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Guide to '''French Polynesia ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | |||
==Country Information== | ==Country Information== | ||
French Polynesia is an island overseas collectivity of the [[France Genealogy|French Republic]] in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are the [[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]], [[Kiribati Genealogy|Kiribati]], and the [[Pitcairn Islands Genealogy|Pitcairn Islands]]. The official language is French.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, “French Polynesia,” in ‘’Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,’’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia, accessed 29 April 2016.</ref> | French Polynesia is an island overseas collectivity of the [[France Genealogy|French Republic]] in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are the [[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]], [[Kiribati Genealogy|Kiribati]], and the [[Pitcairn Islands Genealogy|Pitcairn Islands]]. The official language is French.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, “French Polynesia,” in ‘’Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,’’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia, accessed 29 April 2016.</ref> | ||
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|<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[French Polynesia Online Genealogy Records]]</span> | |<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[French Polynesia Online Genealogy Records]]</span> | ||
|<span class="community_button">[ | |<span class="community_button">[[Online Research Help|Online<br>Research Help]]</span> | ||
|<div id="fsButtons"><span class="red_online_button">[[French Polynesia Getting Started|Getting<Br>Started]]</span> | |||
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== French Polynesia Map == | ==French Polynesia Map== | ||
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in French Polynesia. | Genealogy records are kept on the local level in French Polynesia. | ||
{{French Polynesia clickable}} | {{French Polynesia clickable}} | ||
== Islands == | == Islands == | ||
[[French_Polynesia|French Polynesia]] lies south of Hawaii and east of Tonga and Samoa. It is composed of 118 islands. From north to south the major island groups are:<br> | [[French_Polynesia|French Polynesia]] lies south of Hawaii and east of Tonga and Samoa. It is composed of 118 islands. From north to south the major island groups are:<br> | ||
*[[Marquesas Islands|Marquesas Islands]] | *[[Marquesas Islands|Marquesas Islands]] | ||
*[[Tuamotu Islands|Tuamotu Islands]] | *[[Tuamotu Islands|Tuamotu Islands]] | ||
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*[[Gambier Islands|Gambier Islands]] | *[[Gambier Islands|Gambier Islands]] | ||
*[[Austral Islands|Austral Islands]] | *[[Austral Islands|Austral Islands]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:French Polynesia]] | |||
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