I am seeking someone to translate this 6 page handwritten Bechu family history document dated 1881. I have good quality scans. The Bechus were Huguenots. The document belonged to Josephine Annette Brierre(b. 25 July 1827 in Pithiviers, Loriet, Centre) who is my great great grandmother. In 1848 Josephine married Louis Ettienne Mathieu, an Orleans restaurateur (b 23 March 1827 in Briare). They emigrated to the US in 1852 to join the Icarian Communitity led by Ettienne Cabet in Nauvoo, Illinios. I also have thier marriage contract.

Did you find anyone to do this?

Sherry
www.aubaine-en-creuse.com/

Not yet. Do you know someone who might be interested?

For anyone who is interested in taking a crack at a translation of this document, which appears to be a history of a Huguenot fmaily who stayed and took thier beliefs underground, you can find the scans posted on the ancestry Huguenots-Walloons-Europe board in this thread: http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.religious.huguenots.huguen...

Kind regards,
Nancy

I can probably help you to be put in touch with people interested by the family names BECHU & BRIERRE
in the Pithiviers area, in the departement Loiret in France.

I am the President of one of the main genealogical societies in this region.

I have not your personal address and I think it's better to exchange more detailed informations DIRECTLY, out of this list.

My address is
xguyot_@_attglobal.net

Suppress/delete the underscores to have my real address.

Best regards.

Xavier GUYOT
Orléans, Loiret, France