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==How to Find the Records== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
===Online Records=== | ===Online Records=== | ||
*'''1870-1911''' | *'''1870-1911''' {{RecordSearch|3754690|Fiji, General Register of Immigrants, 1870-1911}} at FamilySearch - [[Fiji, General Register of Immigrants - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | ||
*'''1874-1875''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145561 Returns of Europeans resident in Fiji, January, 1874 and May - November, 1875] at FamilySearch Catalog; images only | *'''1874-1875''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145561 Returns of Europeans resident in Fiji, January, 1874 and May - November, 1875] at FamilySearch Catalog; images only | ||
*'''1876-1914''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145553 List of journals of government agents, about 1876-1914] at FamilySearch Catalog; images only | *'''1876-1914''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145553 List of journals of government agents, about 1876-1914] at FamilySearch Catalog; images only | ||
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*'''1899-1922''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/301936 Register of deaths of Indian immigration (by plantation), 1899-1922] at FamilySearch Catalog; index & images | *'''1899-1922''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/301936 Register of deaths of Indian immigration (by plantation), 1899-1922] at FamilySearch Catalog; index & images | ||
*'''1915-1991''' {{RecordSearch|3743978|Fiji, Passports, 1915-1991}} at FamilySearch - [[Fiji, Passports - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | *'''1915-1991''' {{RecordSearch|3743978|Fiji, Passports, 1915-1991}} at FamilySearch - [[Fiji, Passports - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | ||
===Polynesian Immigrants Records=== | ===Polynesian Immigrants Records=== | ||
[https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 '''Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914'''], are available at the [[Fiji Archives and Libraries|'''National Archives of Fiji''']]. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to '''Fiji''' as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and Papua New Guinea. '''There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji.''' Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia. This movement of people is often referred to as "black-birding". These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. | [https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 '''Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914'''], are available at the [[Fiji Archives and Libraries|'''National Archives of Fiji''']]. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to '''Fiji''' as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and Papua New Guinea. '''There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji.''' Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia. This movement of people is often referred to as "black-birding". These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. | ||