Austral Islands: Difference between revisions

• Births, marriages, and deaths are recorded by the government, and citizens are required to have an official government record. Tables are published by the government every ten years giving an index to the names in the records. This facilitates genealogical research up to the time when the French first came to the islands. They have been keeping records since the early 1800's. <br>• Notarial records are available from the year 1862.<br>• Large numbers of civil registration records are available from 1843.<br>• A large number of oral genealogies and land records are also available. <br>'''Tahiti: 795887, 795889<br>Tuamotos: 795889 <br>Tubuai (Austral Islands): 795889<br>We can also use a Film/fiche number search and look at the descriptions of the following microfilms, all of which contain French Polynesian information: 795887, 795888, 795889,181746 Item 7, and 1515054.'''