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24/03/2007, 23:50 Burt Joined on 24/03/2007 Posts 5 Burt French-Huguenots? Have learned from old biography that my  Burt ancestors were of French-Huguenot descent--what would the French name for Burt have been? Thanks    Report

25/03/2007, 0:03 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,487 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? You could ask 'our'  Huguenot expert Tony F Dordogne : Huguenot Trails enquiries@huguenottrails.com  or he may see you post and reply. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

25/03/2007, 7:35 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 1,409 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? Ummmmmmmm - got any more details Burt (and it would be nice to know your given name rather than family name) which book did you see the reference in, got a date for the first Burt arriving outside France? Tony F Dordogne (24) Huguenot Trails    Report

26/03/2007, 23:49 Burt Joined on 24/03/2007 Posts 5 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? Thanks to both of you for replying.; I found the reference online & now can't re-find it, nor my printed copy at the moment; just the notes on my Family Tree Maker---it was an article which was quoting from "History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas; Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co, 1889."  It said in part, that in the biography of  Dr J.S. Burt, "his grandfather John Burt was of French-Huguenot descent, was born and reared in Virginia, ----"  Dr J S Burt was my great-grandfather's brother. We do not know who or have a date for the first of our family to leave Europe for the Colonies. The earliest we have is Richard Burt born in York Co, Virginia about 1665. But Burt did not sound French to me, so wondered if anyone might know what it might have been anglicized from. Any ideas? Daniel Burt, United States    Report

03/04/2007, 19:02 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 1,409 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? I would suggest that you subscribe to the Huguenot site at Rootsweb - huguenot-admin@rootsweb.com - where you will find a whole bunch of American Huguenot researchers who will be able to better help you, this is most definately not the place to go into that sort of stuff and on Rootsewb you may - just may - find some other descendants of the original family. And there are the various American Huguenot Societies (if you google for Huguenot you'll find them - who may be better able to help you rather than a general reply from me on this Forum. Tony F Dordogne (24) Huguenot Trails    Report

05/04/2007, 18:00 Burt Joined on 24/03/2007 Posts 5 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? Okay, sorry if I asked on the wrong site, just thinking since it was in France, someone might know the French version of the name, that's all.  .Thank you for your courtesy and time, and suggestion. Have a good day, D B    Report

05/04/2007, 19:18 Renaud Joined on 23/08/2004 Barnes / Mirambeau Posts 589 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? My Irish mother used to say the the Norman family De Burgo had been anglisized (?) to Burke. Her family name was Joynt which came from Huguenot ancestors called Joyant. Gus www.relax-in-france.com    Report

05/04/2007, 21:27 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,487 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? Tony is the expert, but my  OH relatives ended up in Port Arlington  as a reward for fighting for the King. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

05/04/2007, 23:13 Burt Joined on 24/03/2007 Posts 5 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? Hey, thanks a lot--that's fairly close to Burt, could be, it's somewhere to start, anyway. Thanks again.    Report

06/04/2007, 17:27 Tony F Dordogne Joined on 10/04/2005 Small village in the Dordogne, near St Cyprien Posts 1,409 Re: Burt French-Huguenots? I've had a look through the hundred or so electronic sources that I have for the name BURT and it throws up all sorts of things, mainly derivations from other longer names but no direct translations as such and I can find nothing in the French research Society's records for any name that may be a translation of BURT.  I would imagine that, if the 400 plus records that I have looked through are anything to go by, the name isn't a translation at all but probably a diminutive of another name - Burter, Burtel, Burtier, Burton, Alburtt (Dutch Protestante) and so they go on in French and Dutch records. There is a myth about the anglicisation of French or Huguenot names.  There are so many stories floating around Huguenot circles about the changes in names, when you actually dig into the stories, many turn out to be false.  For example, d'Epaule to Shoulder is the one usually quoted but when you look into the Huguenot d'Epaules, the name is usually given as Paul or something similar. You are assuming that the name is a translation from the French - I wouldn't start with that assumption until it is proved and again I would reiterate that you're approaching this research the wrong way around. If you haven't alread done so, go backwards until you reach the block on the names, then determine the Departement of origin in France (which should be in the English or US records somewhere) and then start looking for the names.  If you have the place of French origin, things become much easier so if your BURT left - say Castres - in 1664 with my ancestors, you would know where they lived in England and could trace them back using the two sources, through the various French/Huguenot records in the UK. Hope this helps a bit. Tony F Dordogne (24) Huguenot Trails    Report

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