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You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Denise	Report	18 Jun 2003 11:06
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	The authors of "A Dictionary of Surnames", Hanks & Hodges state that the surname is English of unknown origin; possibly a variant of Black/Blake/Blogg with alteration of the vowel. They continue, "The name is largely confined to the Midlands, and seems to have originated in SW Shrops. It is first found at Wistanstow, Shrops., in the 13th cent. in the form Blyke. By the mid-15th cent. it had taken the form Bluck, with occasional variations such as Blooke and Blowke." p.58.

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