Updating the History of the French Protestant (Huguenot) Church
On Saturday, March 2, the volunteer tour guides of the church visited the Society’s headquarters for a coffee hour with Cheves Leland, Author & Researcher and Elizabeth Gay, Executive Director.
It is both a privilege and honor to hold many of the records of the church in the Society’s archives and we are so pleased to be able to share them with the guides and select interesting images from them for this update to the church’s history pamphlet. Prior pamphlets have been published over the years with the most recent one being in the 1970s. We have also published in depth historical information in the Transactions of the Huguenot Society.
Our team of researchers has been busy updating the history and enhancing it with further research. Additional information includes a study of architect Edward B. White and his Huguenot lineage, a description of the Erben organ and its makers, a timeline of key dates from France to present day, and a description of the Bible de Genève (Bible of Geneva), a French translation of the Bible, which was published in Geneva in the 1500’s.
The tour guides are invaluable to this update process as they provide insight into what visitors commonly ask and are interested in. Without their partnership this effort would be far less fruitful.
We look forward to providing the update and being a resource for the guides to answer any unforeseen questions or points of research. It is a pleasure to work with our friends at the church and to support their devotion to sharing the rich history of the Huguenots and their church.
Special thanks to Pat Mason and David DuBose for helping to arrange this event.
In partnership with the volunteer tour guides of the church, the Society is working to update past pamphlets of the church’s history to enhance the visitor experience beginning with the Spring Tours launching March 11, 2024.
Church Archives
Part of the pamphlet update will include images from the liturgies and records of the church that enhance the understanding of the Huguenots and the Church’s history.
