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From: Donna Marie Herman <>
Subject: Re: Definitions for FAQ
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:58:21 +0000


>Old time lurkers of this group have been reminded countless times that
>although there certainly must be Merovingian - Carolingian linkages, none
>to date has been succesfully documented and proven. As Nat Taylor so
>aptly put it, we are all doubtless descended from the Merovingians, but no
>specific route has yet been documented. The person who does come up with
>any such proven linkage will make big headlines in genealogical circles !
>A mention of this in the FAQ might cut down on the numerous postings
>alleging these descents.

I wonder how my cousins came up with a line in the ten years they did
research to write this book? They have made many mistakes in the
book, but it does show a line from Charlemagne back to Clovis
Merovingia (Clovis I). I guess I'll have to write them and ask where
they got their information from.

Cody

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