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| ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American_Samoa|American Samoa]]'' <!-- To edit sidebar Topics, click on edit Template:American Samoa-sidebar at bottom of page-->{{American Samoa-sidebar
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| | Guide to '''American Samoa ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
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| | '''American Samoa''' is an unincorporated territory of the [[United States Genealogy|United States]] in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are the [[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]], [[Tonga Genealogy|Tonga]], and [[Samoa Genealogy|Samoa]]. The official languages are Samoan and English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "American Samoa," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa, accessed 6 May 2016.</ref> |
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| | ==American Samoa Map== |
| | Genealogy records are kept on the local level in American Samoa. |
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| | {{Counties and Districts of American Samoa}} |
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| | | ==Jurisdictions== |
| | | Genealogy records are kept on the local level in American Samoa. |
| | | American Samoa is divided into three districts: Eastern, Western, and Manu'a. It also has two unorganized atolls, Swains Island and Rose Atoll (which is uninhabited). These districts and atolls are divided into 74 villages. |
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| | | ! Island/Atoll !! District !! County !! Villages |
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| | | |rowspan=10| Tutuila ||rowspan=5| Western || Lealataua || Fagamalo, Maloata, Fagaliʻi, Poloa, Amanave, Failolo, Agugulu, Utumea West, Seʻetaga, Nua, Afao, Asili, Amaluia |
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| | | |Fofo || Leone, Auma, Puapua |
| }} {| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="75%" |- | style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0,51,102); font-size: 150%" height="30" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center" | ''Welcome to American Samoa'' |-
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| | | |Leasina || Aasu, Aoloau, Malaeloa/Aitulagi |
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| | |Tualatai || Malaeloa/Ituau, Futiga, Taputimu, Vailoatai, Puapua |
| == Six Polynesian Islands == | | |- |
| | | |Tualauta || Vaitogi, ʻIliʻili, Tafuna, Pavaʻiaʻi, Faleniu, Mapusagafou, Mesepa, Malaeimi, Nuʻuuli |
| '''American (Amerika) Samoa''' is a group of six Polynesian islands in the South Pacific. Fourteen degrees below the equator, it is the United States' southern-most territory. It is known as the heart of Polynesia. If you drew a triangle from Hawaii, New Zealand and Tahiti you would find Samoa in the middle. Western Samoa is a neighboring independent country that shares the same culture. American Samoa became an unorganized U.S. territory in 1900.
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| | | |rowspan=6| Eastern || Ituʻau || Fagasa, Nuʻuuli, Faganeanea, Matuʻu, Tafuna |
| The Samoans arguably represent the largest population of Polynesian people and they take pride in a strong culture that has survived outside incursions amazingly well. For more information about Samoa see [[Samoa (Western and American)|Samoa (Western and American)]].
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| | | |Maʻoputasi|| Fatumafuti, Fagaʻlu, Utulei, Fagatogo, Pago Pago, Satala, Anua, Atuʻu, Leloaloa, Aua |
| == Featured Content == | | |- |
| | | |Vaifanua || Vatia, Alao, Tula, Onenoa, ʻAoa |
| '''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''
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| | | |Suʻa || Saʻilele, Masausi, Masefau, Afono, Lauliʻi, Aumi, Alega, Avaio, Auto, Amaua, Utusia, Fagaʻitua, Pagai |
| *[[Samoa Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Samoa Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| | | |rowspan=2| Saʻole || Pagai, Alofau, Amouli, ʻAuʻasi, Utumea East |
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| | | |Aunuʻu || Aunuʻu |
| *[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]] to Family History Research (Wiki article)
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| | | |Ofu ||rowspan=5| Manuʻa || Ofu || Ofu |
| == Jurisdictions == | | |- |
| | | |Olosega || Olosega || Olosega, Sili |
| As a territory of the United States there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are three districts and two islands at the second order: Eastern District, Manu'a District, Rose Island, Swains Island, Western District.
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| | |Fitiʻuta || Maia, Leusoaliʻi |
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| | | | |Swains || — || — || Taulaga, Etena (abandoned)<ref name=noaa>[http://npshistory.com/publications/noaa/unlocking-secrets-swains-island.pdf Unlocking the Secrets of Swains Island], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, September 2013.</ref> |
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| == Websites == | |
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| *http://www.kindredtrails.com/samoa.html
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| *http://www.accessgenealogy.com/samoa
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| *http://www.rootsweb.com/~samoawgw
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