Tonga Genealogy

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Tonga

Guide to Tonga ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Country Information

Tonga is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It was a British protectorate from 1900 to 1970. The official languages are Tongan and English.

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Tonga Map

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Tonga.

Islands

Tonga's three main island groups are:

Ha'apai Tongatapu Vava'u

Districts

Tonga is composed of a series of districts within subdivisions:

District	Subdivision
Kolofo'ou	Tongatapu
Kolomotu'a	Tongatapu
Vaini	Tongatapu
Tatakamotonga	Tongatapu
Lapaha	Tongatapu
Nukunuku	Tongatapu
Kolovai	Tongatapu
Neiafu	Vava'u
Pangaimotu	Vava'u
Hahake	Vava'u
Leimatu'a	Vava'u
Hihifo	Vava'u
Motu	Vava'u
Lifuka	Ha'apai
Foa	Ha'apai
Lulunga	Ha'apai
Mu'omu'a	Ha'apai
Ha'ano	Ha'apai
'Uiha	Ha'apai
'Eua Motu'a	'Eua
'Eua Fo'ou	'Eua
Niua Toputapu	Ongo Niua
Niua Fo'ou	Ongo Niua