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folk Name Meaning and History

Variant of German Volk or the English cognate Foulks.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The folk name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the folk family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of folk Families in the US in 1920
Number of folk families
 116-229
 39-115		 1-38
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 136 - Messages: 293
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Descendants of Jacob Folk Jeburke129 0
George and Lydia (CLARK) FOLK of Indiana MsScarlet1957 3
Jacob Folk, Ohio gfrager190 1
Joseph Folk BSAHeyser 2
Fern Folk Sudieb1946 0
Curtis Folk in Ohio Darlene 13
Folk carl harmon 10
Myra (nmn) Folk tom2344 0
Joseph W. Folk maryachtrh 0
Folk family-Brooklyn area Barb Kineke 5
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