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Civil Registration

Civil registration (birth, marriage and death records) began in 1898.

Resources

Online Resources

• 1890-1991 Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; indexes and images
• 1963-1995 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Findmypast ($)

FamilySearch Catalog

Island(s)	FS Catalog
Abaiang Island	Civil Registration
Abemama Islands	Civil Registration
Aranuka Island	Civil Registration
Banaba Island	Civil Registration
Beru Island	Civil Registration
Butaritari Island	Civil Registration
Fanning Island	None currently in the Catalog
Flint Island	None currently in the Catalog
Gardner Island	see Nikumaroro Island
Gilbert Islands	None currently in the Catalog
Kurai Island	Civil Registration
Line Islands	Civil Registration
Maiana Island	Civil Registration
Majuro Island	Civil Registration
Makin Island	Civil Registration
Manra Island	Civil Registration
Marakei Island	Civil Registration
Nauru Island	Civil Registration
Nikumaroro Island	Civil Registration
Nikunau Island	Civil Registration
Nonouti Island	Civil Registration
Northern Gilbert Islands	Civil Registration
North Tabiteuea Island	Civil Registration
North Tarawa Island	Civil Registration
Ocean Island	see Banaba Island
Oneke Island	None currently in the Catalog
Onotoa Island	Civil Registration
Phoenix Islands	None currently in the Catalog
South Tabiteuea Island	Civil Registration
South Tarawa Island	Civil Registration
Tabiteuea Island	Civil Registration
Tabuaeran	None currently in the Catalog
Tamana Island	Civil Registration
Tarawa Island	Civil Registration
Teraina	None currently in the Catalog
Washington Island	None currently in the Catalog

Offices to Contact

Kiribati National Library & Archives
PO Box 6, Bairiki
Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati
Website request form: Contact Us
Kiribati National Library Telephone: (+686) 75021254 and 75022582
Kiribati National Archives Telephone: (+686) 75021338
Email: national.library@tskl.net.ki

Background

The National Library was established in 1976.

Information Recorded in the Records

Births

Certificates include the following:

• Name of child
  
• Nationality of child
  
• Identity of parents

Deaths

Registers include the following:

• Name
  
• Date of death
  
• Place of death
  
• Name of father
  
• Name of mother
  
• Name of spouse