Where They Lived

Here you wil see HOW the Family branches spread  over Belgium, France ,  America. See also  the shortened overview  

And I  mention not only several family branches but  I try  also to make a general layout of the possible connections between the family branches to facilitate further research.

1600 start of the parish registers

Around 1600 we find them in half a circle starting - (See the situation ca 1600 on an actual State map)

from France : Paris - Roissy - Senlis - Amiens - Lille -

to Belgium: Courtrai/Oudenaarde/Tournai - Mons (Hainaut) - Namur -

and again France: Metz - Thonnance-lès-Joinville.

For practical reasons we start our overview with Belgium, where we could find the oldest references to the patronyme, then the most important part France and last but not least the emigration to America.

Before 1600

Before 1600 we have only partial information. A possible link between the family branches before 1600 could be found in the territories belonging to the Dukes of Burgundy (1384-1477)

• -At the Left side of the table: when you click on a region you will have a shematic history of the Family Branches in that region.

• -At the Right side of the table : you will find if there is ( or will be) information available on other web pages like :  

  • G: ->  Genealogies , where one can find a Genealogy (G), a Document (D) or a list of people (L).

  • N: ->  What's in a Name   where one can find info about the surname evolution (N).

  • P: ->   Fotoalbum  where one can find some Pictures (P)