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His work
Research on the families of Clairac and their emigrant descendants, a history museum, publications: the work of Claude Martin, according to the site’s documents. He “wrote little”, reports the exhibition panel. [A]
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Huguenots
The descendants of the Protestant families who emigrated from Clairac, who came to meet him from the 1960s onwards.
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Genealogies
From notarial deeds copied in attics to the Saffin, Dutilh, Darné and Cobet families.
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Families
The emigrant families of Clairac for whom he was the reference: Dutilh, Saffin, Darné, Cobet.
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Clairac museum
The Musée historique du Clairacais, which he created in the Maison de Japhet.
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Publications
His bibliography, the historians who cited him, and an unpublished work given to the Huguenot Library.
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Glassmaking gentlemen
His writings on the glassmakers of the Ariège and elsewhere, those of his mother’s family: what we know, what remains to be found.
What his work makes possible today
Claude Martin’s lists and records, brought together on this site, serve as the starting point for new research, carried out with his documents and public registers.
- His list of emigrants (274 lines, “261 personnes” according to his total) gives a minimum estimate of the exile: at least 7.4 % of Clairac’s Protestants left. The Refuge in figures
- His records of the deeds of the Clairac notaries and his text on the refugees in Dublin document 31 of the 36 families split in two by exile; 37 of the people who left also appear on his list. Those who stayed
- 51 of the 87 known links between refugee families come directly from his records, including the small groups of people from Clairac given relief in Frankfurt. The networks of departure
- Each of the 274 lines of his list has been studied by the research lab: 101 leads are confirmed by a source. The research lab
Glassmaking gentlemen
Do you have these articles or papers by Claude Martin on glassmakers?
His articles of 1977 and 1985, his letters, his notes, and in particular his papers on the plan to move the Pointis glassworks to Planissole: a copy, even partial, would help to reconstruct his research on the glassmaking gentlemen. Documents are reviewed before any publication.
Sources
- [A] Exhibition panel “Claude Martin” (PDF, original document in French)