Vacek Family History
- Vacek Name Meaning
- Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Václav, Old Czech Veceslav (cognate with Polish Wieceslaw, Latinized as Wenceslas). It is composed of the Old Slavic elements viece ‘greater’ + slav ‘glory’. It was borne by a 10th-century duke of Bohemia who fought against a revival of paganism in his territory, and after his death became patron saint of Bohemia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 25,394 Historical Documents with Vacek on Ancestry
- 7,787 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,122 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,088 Military Records
- 1,139 Immigration Records
- 12,258 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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