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| == Emigration/Immigration records ==
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| Research use: Connects individual with place of origin and current residence to identify further records.
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| Record type: Passenger lists, passport applications, naturalization records, various files kept for minorities entering to work in the country.
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| General: Civil record of those arriving and departing a country or trying to establish citizenship.
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| Time period: 1870-present.
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| Contents: Name, birth date, birth place, profession, names and ages of spouse and children; other details may vary.
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| Location: Administrative offices and archives.
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| Percentage in Family History Library: 60% (Fiji filmed or purchased previously).
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| Population coverage: 30-40% of the population because of imported laborers (for example, Indian emigrants to Fiji; Indonesian and Vietnamese emigrants to New Caledonia).
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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: Melanesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
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| == References == | | == References == |