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* 1 Polish community | * 1 Polish community | ||
* 1 Romanian community | * 1 Romanian community | ||
There are approximately 200,000 Christians in Israel. Jurisdictions of seven of the Catholic Churches overlap in Israel: The Armenian, Chaldean, Greek Melkite, Latin (Roman), Maronite, and Syriac. About 85% of the Catholics in Israel and the Palestinian Territories are Arabic-speaking. | |||
== Church Records (Parish Registers) Definition == | == Church Records (Parish Registers) Definition == | ||
Church records (parish registers) are excellent sources of sufficiently accurate information on names, dates and places of birth / baptism, marriage and death / funeral. Church records contain records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials. | Church records (parish registers) are excellent sources of sufficiently accurate information on names, dates and places of birth / baptism, marriage and death / funeral. Church records contain records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials. | ||