At the request of Erica Howton, a long time Geni contributor (and as I discovered, my 15th cousin, through my United Empire Loyalist roots), I have joined the Huguenot World Diaspora Project. The British UCL Library Services is providing access to their records (read below).
About the Huguenot Library:
In the meantime, I will be away for the next 2 1/2 weeks exploring other roots in Margaritaville and Dos Equis land.... so there will be no updates.
Formed by the amalgamation of the libraries of the French Hospital (1718) and the Huguenot Society (1885) and deposited in 1957, this is a collection of c.6000 books, many periodicals, and a great series of manuscripts, prints and engravings. The important manuscripts include consistory records of half a dozen London Huguenot churches, the records of the Royal Bounty and connected funds, 1686-1876, which contained details of the relief funds distributed to the Huguenot refugees and their descendants. The manuscript collections also include the records of the French Hospital itself and of other Huguenot institutions such as the Westminster French Protestant School, Friendly Societies, and numerous family papers, including the Wagner Pedigrees giving details of about 1000 Huguenot families and extensive genealogical research files. Much of this material may be consulted on microfiche.
A significant number of the printed books are not easily to be found elsewhere. The most notable volumes are two copies of the 1535 first edition of Calvin's French Protestant Bible and other early editions of works by Calvin. There are important biographical works: La France Protestante by the Haag Brothers, in ten volumes, and the French Protestant Exiles by D.C.A. Agnew, in its three editions. The bulk of the printed book collection covers the whole range of Huguenot studies, from major histories to printed family records, dating from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. There are runs of all the main journals of Huguenot history from other countries, including the only complete set in Britain or Ireland of the Bulletin of the French Protestant Société in Paris. Of particular value is the collection of pamphlets, dating from the late sixteenth century onwards, many of which are very rare. There is also a good 19th century and modern collection of material on the Waldensians of the Piedmont.
A significant number of the printed books are not easily to be found elsewhere. The most notable volumes are two copies of the 1535 first edition of Calvin's French Protestant Bible and other early editions of works by Calvin. There are important biographical works: La France Protestante by the Haag Brothers, in ten volumes, and the French Protestant Exiles by D.C.A. Agnew, in its three editions. The bulk of the printed book collection covers the whole range of Huguenot studies, from major histories to printed family records, dating from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. There are runs of all the main journals of Huguenot history from other countries, including the only complete set in Britain or Ireland of the Bulletin of the French Protestant Société in Paris. Of particular value is the collection of pamphlets, dating from the late sixteenth century onwards, many of which are very rare. There is also a good 19th century and modern collection of material on the Waldensians of the Piedmont.