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| | ==Resources== |
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| ===Civil Registration=== | | ===Offices to Contact=== |
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| Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
| | Ministry of Justice<br> |
| | [http://www.justice.gov.to/registrar-generals-office/ Registrar General's Office]<br> |
| | P.O Box 130<br> |
| | Nuku'alofa<br> |
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| Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
| | Telephone: (+676)7400800 or (+676)7400810 or (676) 25 618<br> |
| | Fax #: (676) 23 098<br> |
| | Help Desk Email: [mailto:helpdesk@justice.gov.to helpdesk@justice.gov.to]<br> |
| | Email of Registrar General: [mailto:svunipola@justice.gov.to svunipola@justice.gov.to] |
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| General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
| | ==Background== |
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| Time period: 1867-present. | | Time period: 1867-present<ref name="profile"></ref> |
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| 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.
| | "The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the national civil registry of all records pertaining to births, deaths and marriages."<ref>Ministry of Information and Communications, [http://www.justice.gov.to/registrar-generals-office/ Registrar General's Office vital records], (accessed 16 December 2021).]</ref> |
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| Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
| | ==Coverage and Compliance== |
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| Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods. | | Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods<ref name="profile"></ref> |
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| Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">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.</ref>
| | ==Information Recorded in the Records== |
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| | '''Birth''' |
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| | *Date |
| | *Name of child |
| | *Names of parents |
| | *Occupation and religious preference of parents |
| | *place of residence for parents |
| | *Name of informant |
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| | '''Marriage''' |
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| | *Date of marriage |
| | *Names of bride and groom |
| | *Place of residence of the groom and bride |
| | *Names of parents |
| | *Occupation and religious preference of parents |
| | *Names of witnesses |
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| | '''Death''' |
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| | *Date |
| | *Name of deceased |
| | *Names of parents |
| | *Occupation and religious preference of parents |
| | *Place of residence of the deceased |
| | *Age at death |
| | *Cause of death |
| | *Place of burial<ref name="profile">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.</ref> |
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| == References == | | == References == |