Researching Victor Heck
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 38 people with the Heck surname? In that year Heck was ranked number 3541 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Victor means "conqueror" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Victor Heck on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Victor Heck and the Heck Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Heck 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 Heck family tree.
Study Parish Records for Victor Heck at Find My Past.
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Heck Genealogy Databases
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Heck Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Heck surname in the USA? Heck is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Heck Databases
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Some Famous People called Victor Heck
Victor Heck
Victor Heck (born David Nordhaus; July 20, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American editor and horror fiction author whose novels and short stories are published under his pen name. He is the former owner/operator of DarkTales Publications. In 1999, Heck’s The Asylum Volume 1: The Psycho Ward was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.
Nordhaus's DarkTales published books such as J. Michael Straczynski's Tribulations, Mort Castle's Moon on the Water, Yvonne Navarro's DeadTimes, and Robert Weinberg's Dial Your Dreams and Other Nightmares .
In 2007 Nordhaus began to shift gears by making a move into film in various capacities. He is President of independent film company Eris Films, LLC. Eris Films' short film Midget Chainsaw Zombie., which Nordhaus wrote the script and dialogue for, won the Troma Team Award for Best Short Film at the 2007 Kansas International Film Festival - a competition which was judged and awarded by Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment. In April 2008 Nordhaus worked with director Steve Balderson and Dikenga Films on the movie Watch Out (film), based on the novel by Joseph Suglia, as a production assistant and performed a small role as The Priest in the film.
Source: Victor Heck, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Heck
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