Researching Manuela Viegas
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2 people with the Viegas surname? In that year Viegas was ranked number 3577 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Manuela means "God is With Us" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Manuela Viegas on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Manuela Viegas and the Viegas Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Viegas 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 Viegas family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Manuela Viegas at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Manuela Viegas using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Manuela Viegas.
Research the Viegas surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Viegas Military records.
Viegas Genealogy Databases
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Viegas Forums
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Miscellaneous Viegas Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Manuela Viegas. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Manuela Viegas
Manuela Viegas
Manuela Viegas (born 13 October 1957) is a Portuguese film editor and director. She is considered to be part of The School of Reis film tradition.
An influential film editor since the 1970s, she has edited dozens of films, among them Pedro Costa's Blood, Joaquim Sapinho's The Policewoman and João César Monteiro's Silvestre and À Flor do Mar. In 1999, she directed her first and only feature film to date, Gloria, which was part of the official competition of the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, being the only Portuguese film to feature until Tabu was selected in 2012.
She is nowadays a professor of film editing at the Portuguese National Film School.
Source: Manuela Viegas, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Viegas
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