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From: gifford_p@lib.flint.umich.edu (Paul M. Gifford)
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Subject: Re: Lebanese Roots - Problem
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 13:16:01
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I have been told, by a Lebanese native interested in genealogy and
in researching Lebanese history, that church records tend to go back
about 200 years.  He claimed that some Maronite families have
Crusader origins (the name Baldwini, or something like that, was
an example).

I've seen a worldwide genealogy of Ramallah families (this is
Palestine), which generally traced the extended family's origins
to someone who came to the village in question in the 17th century.
I don't recall the details, but the family or families were Christian.

Paul Gifford