Researching Allen Stack
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 615 people with the Stack surname? In that year Stack was ranked number 2964 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Allen means "Form of ALAN - noble" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Allen Stack on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Allen Stack and the Stack Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stack 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Stack family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1252 people with the Stack surname in the UK? Stack is now ranked number 2887 for popularity in the UK. |
Stack Family History Databases
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Stack Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Stack surname in the USA? Stack is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Stack Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Allen Stack. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Allen Stack
Allen Stack
Allen McIntyre Stack (January 23, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Stack won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He placed fourth in the final of the same event.
Stack attended Yale University, where he swam for the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1947 to 1949. He graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in 1949. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1954, and graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1956. He practiced law in Honolulu, Hawaii until 1998.
Stack was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1979.
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