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==How to Find the Records==
==How to Find the Records==


===Offices to Contact===
===Online Collection===
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.


Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws
*'''1876-1920''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/59431 Birth registers, 1876-1920]. Registration of births during the German occupation, 1876-1917 and during the British military occupation, 1917-1920
Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws
*'''1889-1900''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/243333 Register of deaths, 1895-1899; births 1889-1900]


Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538.
For the following records, the index is available online, but the record images can only be seen at FamilySearch centers and the FamilySearch Library:
*'''1852-1915''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34343 Births within the district of the British Consulate at Samoa, 1852- 1915]
*'''ca. 1869-1915''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34293 Births registered at the British consulate, ca. 1869-1915]
*'''1917-1920''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34296 Register of births within the British military occupied territory of Samoa, 1917-1920]
*'''1920-1962''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34300 European birth registers, v. 1-55, 1920-1962]
*'''1905-1992''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/555379 Birth registers for Upolu, Western Samoa, 1905-1992]
*'''1923-1992''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.filmNumber=8150924&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on Death registers for Savai'i, Western Samoa, 1923-1992]


https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location
===Offices to Contact===
https://www.sbs.gov.ws/
'''Samoa Bureau of Statistics'''<br>
'''Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration'''<br>
P.O. Box 1151<br>
Apia, Samoa<br>
<br>
Phone: +685 62000<br>
E-mail: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws<br>
[https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location birth records Website] <br>


==Historical Background==
==Historical Background==
Time period: 1923-present.
Time period: 1852-present


==Coverage and Compliance==
==Coverage and Compliance==

Latest revision as of 20:25, 20 March 2024


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Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Collection

For the following records, the index is available online, but the record images can only be seen at FamilySearch centers and the FamilySearch Library:

Offices to Contact

Samoa Bureau of Statistics
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration
P.O. Box 1151
Apia, Samoa

Phone: +685 62000
E-mail: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws
birth records Website

Historical Background

Time period: 1852-present

Coverage and Compliance

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

Information Recorded in the Records

Births

  • Date of the event, including time of day
  • Name of child
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation of parents
  • Religious preference of parents
  • Name of informant
  • Place of residence for parents

Marriages

  • Date
  • Name of principal and
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation of parents
  • Religious preference of parents
  • Names of witnesses
  • Place of residence of the groom and bride

Deaths

  • Date
  • Name
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation of parents
  • Religious preference of parents
  • Place of the deceased
  • Age at death
  • Cause of death
  • Place of burial

References

  1. 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.