Researching Manuel Afonso
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Records of Manuel Afonso on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Manuel Afonso 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Manuel Afonso and the Afonso Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Afonso 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 Afonso family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Manuel Afonso at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Manuel Afonso using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Manuel Afonso.
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Afonso Family Tree Databases
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Afonso 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.
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Miscellaneous Afonso Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Manuel Afonso. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Manuel Afonso
Manuel da Luz Afonso
Manuel da Luz Afonso (Loulé, 31 January 1917 – 15 October 2000) was a Portuguese football manager.
He was the Head of the Football Departament of Benfica, during their 1960s Golden Era, until 1964 when he was called to work for the Portugal national football team as seleccionador ("the selector"), with Otto Glória as the coach. That meant that Afonso would be choosing the players but would not be the coach in charge of the squad.
They took over on 15 November 1964, with a 2–1 win over Spain, in a friendly match. It was a promising start to the successful campaign Portugal had in the lead up to the 1966 FIFA World Cup finals, in England. Portugal qualified for the first time, eliminating the world vice-champions Czechoslovakia. Portugal went on to reach the third place at the World Cup finals.
Manuel da Luz Afonso left the National Team following the 1–2 loss to Sweden, on 13 November 1966, in a European Championship qualifier. He left the Portuguese squad after 20 matches, with 15 wins, 2 ties and 3 defeats, still the best record ever for his country.
Source: Manuel da Luz Afonso, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Afonso
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