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==Resources==


===Online Records===


===Civil Registration===
*'''1846-1949''' {{RecordSearch|2731435|Cook Islands, Public Records, 1846-1989}} at FamilySearch — [[Cook Islands, Public Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index &images


Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
===Offices to Contact===


Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
Rimmel Poila-Mokoroa <br>
Registrar - Registry Services<br>
Registry Services <br>


General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
[http://www.justice.gov.ck '''Ministry of Justice''']<br>
Te Tango Tutara o te Ture <br>
PO Box 111<br>
Avarua, Rarotonga<br>
Cook Islands<br>


Time period: 1846-present.
Telephone: +(682) 29410 <br>
Fax: +(682) 22256 <br>
Email: [mailto:offices.justice@cookislands.gov.ck offices.justice@cookislands.gov.ck]<br>


Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.


Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
Records were generally kept on the local level in the Cook Islands. The individual islands which keep records are:<ref name=FSdescription>FamilySearch.org, [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cook_Islands,_Public_Records_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records Cook Islands, Public Records - FamilySearch Historical Records, (accessed 18 February 2020)]</ref>
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*Aitutaki
*Atiu
*Mangaia
*Mangarongaro
*Manihiki
*Mauke
*Mitiaro
*Nassau
*Palmerston
*Penrhyn
*Pukapuka
*Rakahanga
*Rarotonga
*Suwarrow
*Tongareva
*Wytootachee
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Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.
==Background==


Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: French Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
Time period: 1846-present
 
==Coverage and Compliance==
 
90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: French Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
 
==Information Recorded in the Records==
 
'''Births'''<ref name="profile"></ref>
*Name of child
*Date and time of day of birth
*Place of birth
*Names of parents
*Occupation and religious preference of parents
*Name of informant
*Place of residence of parents
 
'''Notice of Adoption'''<ref name="FSdescription"></ref>
*Given name
*Gender
*Age
*Event date
*Name of adopting parents
*Place child was from
 
'''Marriages'''<ref name="profile"></ref>
*Date
*Place of marriage
*Name of bride and groom
*Places of residence of bride and groom
*Occupations
*Names of parents
*Mother's maiden name
*Names of witnesses
 
'''Deaths'''<ref name="profile"></ref>
*Death date
*Place of death
*Name of deceased
*Gender
*Names of parents or spouse
*Place of residence of the deceased
*Age at death
*Cause of death
*Place of burial


== References ==
== References ==
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