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Guide to '''Tuvalu ancestry, family history | Guide to '''Tuvalu ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
==Information== | |||
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'''Tuvalu''', formerly known as the '''Ellice Islands''', is an island nation consisting of a group of nine small atolls in the western Pacific Ocean. The main island lies north of [[Fiji Genealogy|Fiji]]. Tuvalu is the world’s second smallest country. The languages spoken are Tuvaluan and English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Tuvalu," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu, accessed 20 April 2016.</ref> | '''Tuvalu''', formerly known as the '''Ellice Islands''', is an island nation consisting of a group of nine small atolls in the western Pacific Ocean. The main island lies north of [[Fiji Genealogy|Fiji]]. Tuvalu is the world’s second smallest country. The languages spoken are Tuvaluan and English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Tuvalu," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu, accessed 20 April 2016.</ref> | ||
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==Tuvalu Map== | |||
Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Tuvalu. | |||
== Tuvalu Map == | |||
Genealogy records are kept on the state level in Tuvalu. | |||
[[Image:Tuvalu-.png|border|300px|Tuvalu-.png|left]] | [[Image:Tuvalu-.png|border|300px|Tuvalu-.png|left]] | ||
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== Islands == | ==Atolls/Islands== | ||
Tuvalu is composed of several atolls/islands: | |||
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*Nanumea | *Nanumea | ||
*Nanumanga | *Nanumanga | ||
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*Nui | *Nui | ||
*Vaitupu | *Vaitupu | ||
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*Nukufetau | *Nukufetau | ||
*Funafuti | *Funafuti | ||
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*Niulakita | *Niulakita | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Tuvalu]] | [[Category:Tuvalu]] | ||
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