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*'''1790-1854''' : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., [https://whalesite.org/pitcairn/1929%20-%20Lucas%20-%20PI%20Register.htm ''The Pitcairn Island Register Book''], (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths | *'''1790-1854''' : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., [https://whalesite.org/pitcairn/1929%20-%20Lucas%20-%20PI%20Register.htm ''The Pitcairn Island Register Book''], (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths | ||
*'''1800-1960''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X47-JSD?cc=1534449 Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island] at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses | *'''1800-1960''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X47-JSD?cc=1534449 Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island] at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses | ||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand. | Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand. | ||
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"On Pitcairn Island there is the Island Council which meets with the island’s Mayor...." "Under ideal circumstances the Council is in complete charge of governing the island locally."<ref>Pacific Union College, [https://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/pitcairn/govt.shtml The Pitcairn Island Government, [History of Government & Laws], (accessed 21 February 2023).</ref> | "On Pitcairn Island there is the Island Council which meets with the island’s Mayor...." "Under ideal circumstances the Council is in complete charge of governing the island locally."<ref>Pacific Union College, [https://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/pitcairn/govt.shtml The Pitcairn Island Government, [History of Government & Laws], (accessed 21 February 2023).</ref> | ||
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==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
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==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Online Collections[edit | edit source]
- 1790-1854 : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., The Pitcairn Island Register Book, (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths
- 1800-1960 : Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand.
"On Pitcairn Island there is the Island Council which meets with the island’s Mayor...." "Under ideal circumstances the Council is in complete charge of governing the island locally."[1]
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Pacific Union College, The Pitcairn Island Government, [History of Government & Laws, (accessed 21 February 2023).