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![Show Contents]() Flak Surname History
The ancient Anglo-Saxon culture once found in Britain is the soil from which the many generations of the Flak family have grown. The name Flak was given to a member of the family who was a streaked or dappled element. The surname Flak originally derived from the Old English word Fleck. Early Origins of the Flak familyThe surname Flak was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat from ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early History of the Flak familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Flak research. Another 148 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1605, 1650, 1657, 1679 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Flak History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Flak Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Flak family name include Fleck, Flecke, Flegg, Flack, Flacks, Flick and many more. Early Notables of the Flak familyMore information is included under the topic Early Flak Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Flak family to Ireland
Some of the Flak family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 50 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Flak surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Flak Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Lucas Flak, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1747 1
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Flak migration to the United States 
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