Researching Maria Rodrigues
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 46 people with the Rodrigues surname? In that year Rodrigues was ranked number 3533 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maria means "form of MARY -- bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Maria Rodrigues on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maria Rodrigues and the Rodrigues Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1949 people with the Rodrigues surname in the UK? Rodrigues is now ranked number 2382 for popularity in the UK. |
Rodrigues Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Rodrigues surname in the USA? Rodrigues is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Maria Rodrigues
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues
Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (MLR, born 19 March 1956 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese professor of Sociology and politician.
MLR is associate professor at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, where she has taught since 1986 and received her PhD in Sociology in 1996. She was the national representative at the Eurostat's Working Party of R&D and Innovation Survey (1996–2002), President of the Observatory of Sciences and Technologies at the Ministry of Science and Technology (1997–2002) and the national representative at the OECD Working Party on the Indicators for the Information Society (1999–2002). She also worked in the consultancy and human resources management and training areas.
MLR has authored dozens of scientific papers and books chapters and published three monographs: Sociologia das Profissões [Sociology of Professions] (1997), Os Engenheiros em Portugal [Engineers in Portugal] (1999) and A Escola Pública Pode Fazer a Diferença [Public School Can Make the Difference] (2010).
Source: Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaMaria Rodrigues
Maria Cristina Bernardo Vaqueiro Rodrigues (born 4 June 1971) is a Brazilian former long-distance runner. She won three gold medals at the South American Championships in Athletics, winning a 5000 metres/10,000 metres double in 2001, then retaining her 5000 m title at the 2003 championships.
Rodrigues has twice represented Brazil at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (1999 and 2000) and participated at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships. She also won international medals at the Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (10,000 m bronze in 2000) and the South American Cross Country Championships (silver in 1999).
She was the Brazilian champion in the 5000 m in 2003.
Source: Maria Rodrigues, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Rodrigues
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