Fiji Births - What else you can try
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This page will give you additional guidance and resources to find birth information for your ancestor. Use this page after first completing the birth section of the Fiji Guided Research page.
Additional Online Resources
Additional Databases and Online Resources
Currently, there are no additional databases for births in Fiji. See, Substitute records below to help locate birth information in other records.
Images Only (Browsable Images)
These collections have not yet been indexed but are available to browse image by image.
Start Here
These collections contain an index at the beginning of the film.
| Time Period | Cultural Group | Record Type | Collection Name | Repository |
| 1926-1969 | Rotuman | Birth records for Rotuma Island | Index of birth records for Rotuma Island, 1926-1969  Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1895-1989 | Indian | Birth Registers for Indians | Birth registers of Indians in Fiji, 1895-1989 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1875-1989 | General | General birth records | General birth records, 1875-1989 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1876-1989 | Fijian | Fijian birth registers | Register of Fijian births, 1876-1989 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
Try Next
These collections have no index included in the film.
| Time Period | Cultural Group | Record Type | Collection Name | Repository |
| 1968-1985 | Rabi Islander and Rotuman | Birth Registers for Rabi and Rotuma | Register of births for Rabi and Rotuma (Fiji), 1968-1985 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1881-1969 | Rotuman | Rotuman birth death and marriage registers | Rotuman birth, death and marriage registers, 1881-1969 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1945-1991 | Fijians | Register of Adoptions | Registers of adoptions, 1945-1991 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1917-1989 | Fijians of Indian Descent | Death register of Indians | Death register of Indians, 1917-1989 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
Substitute Records
Additional Records with Birth Information
Substitute records may contain information about more than one event and are used when records for an event are not available. Records that are used to substitute for birth events may not have been created at the time of the birth . The accuracy of the record is contingent upon when the information was recorded. Search for information in multiple substitute records to confirm the accuracy of these records.
| Use these additional records to locate birth information about your ancestor: | ||
| Why to search the records | ||
| Church baptismal, marriage and burial records can provide birth date and place. | ||
| Cemetery records can provide birth date and place. | ||
| Genealogies can provide birth information and information about relationships. | ||
| Marriage records may occasionally provide the age of the individuals getting married, giving an estimated birth year. | ||
| Death and burial records may provide an age at the time of death, giving an estimated birth year. | ||
| Passports contain birth date and place | ||
Finding Town of Origin
Knowing an ancestor’s hometown can be important to locate more records. If a person immigrated to the United States, try Finding Town of Origin to find the ancestor’s hometown.
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Tips for finding births
Successfully finding birth records in online databases depends on a few key points. Try the following search suggestions:
- Your ancestor’s name and surname may have had many different spelling variations.
- If you are not finding what you’re looking for, try using wildcard characters. That is, use an asterisk * to replace one or more characters.
- Try searching surrounding areas. Your ancestors may have been born in another town than where they lived later in life.
- Be flexible with year searches. Give a year range of about 2-3 years on either side of the believed year of the event.
Why the Record may not Exist
Known Record Gaps
Records Start
Fiji started keeping records from 1860 to present.
Records Destroyed
There are no known records losses for Fiji.