My Last name is SHAKES does anyone know the history of this surname. ?

Question:

My Last name is SHAKES does anyone know the history of this surname. ?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: There are Shake surname message boards at:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/shake/...

and

http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.shak...

About Shake, ancestry.com says:

shake
Americanized form of Dutch and North German Schaack. v

I hope some of that might help but really, the best way to find the history of the surname is to trace back your genealogy one generation at a time.

Good luck,
Dave
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