Geraci Family History
- Geraci Name Meaning
- Italian (Calabria and Sicily): habitational name for someone from Gerace or Gerace Marina in Calabria, or from Geraci Siculo in Sicily. The places are named with medieval Greek geraki ‘hawk’, classical Greek hierax. Gerakis ‘hawk’ has been known as a surname and nickname in Greece since Byzantine times.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 54,625 Historical Documents with Geraci on Ancestry
- 24,038 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 6,033 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,281 Military Records
- 4,901 Immigration Records
- 17,372 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Geraci census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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