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==Resources==


===Online Records===
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*'''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
===Civil Registration===


===Offices to Contact===
Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.


Rimmel Poila-Mokoroa <br>
Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
Registrar - Registry Services<br>
Registry Services <br>


[http://www.justice.gov.ck '''Ministry of Justice''']<br>
General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
Te Tango Tutara o te Ture <br>
PO Box 111<br>
Avarua, Rarotonga<br>
Cook Islands<br>


Telephone: +(682) 29410 <br>
Time period: 1846-present.
Fax: +(682) 22256 <br>
Email: [mailto:offices.justice@cookislands.gov.ck offices.justice@cookislands.gov.ck]<br>


Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.


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>
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
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==Background==
Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.


Time period: 1846-present
Reliability: High.<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>
 
==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 ==
== References ==
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.

Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.

General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.

Time period: 1846-present.

Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.

Location: Local and national civil registry offices.

Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.

Reliability: High.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 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.
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