Researching Ria Visser
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7 people with the Visser surname? In that year Visser was ranked number 3572 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ria means "mouth of a river" and is of Spanish origin.
Records of Ria Visser on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ria Visser and the Visser Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Visser 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 Visser family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Ria Visser at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ria Visser using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Ria Visser.
Research the Visser surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Visser Military records.
Visser Genealogy Databases
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Visser Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Visser surname in the USA? Visser is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Visser Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Ria Visser. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ria Visser
Ria Visser
Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser (born 20 July 1961) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands
Visser participated in six World Allround Speed Skating Championships, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 1979 and 1980 she won the bronze medal in the World Junior Speed Skating Championships. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid she won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres, finishing just behind her Dutch teammate Annie Borckink. At the 1984 Winter Olympics she raced three distances, but did not reach higher than a 13th place. Unlike in international events, Visser was very successful at the Dutch National Allround Championships, winning the event five times and coming in second twice. Only Stien Kaiser has been more successful at the national level.
In the 1990s she became a TV commentator for the Dutch sports programme NOS Studio Sport.
Source: Ria Visser, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Visser
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