Galka Family History
- Galka Name Meaning
- Polish (Galka): nickname from Polish galka ‘knob’, ‘lump’, probably denoting someone who was disfigured by a prominent carbuncle. This name is also established in German-speaking lands.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 11,187 Historical Documents with Galka on Ancestry
- 6,004 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,999 Census and Voter Lists
- 599 Military Records
- 1,052 Immigration Records
- 1,533 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Galka census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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