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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>


Guide to '''Tonga ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
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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.  
==Tonga Map==
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Tonga.


=== Getting started with Tonga research  ===
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Understanding the history of Tonga is critical. &nbsp;Click here to access [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Tonga_(Pacific_Island_Guide) guidelines] for doing Tongan research. &nbsp;When you are done, click on the upper left hand arrow of the tool bar to return to this page.
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=== Jurisdictions  ===
== Islands ==
 
Tonga's three main island groups are:
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*Ha'apai
=== Research Tools  ===
*Tongatapu
 
*Vava'u
*[http://tonga.worldvitalrecords.com/ World Vital Records ]
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*[http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.tonga/45/mb.ashx Roots Web Localities Tonga]
===Districts===
*To learn about the noble, chieftan, and royal lines, click here for a [http://www.royalark.net/Tonga/tonga.htm website] established by Christopher Bayers of the UK. &nbsp;Mr. Bayers also provides Niu'atuputapu lines of those who ruled the Tongan island of 'Eua.
Tonga is composed of a series of districts within subdivisions:
*[http://www.artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/special/germansintonga/?historicalbackground German and Tonga government relationship]
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*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Pacific/SamoaTahitiTongaFiji.pdf BYU Research Guide for Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga]
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=== Featured Content  ===
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*[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]] to Family History Research
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=== Did you know?  ===
| Vaini || Tongatapu
 
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=== Taxation Tongan Style. &nbsp;Taxation took three basic forms.  ===
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1. '''&nbsp;Taxation by tribute''' was given twice a year. &nbsp;The first was the first fruit 'inasi ceremony that was a form of prayer to the gods for ample crops in the forthcoming season. &nbsp;The second 'inasi ceremony was a tribute where district chiefs occasionally determined the amount and kind of items demanded from their district landowners. &nbsp;At this second tribute offering, the choice of tribute was often left up to the individual. &nbsp;However, if the tribute was deemed lacking, that individual could find his or her property taken away. &nbsp;Therefore, the second 'inasi tribute ceremony was often termed a "gift of respect" and resulted in individual tax payment greater than was expected.
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2. &nbsp;'''Taxation by corvee '''which means enforced labor. &nbsp;Major efforts were carried out through corvee and were essentially carried out on larger landholdings of important chiefs. &nbsp;At times, two or three times a week, laborers from inferior chief's entourage would work for other chiefs to plant and work the plantations such as for the Tu'i Kanokupolo.
| Nukunuku || Tongatapu
 
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3. &nbsp;'''Taxation by fono '''was a public meeting and compulsory. &nbsp;Decrees, advise, and warnings were issued at these meetings. &nbsp;Tribute might be in demanding food for special occassions such as feasts or burial ceremonies. &nbsp;A fono could also be used to organize and appoint work details. &nbsp;Chiefs seldom attended these fono events and sent their matapule advisors. &nbsp;Lesser chiefs would hold smaller fono meetings for their tenants. &nbsp;There was no give and take discussions at fonos. &nbsp;Essentially the work was accomplished by those under the rule of the lesser chiefs.<ref>Ferdon, Edwin N.Early Tonga As the Explorers Saw It 1616-1810, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.</ref>
| Kolovai || Tongatapu
 
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=== Things you can do  ===
| Neiafu || 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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| 'Eua Motu'a || 'Eua
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| 'Eua Fo'ou || 'Eua
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| Niua Toputapu || Ongo Niua
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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 British protectorate from 1900 to 1970. The official languages are Tongan and English.[1]

Tonga Map

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Tonga.

Tonga.png

Islands

Tonga's three main island groups are:

  • Ha'apai
  • Tongatapu
  • Vava'u

Districts

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

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