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{{breadcrumb | link1=[[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]] | link2= | link3= | link4= | link5=[[Cook Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] }} ==How to Find the Records== ===Online Records=== *'''1846-1949''' {{RecordSearch|2731435|Cook Islands, Public Records, 1846-1989}} at FamilySearch — [[Cook Islands, Public Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index &images ===Offices to Contact=== Rimmel Poila-Mokoroa <br> Registrar - Registry Services<br> Registry Services <br> [http://www.justice.gov.ck '''Ministry of Justice''']<br> Te Tango Tutara o te Ture <br> PO Box 111<br> Avarua, Rarotonga<br> Cook Islands<br> Telephone: +(682) 29410 <br> Fax: +(682) 22256 <br> Email: [mailto:offices.justice@cookislands.gov.ck offices.justice@cookislands.gov.ck]<br> Records were generally kept on the local level in the Cook Islands. The individual islands which keep records are:<ref name=FSdescription>FamilySearch.org, [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cook_Islands,_Public_Records_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records Cook Islands, Public Records - FamilySearch Historical Records, (accessed 18 February 2020)]</ref> {{columns-list|4| *Aitutaki *Atiu *Mangaia *Mangarongaro *Manihiki *Mauke *Mitiaro *Nassau *Palmerston *Penrhyn *Pukapuka *Rakahanga *Rarotonga *Suwarrow *Tongareva *Wytootachee }} ==Historical Background== Time period: 1846-present ==Coverage and Compliance== 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: French Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref> ==Information Recorded in the Records== '''Births'''<ref name="profile"></ref> *Name of child *Date and time of day of birth *Place of birth *Names of parents *Occupation and religious preference of parents *Name of informant *Place of residence of parents '''Notice of Adoption'''<ref name="FSdescription"></ref> *Given name *Gender *Age *Event date *Name of adopting parents *Place child was from '''Marriages'''<ref name="profile"></ref> *Date *Place of marriage *Name of bride and groom *Places of residence of bride and groom *Occupations *Names of parents *Mother's maiden name *Names of witnesses '''Deaths'''<ref name="profile"></ref> *Death date *Place of death *Name of deceased *Gender *Names of parents or spouse *Place of residence of the deceased *Age at death *Cause of death *Place of burial == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Cook Islands]] [[Category:Civil Registration]]