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== | ==Resources== | ||
===Online Resources=== | |||
*'''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. | |||
*'''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 | |||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
''' | '''Birth Certificates:''' Available by mail from the Court of the First Instance at the place of birth. <br> | ||
'''Death Certificates:''' Death certificates can be requested from the First Instance | '''Death Certificates:''' Death certificates can be requested from the Court of the First Instance in Mata-Utu.<br> | ||
''' | '''Marriage Certificates:''' Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the marriage took place.<br> | ||
''' | '''Divorce Records:''' Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the divorce was granted. <br> | ||
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> | 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> | ||
[https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/family-history-collection Alexander Turnbull Library]<br> | [https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/family-history-collection Alexander Turnbull Library]<br> | ||
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Wellington 6011, New Zealand <br> | Wellington 6011, New Zealand <br> | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
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> | 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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