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| {{Cook Islands-sidebar}}''[[Pacific]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] '''[[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]]''' | | {{CountrySidebar |
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| | ==Resources== |
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| | ===Online Records=== |
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| ===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 |
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| Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
| | ===Offices to Contact=== |
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| Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
| | Rimmel Poila-Mokoroa <br> |
| | Registrar - Registry Services<br> |
| | Registry Services <br> |
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| 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> |
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| 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> |
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| 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.
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| 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== |
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| 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 |
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| | ==Coverage and Compliance== |
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| | 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> |
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| | ==Information Recorded in the Records== |
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| | '''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 |
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| | '''Notice of Adoption'''<ref name="FSdescription"></ref> |
| | *Given name |
| | *Gender |
| | *Age |
| | *Event date |
| | *Name of adopting parents |
| | *Place child was from |
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| | '''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 |
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| | '''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 |
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| [[Category:Cook Islands]] | | [[Category:Cook Islands]] [[Category:Civil Registration]] |