Welschneureut Church Records Welschneureut Germany 1700-1809

<p>At the end of the 17th century Markgraf Friedrich Magnus invited French-speaking Calvinists-Huguenots Walloons and Waldenser-to help repopulate essentially abandoned German land. One of these colonies was Welsch Neureut. Between 1699 and 1809 the evangelical reformed church at Welschneureut had twelve pastors. In addition the pastor of Friedrichstal serviced the needs of Welschneureut between 1733 and 1738. This volume is designed as a companion to Friedrichstall Church Records 1698-1812. The author has transcribed these valuable records for births baptisms marriages and deaths from microfilm complete with the original page numbering and date indicators. She has tried to be faithful to the original French and German languages and spelling as much as possible. There are numerous entries in the Welschneureut church book for many of the main families of Friedrichstal: Barié Bonnet Calmet Crocol Demarais Giraud Gorenflo Herlan Hornung and Thibaut to name a few. The most prevalent names in the Welschneureut church book are: Durand Crocol Gros or Groos Marche Clour Buchleiter Renaud Racine and Müller or Meunier. A fullname index augments the records.</p>