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| ==Resources== | | ==How to Find the Records== |
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| *'''1894-1907 - '''[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=WALLIS-ET-FUTUNA French Overseas Wallis and Futuna Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1894-1907], index & images. | | ===Online Collections=== |
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| | *'''1894-1907 - '''[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=WALLIS-ET-FUTUNA French Overseas Wallis and Futuna Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1894-1907], index and images. |
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| ===Offices to Contact=== | | ===Offices to Contact=== |
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| '''Birth Certificates:''' Available by mail from the Court of the First Instance at the place of birth. <br>
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| '''Death Certificates:''' Death certificates can be requested from the Court of the First Instance in Mata-Utu.<br>
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| '''Marriage Certificates:''' Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the marriage took place.<br>
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| '''Divorce Records:''' Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the divorce was granted. <br>
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| Usually marriages and divorces are noted on the birth certificate.<ref>U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Travel.State.Gov, [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/WallisandFutuna.html Wallis and Futuna], (accessed 25 October 2021).</ref><br>
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| [https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/family-history-collection Alexander Turnbull Library]<br>
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| Part of the [https://natlib.govt.nz/ National Library of New Zealand]<br>
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| PO Box 12349<br>
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| Wellington 6140<br>
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| New Zealand<br>
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| Telephone: +64 4 474 3000<br>
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| Fax: +64 4 474 3063<br>
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| Email: [mailto:information@natlib.govt.nz information@natlib.govt.nz]<br>
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| The Alexander Turnbull Library has the following, though the records are not on the Internet:<br>
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| [https://natlib.govt.nz/researchers/guides/pacific-islands-family-history#wallis-and-futuna Wallis and Futuna — Pacific Manuscripts Bureau]<br>
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| [https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.77474 Catholic Mission, Wallis island - Genealogies of Wallisian and Futunian families], compiled by Father Joseph Henquel — Consists of genealogies of all Wallisian families (from A-F) compiled from oral tradition, baptismal and matrimonial registers dating from 1824, and from regular parish censuses. There are also some Futunian genealogies (not alphabetical).<br>
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| [https://natlib.govt.nz/ National Library of New Zealand]<br>
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| 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon<br>
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| Wellington 6011, New Zealand <br>
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| ==Background==
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| The first Europeans to settle the area were the French in 1837, but France did not take official control until between 1887 and 1888.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_and_Futuna Wallis and Futuna], (accessed 25 October 2021).</ref>
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| For additional information about records for Wallis and Futuna, see [https://natlib.govt.nz/researchers/guides/pacific-islands-family-history#wallis-and-futuna Pacific Islands Family History].
| | [https://natlib.govt.nz/researchers/guides/pacific-islands-family-history#wallis-and-futuna Pacific Islands Family History] |
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| ==Coverage and Compliance== | | ==Coverage and Compliance== |
