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|Country=French Polynesia | |||
|Type=Territory | |||
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|Name=French Polynesia | |||
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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> | |||
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==French Polynesia Map== | |||
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in French Polynesia. | |||
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<gallery widths="200px" heights="180px"> | |||
Image:French polynesia.png|Map of islands with names | |||
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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]] | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:French Polynesia]] | |||
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