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| ===Civil Registration=== | | ===Civil Registration=== |
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| ==How to Find the Records== | | ==Resources== |
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| ===Online Collection=== | | ===Online Collection=== |
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| *'''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 | | *'''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 |
| *'''1889-1900''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/243333?availability=Family%20History%20Library Register of deaths, 1895-1899; births 1889-1900] | | *'''1889-1900''' {{FSC|243333|item|disp=Register of deaths, 1895-1899; births 1889-1900}} |
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| 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: | | For the following records, the index is available online, but the record images can only be seen at FamilySearch centers and the FamilySearch Library: |
| *'''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] | | *'''1852-1915''' {{FSC|34343|item|disp=Births within the district of the British Consulate at Samoa, 1852- 1915}} |
| *'''ca. 1869-1915''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34293?availability=Family%20History%20Library Births registered at the British consulate, ca. 1869-1915] | | *'''ca. 1869-1915''' {{FSC|34293|item|disp=Births registered at the British consulate, ca. 1869-1915}} |
| *'''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], index available, but the images can only be seen at family history centers and the Family History Library | | *'''1917-1920''' {{FSC|34296|item|disp=Register of births within the British military occupied territory of Samoa, 1917-1920}} |
| *'''1920-1962''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34300?availability=Family%20History%20Library European birth registers, v. 1-55, 1920-1962] | | *'''1920-1962''' {{FSC|34300|item|disp=European birth registers, v. 1-55, 1920-1962}} |
| *'''1905-1992''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/555379?availability=Family%20History%20Library Birth registers for Upolu, Western Samoa, 1905-1992] | | *'''1905-1992''' {{FSC|555379|item|disp=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] |
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| ===Offices to Contact=== | | ===Offices to Contact=== |
| Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
| | '''Samoa Bureau of Statistics'''<br> |
| | | '''Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration'''<br> |
| Registrar General of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Adoptions<br>
| | P.O. Box 1151<br> |
| Department of Justice<br>
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| PO Box 49 <br>
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| Apia, Samoa<br> | | Apia, Samoa<br> |
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| | Phone: +685 62000<br> |
| | Email: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws<br> |
| | [https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location birth records Website] <br> |
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| Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws <br>
| | ==Background== |
| Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws <br>
| | Time period: 1852-present |
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| Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538 <br>
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| https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location <br>
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| == Samoa Bureau of Statistics ==
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| The Samoa Bureau of Statistics is located in downtown Apia on the ground floor of the DBS building, across from the fish market. This agency is where births, marriages, deaths, and adoptions are recorded for the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa. There are separate registers for the islands of Savai'i and Upolu.
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| To request a copy of a certificate in person, provide a name and date to the clerk at the customer counter. The clerk will retrieve a folder with loose certificates and will abstract data into an official form which will then be printed out for a fee. If you need to look at the certificate or photograph it you will be charged an additional fee.
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| The Family History Library has microfilmed many of these records. For help in obtaining vital records from American Samoa see [[American Samoa Vital Records]].
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| ==Historical Background== | |
| Time period: 1923-present. | |
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| ==Coverage and Compliance== | | ==Coverage and Compliance== |