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| | Names from Artois, 1601 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The following are the names of about 600 men and women listed in tax rolls taken in 1601 for for Roubaix and Néchin, two cities in Artois near the modern Belgian border. |
 | | Some notes on name construction: By the 16th century, bynames in France were no longer used literally; rather, they had become fixed, inherited surnames, passed on from father to son. |
 | | Source: Les comptes du vingtièmes de l'an 1601: Pour Roubaix et Néchin (Royére), Table des patronymes par Maxime Senave (Flanders, Hainaut, Artois: Groupement Généalogique de la Région du Nord, Collection de Travaux et Etudes Généalogiques, ND). |
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