Hello, My understanding was Sacks originated from Saxony. Although I have read many other interesting ideas. Floyd Oster On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Chris Sackett wrote: > At 15:58 27/02/2009, you wrote: >> As I understand it the name Sackett is a diminutive of sack - below >> I have >> copied Ancestry.Com surname explanation > > Angie, > > There is a lot of misinformation out there! I really don't believe it > ever had anything to do with sacks. If it had, there would have been > Sacketts in just about every town and village in the country! > Instead, as we know, the clan seems to have started in one very small > area in the north-east corner of Kent. There is an article about the > name on The Sackett Family Association website at > http://sackettfamily.info/ui04.htm > > Regards, > Chris > > SACKETT is a Discussion list for Sackett/Sacket Family Genealogy. > Associated URL's for this surname: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sidersn/sackett/ > and http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > If you need any help, email the List Admin at: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message