Salk Family History
- Salk Name Meaning
- Respelling of Zalk, a Jewish name from Lithuania, of uncertain origin; most likely a pet form of the Yiddish personal name Zalkind (see Salkin). Shortened form of some Ashkenazic surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 11,453 Historical Documents with Salk on Ancestry
- 4,955 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,439 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,608 Military Records
- 768 Immigration Records
- 1,683 Member Trees
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Number of Salk families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Salk 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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from 1881 CA Census Data
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