Fiji Marriages - What else you can try
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This page will give you additional guidance and resources to find marriage information for your ancestor. Use this page after first completing the marriage section of the Fiji Guided Research page.
Additional Online Resources
Additional Databases and Online Resources
Currently, there are no additional databases for marriages 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 |
| 1923-1961 | Rotuman | Marriage indexes for Rotuma Island | Index of marriage records for Rotuma Island, 1923-1961  Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1912-1917 | Fijian | Fijian marriages | Index to Fijian marriage records for Fiji, 1912-1917 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 |
Try Next
These collections have no index included in the film.
| Time Period | Cultural Group | Record Type | Collection Name | Repository |
| 1874-1989 | Fijian | Fijian marriage registers | Register of Fijian marriages, 1874-1989 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1871-1989 | General | General marriages | Register of general marriages, 1871-1989 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1871-1989 | General | General marriages | Register of general marriages, 1871-1989 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1970-1974 | Rotuman | Rotuman marriages | Register of marriages for Rotuma (Fiji), 1970-1974 Click the question mark for instructions for how to search catalog browsable images when there is no index. |
FamilySearch Catalog |
| 1913-1989 | Indian | Indian marriages | Register of Indian marriages, 1913-1989 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 Marriage 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 marriage events may not have been created at the time of the marriage. 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 marriage information about your ancestor: | ||
| Why to search the records | ||
| Church marriage records can provide name of spouse, marriage date and place. Church burial records can provide names of survivors, especially a widow or widower. | ||
| Death records may list the spouse's name | ||
| Genealogies can provide information that include spouse's name and date and place of marriage. | ||
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 marriages
Successfully finding marriage 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 married 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.