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=== Yap === | == Census lists == | ||
Jane Underwood Yap Population Cards | |||
*Census created in 1965 by anthropologist Jane Underwood, in English | Research use: Quickly identifies family groups and individual birth year. | ||
*Cards filed by municipality at the Richard Flores Taitano Micronesia Area Research Center, University of Guam, Mangliao, Guam (filesare a little jumbled, be patient) | |||
*Some name variation so be creative | Record type: Population enumerations compiled by the government. | ||
*Cards contain information for individual subject plus children, parents, siblings, and grandparents | |||
General: It is not clear whether name lists were created. Further investigation is need to better identify the extent, location and availability of census lists. | |||
Time period: 1920-present. First census years by country/territory: 1920 (Guam), 1933 (Nauru), 1947 (Kiribati), 1988 (Marshall Islands), 1990 (Northern Mariana Islands, Palau). | |||
Contents: Names and ages of family members, family relationships, religion, residence; other details may vary. | |||
Location: Probably census administrative offices and archives except for Guam which is in the U.S. National Archives. | |||
Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population. | |||
Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Micronesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2001.</ref> | |||
=== Yap === | |||
Jane Underwood Yap Population Cards | |||
*Census created in 1965 by anthropologist Jane Underwood, in English | |||
*Cards filed by municipality at the Richard Flores Taitano Micronesia Area Research Center, University of Guam, Mangliao, Guam (filesare a little jumbled, be patient) | |||
*Some name variation so be creative | |||
*Cards contain information for individual subject plus children, parents, siblings, and grandparents | |||
*Back bottom of each card has a reference to the 1946 census of Yap if individual is included in that census | *Back bottom of each card has a reference to the 1946 census of Yap if individual is included in that census | ||
*Partial digital index of birth dates and names (Excell spreadsheet, search using Ctrl+F) on Barrigada FHC computers. CD in Family Search Support Office, Barrigada, Guam. | *Partial digital index of birth dates and names (Excell spreadsheet, search using Ctrl+F) on Barrigada FHC computers. CD in Family Search Support Office, Barrigada, Guam. | ||
1946 Yap Census | 1946 Yap Census | ||
*Photocopy of census cards created between 1946-1948, in Yapese (translation of census form in cabinet) | |||
*Organized by municipality and village in file cabinet at Micronesia Area Research Center (list of villages in cabinet) | *Photocopy of census cards created between 1946-1948, in Yapese (translation of census form in cabinet) | ||
*Japanese Imperial dates used (conversion chart in filing cabinet). | *Organized by municipality and village in file cabinet at Micronesia Area Research Center (list of villages in cabinet) | ||
*Japanese Imperial dates used (conversion chart in filing cabinet). | |||
*Very useful in combination with Jane Underwood census | *Very useful in combination with Jane Underwood census | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category: Micronesia, | [[Category:Micronesia,_Federated_States_of]] | ||