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===Online Collection===
===Online Collection===


*'''1876-1920''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/59431?availability=Family%20History%20Library Birth registers, 1876-1920]. Registration of births during the German occupation, 1876-1917 and during the British military occupation, 1917-1920.  
*'''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
*'''1889-1900''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/243333 Register of deaths, 1895-1899; births 1889-1900]
 
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]


===Offices to Contact===
===Offices to Contact===
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
'''Samoa Bureau of Statistics'''<br>
 
'''Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration'''<br>
Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws <br>
P.O. Box 1151<br>
Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws  <br>
Apia, Samoa<br>
 
<br>
Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538 <br>
Phone: +685 62000<br>
 
E-mail: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws<br>
https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location <br>
[https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location birth records Website] <br>
https://www.sbs.gov.ws/
 
== Samoa Bureau of Statistics ==
The Samoa Bureau of Statistics is located in downtown Apia on the ground floor of the DBS building, across from the fish market. This agency is where births, marriages, deaths, and adoptions are recorded for the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa. There are separate registers for the islands of Savai'i and Upolu.
 
To request a copy of a certificate in person, provide a name and date to the clerk at the customer counter. The clerk will retrieve a folder with loose certificates and will abstract data into an official form which will then be printed out for a fee. If you need to look at the certificate or photograph it you will be charged an additional fee.
 
The Family History Library has microfilmed many of these records. For help in obtaining vital records from American Samoa see [[American Samoa Vital Records]].


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


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

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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Collection[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1852-present

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]

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[edit | edit source]

  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.