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='''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'''= | ='''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'''= | ||
==Writing for Records== | ==Writing for Records== | ||
Information is available to current members only for deceased members and immediate family members who are still living. [https://www.familysearch.org/en/ '''Sign in to FamilySearch and then select Family Tree in the drop-down menu.'''] | |||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
During World War II, Matthew Cowley, then president of the New Zealand Mission, assigned Fritz Kruger, a New Zealand baker who owned a business at Avarua, Rarotonga, to help establish the Church on the Cook Islands. He and his family subsequently moved to Rarotonga, and their first convert was Samuel Glassie and his family...A Rarotonga Mission was created 20 November 1960, but later became part of the New Zealand Mission. In 1979, there were 718 members in 10 branches (small congregations) in the Cook Islands. <ref>Facts and Statistics: Cook Islands, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/cook-islands, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | During World War II, Matthew Cowley, then president of the New Zealand Mission, assigned Fritz Kruger, a New Zealand baker who owned a business at Avarua, Rarotonga, to help establish the Church on the Cook Islands. He and his family subsequently moved to Rarotonga, and their first convert was Samuel Glassie and his family...A Rarotonga Mission was created 20 November 1960, but later became part of the New Zealand Mission. In 1979, there were 718 members in 10 branches (small congregations) in the Cook Islands. <ref>Facts and Statistics: Cook Islands, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/cook-islands, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | ||