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Guide to '''French Polynesia ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Information==
French Polynesia is an island overseas collectivity of the [[France Genealogy|French Republic]] in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are the [[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]], [[Kiribati Genealogy|Kiribati]], and the [[Pitcairn Islands Genealogy|Pitcairn Islands]]. The official language is French.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, “French Polynesia,” in ‘’Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,’’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia, accessed 29 April 2016.</ref>


Guide to '''French Polynesia ancestry, family history and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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==French Polynesia Map==
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in French Polynesia.
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== Islands ==
[[French_Polynesia|French Polynesia]] lies south of Hawaii and east of Tonga and Samoa. It is composed of 118 islands. From north to south the major island groups are:<br>  
*[[Marquesas Islands|Marquesas Islands]]
*[[Tuamotu Islands|Tuamotu Islands]]
*[[Society Islands (includes Tahiti)|Society Islands (Includes Tahiti)]]
*[[Gambier Islands|Gambier Islands]]
*[[Austral Islands|Austral Islands]]


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== Getting Started with French Polynesia Research  ==
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Also Polynésie Française. French Polynesia is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory (Papeete). Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007.
 
&nbsp;[[French_Polynesia|French Polynesia]] lies south of Hawaii and east of Tonga and Samoa. It is composed of 118 islands. From north to south the major island groups are:<br>
 
*[[Marquesas Islands|''Marquesas Islands'']]
*''[[Tuamotu Islands|Tuamotu Islands]]''
*[[Society Islands (includes Tahiti)|''Society Islands'' (Includes Tahiti)]]
*''[[Gambier Islands|Gambier Islands]]''
*''[[Austral Islands|Austral Islands ]], <br>To get information about each island group, click on the name of the group in the list above.''
 
<br>Papeete, Tahiti ''of the ''Society Islands&nbsp;''is the capital. The population is about 92,000. About half of the people in French Polynesia &nbsp;live on the island of ''Tahiti.''&nbsp; The number of members of the LDS Church in French Polynesia in 2008&nbsp; was 19,711.''
 
== Polynesian Genealogy<br>  ==
 
For more information about Polynesian Genealogy please see this article: [[Samoan, Tongan and other Polynesian Genealogies|Samoan, Tongan and other Polynesian Genealogies]]<br>
 
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*''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research]]''
*[[French Polynesia Case Study|Case Study]]
*[[French Polynesia: Family History Research Ideas From Ives Perrin|Family History Research Ideas From Ives Perrin]]
*[http://www.francegenweb.org/~sitesdgw/outremer/ France GenWeb Outremer]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pyfwgw/frenchp/index.htm French Polynesia GenWeb]
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Pacific/SamoaTahitiTongaFiji.pdf BYU Research Guide for Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga]
 
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Guide to French Polynesia ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information[edit | edit source]

French Polynesia is an island overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are the Cook Islands, Kiribati, and the Pitcairn Islands. The official language is French.[1]

French Polynesia Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in French Polynesia.

Marquesas IslandsTuamotu IslandsSociety Islands (includes Tahiti)Gambier IslandsAustral IslandsFrench Polynesia regions map.png
  • Map of islands with names

    Map of islands with names

Islands[edit | edit source]

French Polynesia lies south of Hawaii and east of Tonga and Samoa. It is composed of 118 islands. From north to south the major island groups are:

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, “French Polynesia,” in ‘’Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,’’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia, accessed 29 April 2016.
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