Valcourt-Vermont in the News

Here are some news clippings that I've found on Edgar Valcourt-Vermont.  Click on the image to enlarge.

Ancestry.com. The New York Times (New York, New York) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: The New York Times. New York, NY, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

Ancestry.com. The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.

Ancestry.com. The Dunkirk Observer Journal (Dunkirk, New York) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: The Dunkirk Observer Journal. Dunkirk, NY, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont

I have been on a quest for information on Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont since he went out of his way to use the name Count St.Germain.  Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont wrote three books under the name of Count Saint-Germain and one other book under Valcourt-Vermont - that I know of.

What I have not been able to find are any photographs of Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont through the internet.  If you come across one, please send me a digital copy!

Books written:

• Saint-Germain, Comte C. de. Practical Astrology: a Simple Method of Casting Horoscopes: The Language of the Stars, easily Comprehended.  Laird & Lee Publishers; Chicago, 1901.  
• Saint-Germain, Comte C. de. Practical Hypnotism: Theories and Experiments.  Laird & Lee Publishers; Chicago, 1901.
• Saint-Germain, Comte C. de. Practical Palmistry.  Laird & Lee Publishers; Chicago, 1897.
• Valcourt-Vermont, Edgar de. America Heraldica. Bretano Publishing: New York, 1887.  Illustrated by Auguste Leroy.

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This picture is of Emma Calve.  She has signed this photograph to the Count.  It reads: "To M. Comte

Saint-Germain, le grand chiromancier, pu de see me dire les choses de vraies, Emma Calve, 1897."

In English this translates to: "To Mister Count Saint-Germain, the Grand Chiromancer, (literal translation) able to see me put it real, Emma Calve, 1897."




From the National Archives via Ancestry.com:
Valcourt-Vermont, Edourd.  Boarder.  White.  Male.  Birth: January 1848.  Age: 52.  Married: 20y.  Marriage Date: 1880.  From: France.  Immigration Year: 1885. Residence: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois
Valcourt-Vermont, Anna.  Border.  White.  Female.  Birth: March 1849.  Age: 51.  Married: 20y.  Marriage Date: 1880.  From: Belgium.  Residence: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois.

The address taken from a photocopy (on Ancestry.com) of the census records is: 5630 Woodlawn Avenue

Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place:  Chicago Ward 34,  Cook,  Illinois; Roll:  T623_ 289; Page:  16B; Enumeration District:  1077.

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This letter is currently available for purchase at AbeBooks.com for $40.00

It's not the best picture, but it definitely places our man in Chicago, Illinois in 1897.

That blurb....

From Saint-Germain, Comte C. de. Practical Palmistry.  Laird & Lee Publishers; Chicago, 1897. I was questioning what was written.  I had it translated as "EdiVahorut?? _ Vermont".

I received help in translating it from some of the folks over at the Legendary Times forum (HERE).  It's the name "Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont".

I am currently looking for information on Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont.  Everything seems to be on tarot and palmistry.

Videos from YouTube

These are some videos that are interesting and informational.


This video has a good bit of information, but you have to read it. Set to a piece by Erik Satie. Great pictures from his works.


The International Man of Mystery Series. This is the Intro. Informational series.


Part 1. Don't know where part 2 is.


Information on Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Count Saint Germain series. It's historical thrillers set in various time periods and the Count is a vampire. I've read "Hotel Transylvania" and it was a good read.

Video: Saint Germain, The Man Who Would Not Die

This is an "In Search Of..." episode all about Saint Germain. This means it's hosted by none other than Leonard Nimoy! (Sweet!) This episode is laced with "I AM" stuff, which I'm not a big fan of, but I think it's a good way to expose any readers to the Count and the (I think it's ridiculous) I AM group.

Timeline Updated

I just added a few more entries in the timeline!

A Faked Death?

The follow is a chapter scanned from Jean Overton-Fuller's The Comte de Saint-Germain.  Last Scion of the House of Rakoczy.

Many people believe that the Count died February 27, 1784 in a state of poverty.  I think this is incredibly wrong and that this is the official date of his faked death (with the help of Charles of Hesse).  What you will find in the text (just click to enlarge them) is that he left behind some clothes, a small amount of money, some toiletries, and two pistols.  There are no notebooks or journals listed, no music or instruments, no gems, no art supplies (he was known to paint), and no collected items from his travels.