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== Land records  ==
== Land records  ==
These records were created to document transfers of property from one person to another and can be used to establish residence and relationships. They include land claims, native land records, land court grants, native lease land, tax allotments, and others with significant genealogical content. Earliest records begin in the 1890s.


Research use: Establish residence and relationships.
Records generally include the names of the persons involved in the transaction, dates, residences, relationships, proof of ownership, and property descriptions. Records can be found at local land offices, courts, commissions, and other governmental administrations.  
 
Record type: Land claims, native land records, land court grants, native lease land, tax allotments, and others with significant genealogical content.
 
General: Civil documentation of land ownership and transfer.
 
Time period: 1890-present
 
Contents: Names, dates, residences, relationships, proof of ownership, and property descriptions.  
 
Location: Land offices, courts, commissions, and other governmental administrations.  
 
Percentage in Family History Library: 25% (Fiji Native Land Commission records filmed in 1981-1982).
 
Population coverage: 30% 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: Melanesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
 
 
 
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