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''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cook_Islands_(Includes_Rarotonga)|Cook Islands]]'' [[Image:Rarotonga's Te Manga.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] [[Image:Im11 -cook islands-.png|thumb|right|300px]] | ''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cook_Islands_(Includes_Rarotonga)|Cook Islands]]'' [[Image:Rarotonga's Te Manga.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Rarotonga's Te Manga.jpg]] [[Image:Im11 -cook islands-.png|thumb|right|300px|Im11 -cook islands-.png]] | ||
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'''1845''' Elder Rogers visits Mangaia briefly.<br>'''1850''' Peruvian slave traders kidnapped outer islanders, who were never seen again.<br>'''1860s''' Population diminished to 2,000 due to sickness<br>'''1861-1907''' London Mission Society gives births and death, civil registration<br>'''1870''' Queen Makea Tukau has government authority and petitions for British protection. <br>'''1888''' Became a British protectorate. Freedom of religion guaranteed.<br>'''1895''' First Roman Catholic Church dedicated<br>'''1896''' (some 1876) A large number of oral genealogies was recorded. | '''1845''' Elder Rogers visits Mangaia briefly.<br>'''1850''' Peruvian slave traders kidnapped outer islanders, who were never seen again.<br>'''1860s''' Population diminished to 2,000 due to sickness<br>'''1861-1907''' London Mission Society gives births and death, civil registration<br>'''1870''' Queen Makea Tukau has government authority and petitions for British protection. <br>'''1888''' Became a British protectorate. Freedom of religion guaranteed.<br>'''1895''' First Roman Catholic Church dedicated<br>'''1896''' (some 1876) A large number of oral genealogies was recorded. | ||
''' | '''1899''' First two LDS missionaries arrive who stayed for several months.<br>'''1901''' Annexed to New Zealand in a deed of cession signed by five ariki and seven lesser chiefs.<br>'''1946''' Large numbers of Cook Islanders migrate to New Zealand for jobs.<br>'''1965''' Became a Self-Governing Territory under New Zealand. Cook Islanders have automatic New Zealand citizenship.<br>'''1996''' Population is 19,103<br>'''2000''' Universal suffrage and self-government with an elected parliament and a House of Ariki (hereditary chiefs) with representatives from all of the Cook Islands brings a peaceful environment in the Cook Islands. | ||
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