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== | ==Resources== | ||
===Online Resources=== | |||
= | *'''1894-1907 - '''[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=WALLIS-ET-FUTUNA French Overseas Wallis and Futuna Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1894-1907], index & images. | ||
===Offices to Contact=== | |||
'''Birth Certificates:''' Available by mail from the Court of the First Instance at the place of birth. <br> | |||
'''Death Certificates:''' Death certificates can be requested from the Court of the First Instance in Mata-Utu.<br> | |||
'''Marriage Certificates:''' Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the marriage took place.<br> | |||
'''Divorce Records:''' Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the divorce was granted. <br> | |||
Usually marriages and divorces are noted on the birth certificate.<ref>U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Travel.State.Gov, [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/WallisandFutuna.html Wallis and Futuna], (accessed 25 October 2021).</ref><br> | |||
[https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/family-history-collection Alexander Turnbull Library]<br> | [https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/family-history-collection Alexander Turnbull Library]<br> | ||
Part of the [https://natlib.govt.nz/ National Library of New Zealand]<br> | |||
Wellington | PO Box 12349<br> | ||
Wellington 6140<br> | |||
New Zealand<br> | |||
Telephone: +64 4 474 3000<br> | Telephone: +64 4 474 3000<br> | ||
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Email: [mailto:information@natlib.govt.nz information@natlib.govt.nz]<br> | Email: [mailto:information@natlib.govt.nz information@natlib.govt.nz]<br> | ||
has the following, though not on the Internet:<br> | The Alexander Turnbull Library has the following, though the records are not on the Internet:<br> | ||
Wallis and Futuna — Pacific Manuscripts Bureau<br> | [https://natlib.govt.nz/researchers/guides/pacific-islands-family-history#wallis-and-futuna Wallis and Futuna — Pacific Manuscripts Bureau]<br> | ||
[https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.77474 Catholic Mission, Wallis island - Genealogies of Wallisian and Futunian families], compiled by Father Joseph Henquel | [https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.77474 Catholic Mission, Wallis island - Genealogies of Wallisian and Futunian families], compiled by Father Joseph Henquel — Consists of genealogies of all Wallisian families (from A-F) compiled from oral tradition, baptismal and matrimonial registers dating from 1824, and from regular parish censuses. There are also some Futunian genealogies (not alphabetical).<br> | ||
[https://natlib.govt.nz/ National Library of New Zealand]<br> | |||
70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon<br> | |||
Wellington 6011, New Zealand <br> | |||
==Background== | |||
The first Europeans to settle the area were the French in 1837, but France did not take official control until between 1887 and 1888.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna Wallis and Futuna], (accessed 25 October 2021).</ref> | |||
[https://natlib.govt.nz/researchers/guides/pacific-islands-family-history#wallis-and-futuna Pacific Islands Family History] | For additional information about records for Wallis and Futuna, see [https://natlib.govt.nz/researchers/guides/pacific-islands-family-history#wallis-and-futuna Pacific Islands Family History]. | ||
==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
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