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|Country=French Polynesia | |Country=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. | 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> | 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== | ==French Polynesia Map== | ||
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in French Polynesia. | Genealogy records are kept on the local level in French Polynesia. | ||
{{French Polynesia clickable}} | {{French Polynesia clickable}} | ||
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Image:French polynesia.png|Map of islands with names | |||
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== Islands == | == 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> | [[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> | ||
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