Researching Vera Ducas
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16 people with the Ducas surname? In that year Ducas was ranked number 3563 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Vera means "TRUE" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Vera Ducas on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Vera Ducas and the Ducas Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ducas 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 Ducas family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Vera Ducas at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Vera Ducas using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Vera Ducas.
Research the Ducas surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ducas Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 14 people with the Ducas surname in the UK? Ducas is now ranked number 4028 for popularity in the UK. |
Ducas Family History Databases
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Ducas Forums
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Vera Ducas. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Vera Ducas
Vera Ducas
Vera Ducas (1912 – 29 March 1948) was born to a Jewish family in Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia. She fled the 1939 Nazi invasion with her husband and child. They lived in Turkey for several years before arriving in Palestine. She didn't speak Hebrew and was unable to find work and is alleged to have become an informer for the British CID.
She was kidnapped from one of the main cafes of Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter and her body found on a patch of waste ground, shot through the head. It was reported that the Stern Gang had announced that they had killed her, accusing her of spying for the British.
Source: Vera Ducas, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ducas
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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