century. Their brochure says 44,000 Hugenots  left for Germany of which the bulk,
> 20,000 went to Brandenburg. I'll question  them to ask the extent of data
> resources they have. With some luck I might  take my Taron line way back -
> something I am sure my Taron 4th and 5th cousins  would appreciate. (BTW - if
> you have the Taron name in your ancestry you are  most likely related to me).
>
>
> For anyone who has French names in your  pedigree this society may be of
> interest. In the Lublin Project we find  several French names and I believe
> many of us will have ancestral links with  them.
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