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Alleghany
County Family Genealogies
Source: post to LANDRETH Mailing List - stand.sure@sk.sympatico.ca
LANDRETH
European Roots
It
is believed that Landreth's came from Flanders before arriving at
Berwick - upon - Tweed. What follows is all speculation, but
none-the-less has enough common sounding things that there may be
some reality to it.
In
October 2000 I was travelling around North-East France looking for
information on the non-Landreth side of my family. I kept coming
across similarities in names to Landreth that have been in the back
of my mind until now. Names of towns and villages that have names
that will make you say, "Hmmm".
An
example is Landrethun-Le-Nord. It is about 5 miles South of Calais,
France. In 1035 this area was part of the county of Flanders. The
border with Belgium didn't exist where it is today. I found another
town in France that is named Landreaux. (I think I spelled that
correctly)
I
also found a town about 50 miles from the border with Belgium by the
name of Landrecies.
When
you get into Belgium, and in the Flanders area, there is Landelies
and West Vlaanderen. Another thing to contribute to speculation is
the name Flanders.
As
I said, this is all speculation, but perhaps there is some reality
to it. I found names on tombstones that were also very close to
Landreth.
When
considering the time differential and the differences between French
and English, as well as the similarities, perhaps if we want to be
able to go beyond 1070, this area of France may really hold some
information we could use.
If
you have some time, and time it will take, give it a look!
This page was last updated August
18, 2007.
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