Jack Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Jack Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6364 people with the Jack surname? In that year Jack was ranked number 646 for popularity in the UK. |
"A corruption of John, which signifies God's grace. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Jack records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"JACK. Now considered a variant of John, but more correctly of James, from French Jacques, pronounced 'zhak.' As a forename we have Jak Donaldson in Cowpar Grange, 1453 and Jak Richardson in 1469 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 129, 154). Wil. Jak was tenant of the mill of Kethek in 1473 (ibid., i, p. 178), and Duncan Jak appears as a charter witness in Dundee in 1480 (HP., n, p. 187). Gilbert Jak was a resident of Vddynston in 1498 (REG., 478-479), John Jak held a tenement in Glasgow before 1498 (ibid., p. 500), and Katherine Jak in Stirling was charged with assault in 1545 (SBR., p. 40). Richard Jak in Auld Roxburghe was beheaded for slaughter in 1502 (Trials, i, p. 27), and Robert Jack, merchant and burgess of Dundee was "hangit and quarterit for false coin called Hardheads whilk he had brought out of Flanders" in December, 1567 (Bin-el, Diary). William Jak who was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1554 (NSCM., i, p. 64) may be the William Jak who was "adrnittit maister of Saint Thomas Hospitall" there in 1580 (CRA., p. 39), and possibly the Wilyem Jaik who was elected deacon of the kirk of Aberdeen in the same year (SCM., n, p. 54). Thomas Jack, who was master of the Grammar School of Glasgow before 1574, Latinized his name Jacchaeus. The ship of Andro Jaik of Aberdeen was lost in 1577 (SCM., n, p. 47). Peter Jak held a feu in Scone in 1586 (Scon, p. 232), and Jrmet Jak is in record in Kyndrochat in 1589 (REB., n, 227). The surname was not uncommon in Aberdeen in the seventeenth century (Retours, Aberdeen, 303, 304). Cf. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Jack Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Jack Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Jack family tree.
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Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Jack family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Jack family.
Research the Jack surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Jack Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 6927 people with the Jack surname in the UK? Jack is now ranked number 864 for popularity in the UK. |
Jack Genealogy Databases
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Investigate MyTrees for information on the Jack family and people looking to contact living Jack relations.
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Jack surname in the USA? Jack is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Jack Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Jack family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Jack surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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