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===Civil Registration===
===Civil Registration===


==Resources==
==How to Find the Records==


===Online Collection===
===Online Collection===


*'''1876-1920''' {{FSC|59431|item|disp=Birth registers, 1876-1920}}. Registration of births during the German occupation, 1876-1917 and during the British military occupation, 1917-1920
*'''1876-1920''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/59431?availability=Family%20History%20Library Birth registers, 1876-1920]. Registration of births during the German occupation, 1876-1917 and during the British military occupation, 1917-1920
*'''1889-1900''' {{FSC|243333|item|disp=Register of deaths, 1895-1899; births 1889-1900}}
*'''1889-1900''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/243333?availability=Family%20History%20Library Register of deaths, 1895-1899; births 1889-1900]


For the following records, the index is available online, but the record images can only be seen at FamilySearch centers and the FamilySearch Library:
For the following records, the index is available online, but the record images can only be seen at family history centers and the Family History Library:
*'''1852-1915''' {{FSC|34343|item|disp=Births within the district of the British Consulate at Samoa, 1852- 1915}}
*'''1852-1915''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34343?availability=Family%20History%20Library Births within the district of the British Consulate at Samoa, 1852- 1915]
*'''ca. 1869-1915''' {{FSC|34293|item|disp=Births registered at the British consulate, ca. 1869-1915}}
*'''ca. 1869-1915''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34293?availability=Family%20History%20Library Births registered at the British consulate, ca. 1869-1915]
*'''1917-1920''' {{FSC|34296|item|disp=Register of births within the British military occupied territory of Samoa, 1917-1920}}
*'''1917-1920''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34296?availability=Family%20History%20Library Register of births within the British military occupied territory of Samoa, 1917-1920]
*'''1920-1962''' {{FSC|34300|item|disp=European birth registers, v. 1-55, 1920-1962}}
*'''1920-1962''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34300?availability=Family%20History%20Library European birth registers, v. 1-55, 1920-1962]
*'''1905-1992''' {{FSC|555379|item|disp=Birth registers for Upolu, Western Samoa, 1905-1992}}
*'''1905-1992''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/555379?availability=Family%20History%20Library Birth registers for Upolu, Western Samoa, 1905-1992]
*'''1923-1992''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.filmNumber=8150924&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on Death registers for Savai'i, Western Samoa, 1923-1992]
*'''1923-1992''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.filmNumber=8150924&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on Death registers for Savai'i, Western Samoa, 1923-1992]


===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===
'''Samoa Bureau of Statistics'''<br>
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
'''Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration'''<br>
 
P.O. Box 1151<br>
Registrar General of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Adoptions<br>
Department of Justice<br>
PO Box 49 <br>
Apia, Samoa<br>
Apia, Samoa<br>
<br>
Phone: +685 62000<br>
Email: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws<br>
[https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location birth records Website] <br>


==Background==
Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws <br>
Time period: 1852-present
Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws  <br>
 
Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538 <br>
 
https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location <br>
https://www.sbs.gov.ws/
 
For help in obtaining vital records from American Samoa see [[American Samoa Vital Records]].
 
==Historical Background==
Time period: 1923-present.


==Coverage and Compliance==
==Coverage and Compliance==

Revision as of 16:11, 8 April 2020

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Beginning Research
Record Types
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collection[edit | edit source]

For the following records, the index is available online, but the record images can only be seen at family history centers and the Family History Library:

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Location: Local and national civil registry offices.

Registrar General of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Adoptions
Department of Justice
PO Box 49
Apia, Samoa

Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws
Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws

Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538

https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location
https://www.sbs.gov.ws/

For help in obtaining vital records from American Samoa see American Samoa Vital Records.

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1923-present.

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.[1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Births

  • Date of the event, including time of day
  • Name of child
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation of parents
  • Religious preference of parents
  • Name of informant
  • Place of residence for parents

Marriages

  • Date
  • Name of principal and
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation of parents
  • Religious preference of parents
  • Names of witnesses
  • Place of residence of the groom and bride

Deaths

  • Date
  • Name
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation of parents
  • Religious preference of parents
  • Place of the deceased
  • Age at death
  • Cause of death
  • Place of burial

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.
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