Records of Fernand Viau on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Fernand Viau in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Viau ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Fernand Viau and the Viau Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Viau Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Viau family tree.

Investigate Parish Records for Fernand Viau at Find My Past.

Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Fernand Viau using the FreeBMD database.

Check out Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Fernand Viau records.

Study MyHeritage for Fernand Viau information.

Look at the LDS Database for records about Fernand Viau.

Research the Viau surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Viau Military records.

Viau Genealogy Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Fernand Viau.

Study MyTrees for information on the Viau family and people looking to contact living Viau relations.

Check out One Great Family for Viau records submitted by people who are already researching the Viau Family Tree.

Find Fernand Viau from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Viau Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

Research the Viau surname using Genealogy.com forums .

Miscellaneous Viau Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Fernand Viau. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Fernand Viau

Fernand Viau

Fernand Viau (24 May 1909 – 3 June 2000) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and had a military career.

He was first elected at the Saint Boniface riding in the 1945 general election, then re-elected for successive terms there in 1949 and 1953. Viau lost the Liberal party nomination for Saint Boniface for the 1957 election to Louis Deniset. Viau then campaigned in the riding as an Independent Liberal but was defeated by Deniset.

Viau died on 3 June 2000.

Source: Fernand Viau, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Viau

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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