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Guide to '''Tonga ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Information==
Tonga is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It was a [[England Genealogy|British]] protectorate from 1900 to 1970. The official languages are Tongan and English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Tonga," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga, accessed 20 April 2016.</ref>


Tonga, unique among Pacific nations, never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.
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=== Getting started with Tonga research  ===
==Tonga Map==
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Tonga.


=== Jurisdictions  ===
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== Islands ==
 
Tonga's three main island groups are:
=== Research Tools  ===
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*http://tonga.worldvitalrecords.com/
*http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.tonga/45/mb.ashx
*[http://www.artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/special/germansintonga/?historicalbackground German and Tonga government relationship]
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Pacific/SamoaTahitiTongaFiji.pdf BYU Research Guide for Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga]
 
=== Featured Content  ===
 
*[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]] to Family History Research
 
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*Ha'apai
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*Vava'u
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===Districts===
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Tonga is composed of a series of districts within subdivisions:
 
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| Kolofo'ou || Tongatapu
 
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| Kolomotu'a || Tongatapu
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| Vaini || Tongatapu
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| Tatakamotonga || Tongatapu
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| Lapaha || Tongatapu
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| Nukunuku || Tongatapu
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| Kolovai || Tongatapu
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| Neiafu || Vava'u
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| Pangaimotu || Vava'u
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| Hahake || Vava'u
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| Leimatu'a || Vava'u
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| Hihifo || Vava'u
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| Motu || Vava'u
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| Lifuka || Ha'apai
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| Foa || Ha'apai
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| Lulunga || Ha'apai
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| Mu'omu'a || Ha'apai
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| Ha'ano || Ha'apai
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| 'Uiha || Ha'apai
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| Niua Toputapu || Ongo Niua
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*'''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]]'''
*[[Tonga Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Tonga Biography|Biography]]
*[[Tonga Census|Census]]
*[[Tonga Church History|Church History]]
*[[Tonga Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Tonga Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Tonga Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Tonga Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Samoan, Tongan and other Polynesian Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Tonga History|History]]
*[[Tonga Maps|Maps]]
*[[Tonga Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Tonga Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Tonga Oral History in the Family History Library|Oral History]]
*[[Tonga Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
*[[Tonga Taxation|Taxation]]
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Guide to Tonga ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information[edit | edit source]

Tonga is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It was a British protectorate from 1900 to 1970. The official languages are Tongan and English.[1]

Tonga Map[edit | edit source]

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Tonga.

Tonga.png

Islands[edit | edit source]

Tonga's three main island groups are:

  • Ha'apai
  • Tongatapu
  • Vava'u

Districts[edit | edit source]

Tonga is composed of a series of districts within subdivisions:

District Subdivision
Kolofo'ou Tongatapu
Kolomotu'a Tongatapu
Vaini Tongatapu
Tatakamotonga Tongatapu
Lapaha Tongatapu
Nukunuku Tongatapu
Kolovai Tongatapu
Neiafu Vava'u
Pangaimotu Vava'u
Hahake Vava'u
Leimatu'a Vava'u
Hihifo Vava'u
Motu Vava'u
Lifuka Ha'apai
Foa Ha'apai
Lulunga Ha'apai
Mu'omu'a Ha'apai
Ha'ano Ha'apai
'Uiha Ha'apai
'Eua Motu'a 'Eua
'Eua Fo'ou 'Eua
Niua Toputapu Ongo Niua
Niua Fo'ou Ongo Niua

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tonga," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga, accessed 20 April 2016.
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