Re: 16TH CENT. DIJON LAWYER

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>          Cataloging manuscripts on-line, therefore following AACR-2 rules,
>          can bring odd problems.   One  I have hit right now: a Recueil of
>          decisions of the Parlement de Bourgogne made 1592-1614.  It has a
>          personal author, and  taking  into consideration various provisos
>          of  the rules, he should be either the  main  entry  (main access
>          point) or surely at least get what we used  to  call added entry.
>          The problem is, what I  am cataloging is  a  copy of  a copy, and
>          this copy  is  from 1777; a  note observes that  the intermediate
>          copy  was badly faulty; and, indeed, the author's name  is  badly
>          garbled.   It  reads  "Movaudet"  (Guillaume  M-t),  and  he  was
>           statedly an avocat with the Parlement.  I have already tried
>          various approaches.   The  ending  "-det"  is  probably  correct.
>          Anybody would  know  of  a database where French names ending  at
>          "-det" could be extracted? It does not seem to  be  a very common
>          ending (I  know  of Giraudet and,  if  I recall, Thibaudet).  Any
>          suggestions?

Audet is a fairly common French name; also Nadet. As for the database,
does anyone on this list have access to Minitel? France's telephone
directories are accessible through it. In fact, for the past 6 weeks
Minitel has added 5 more countries (Germany, Switzerland, , etc.) and
will soon add America. They said that eventually, these databases
would be available reciprocally.

It may be possible to access Montreal's database. It is the second
largest French speaking city in the world and could provide you with a
lot of possibilities.

Luis Nadeau
>           Svato Schutzner
>           Internet: schutznE@mail.loc.gov