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===Civil Registration===
==How to Find the Records==


Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
===Offices to Contact===


Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
Ministry of Justice<br>
[http://www.justice.gov.to/registrar-generals-office/ Registrar General's Office]<br>
P.O Box 130<br>
Nuku'alofa<br>


General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
Telephone: (+676)7400800 or (+676)7400810 or (676) 25 618<br>
Fax #:  (676) 23 098<br>
Help Desk Email: [mailto:helpdesk@justice.gov.to helpdesk@justice.gov.to]<br>
Email of Registrar General: [mailto:svunipola@justice.gov.to  svunipola@justice.gov.to]


Time period: 1867-present.
==Historical Background==


Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.
Time period: 1867-present<ref name="profile"></ref>


Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
"The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the national civil registry of all records pertaining to births, deaths and marriages."<ref>Ministry of Information and Communications, [http://www.justice.gov.to/registrar-generals-office/ Registrar General's Office vital records],  (accessed 16 December 2021).]</ref>


Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.
==Coverage and Compliance==


Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods<ref name="profile"></ref>
 
==Information Recorded in the Records==
 
'''Birth'''
 
*Date
*Name of child
*Names of parents
*Occupation and religious preference of parents
*place of residence for parents
*Name of informant
 
'''Marriage'''
 
*Date of marriage
*Names of bride and groom
*Place of residence  of the groom and bride
*Names of parents
*Occupation and religious preference of parents
*Names of witnesses
 
'''Death'''
 
*Date
*Name of deceased
*Names of parents
*Occupation and religious preference of parents
*Place of residence of the deceased
*Age at death
*Cause of death
*Place of burial<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Ministry of Justice
Registrar General's Office
P.O Box 130
Nuku'alofa

Telephone: (+676)7400800 or (+676)7400810 or (676) 25 618
Fax #: (676) 23 098
Help Desk Email: helpdesk@justice.gov.to
Email of Registrar General: svunipola@justice.gov.to

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1867-present[1]

"The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the national civil registry of all records pertaining to births, deaths and marriages."[2]

Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]

Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods[1]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

Birth

  • Date
  • Name of child
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation and religious preference of parents
  • place of residence for parents
  • Name of informant

Marriage

  • Date of marriage
  • Names of bride and groom
  • Place of residence of the groom and bride
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation and religious preference of parents
  • Names of witnesses

Death

  • Date
  • Name of deceased
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation and religious preference of parents
  • Place of residence of the deceased
  • Age at death
  • Cause of death
  • Place of burial[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.
  2. ↑ Ministry of Information and Communications, Registrar General's Office vital records, (accessed 16 December 2021).]
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