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==Writing for Records== | ==Writing for Records== | ||
<span color:darkviolet> You will probably need to write to or email the national archives, the diocese, or local parish priests to find records. See the [[Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy|'''Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy''']] for help with composing letters.</span><br> | <span color:darkviolet> You will probably need to write to or email the national archives, the diocese, or local parish priests to find records. See the [[Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy|'''Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy''']] for help with composing letters.</span><br> | ||
=Cook Islands Christian Church= | ='''Cook Islands Christian Church'''= | ||
==Online Resources and Websites== | ==Online Resources and Websites== | ||
*[https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/index.php/archives-of-cook-islands-christian-church '''Archives of the Cook Islands Christian Church, '''] browseable images. This collection includes copies of London Missionary Society birth records from 1849 – 1951, Minutes of the Cook Islands Christian Church General Assembly 1950-1972, Baptism and Burial Records Avarua Church 1977-1987, Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records Arorangi Church 1949-1978, Baptism and Burial Records Arorangi Church 1976-2003, Baptism and Burial Records Arorangi 1994-2008, Baptism and Burial Records, Titikaveka 1973-2009, Baptism and Burial Records, Matavera 1978-2008, Notice of intention to marriage records, Akakiteanga Akaipoipo, Avarua 1919-1974. | *[https://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/catalogue/index.php/archives-of-cook-islands-christian-church '''Archives of the Cook Islands Christian Church, '''] browseable images. This collection includes copies of London Missionary Society birth records from 1849 – 1951, Minutes of the Cook Islands Christian Church General Assembly 1950-1972, Baptism and Burial Records Avarua Church 1977-1987, Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records Arorangi Church 1949-1978, Baptism and Burial Records Arorangi Church 1976-2003, Baptism and Burial Records Arorangi 1994-2008, Baptism and Burial Records, Titikaveka 1973-2009, Baptism and Burial Records, Matavera 1978-2008, Notice of intention to marriage records, Akakiteanga Akaipoipo, Avarua 1919-1974. | ||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
The Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) is the largest religious denomination in the Cook Islands. It belongs to the Reformed family of churches.The CICC is a Christian Congregationalist church and has approximately 18,000 members, including around half of the residents of the Cook Islands. The CICC has its origins in the work of the London Missionary Society (LMS), which began work in the Cook Islands in 1821. In 1852, the LMS founded the Cook Islands LMS Church. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cook Islands Christian Church", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands_Christian_Church, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | The Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) is the largest religious denomination in the Cook Islands. It belongs to the Reformed family of churches.The CICC is a Christian Congregationalist church and has approximately 18,000 members, including around half of the residents of the Cook Islands. The CICC has its origins in the work of the London Missionary Society (LMS), which began work in the Cook Islands in 1821. In 1852, the LMS founded the Cook Islands LMS Church. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cook Islands Christian Church", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands_Christian_Church, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | ||
=Seventh-day Adventists= | =Seventh-day Adventists= | ||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||