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Pickett, english version. Picquette, french version of the name. Looking for a link between the two countries in about 1200. The link is to do with the 30 year war with France. We are looking for any links between the two towns with the connection of the Pickett / Picquette name.

Posted on behalf of David Pickett by Rhoda (Genes team) at WDYTYA live

I think without specific names and dates there will be little chance of helping

Wasnt the thirty year war in the 1600s

I honestly don't think there are is any help that can be given on this, certainly not from available records on GR.

http://www.houseofnames.com/pickett-family-crest

"The Piggotts originally came from France. In France, the surname was spelled quite differently; the original name was Picquette, which steams From the Old-French personal name Pic added by an -ot and occasionally an -et. The Picquettes left France and went to England with the famous William the Conqueror . William the Conqueror, who was the Duke of Normandy and was the great-grandson of the famous Viking 'Rollo', crossed the English Channel with 7000 men and became the great Norman conqueror of England. In 1066, at the battlefield of Hastings in Sussex County, William defeated the Anglo-Saxon claimant, thus uniting the country into a feudal monarch and ending Saxon rule forever . Consequently, French, which was William the Conqueror's native language and the language of Normandy, became the language of the English court . The Picquette lived peacefully in England for centuries. During this time period, the Picquette anglicized their name to Picot, which later became Piggott and Pickett. I have checked some of the many records available on England and have found several that date back to the eleventh century about the time of the Norman invasion of England."

http://www.nealancestry.com/piggott.htm

I wouldn't consider this to be a genealogical search.

Googling for historical records would be your best bet

Rambling Rose - The original posters have come back to look for their replies and are thrilled with the information you have supplied and wanted us to tell you! So big thanks!!