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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

Browsable Image Only Collections

• 1877-1942 Index to Fijian death records, 1877-1942 at FamilySearch Catalog
• 1912-1917 Index to Fijian marriage records for Fiji, 1912-1917 at FamilySearch Catalog
• 1929 Index to Indian death records for Fiji, 1929 at FamilySearch Catalog
• 1895-1989 Birth registers of Indians in Fiji, 1895-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1917-1989 Death register of Indians, 1917-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1877-1989 Death registers of Fijians, 1877-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1875-1989 Death registers, 1875-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1875-1989 General birth records, 1875-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1899-1922 Register of deaths of Indian immigration (by plantation), 1899-1922 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1876-1989 Register of Fijian births, 1876-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1874-1989 Register of Fijian marriages, 1874-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1871-1989 Register of general marriages, 1871-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1913-1989 Register of Indian marriages, 1913-1989 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1945-1991 Registers of adoptions, 1945-1991 at FamilySearch Catalog - +++
• 1876-1880 Report on the census of the population of Fiji, 1881...(and vital records, 1876-1880) at FamilySearch Catalog - +++

Indexes

• 1899-1922 Fiji, Indian Death Records, 1899-1922 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1900-1989 Fiji, Vital Records, 1900-1989 at FamilySearch - index

Offices to Contact

Ministry of Justice
Births, Deaths and Marriages registry
Level 1, Suvavou House
Victoria Parade, Suva

P O Box 2226
Government Buildings
Suva, Fiji

Telephone: (679) 3308600

Historical Background

Civil registration begins late, about 1870, in Melanesia.

Information Recorded in the Records

Births

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

Marriages

• Date
• Name of principal and parents
• Occupation and religious preference of parents
• Names of witnesses
• Residence of groom and bride

Deaths

• Date
• Name of principal and parents
• Occupation and religious preference of parents
• Age at death
• Cause of death
• Place of burial

Death-Related Records

These records include:

• Inventories of personal and real property
• Notarial records (generally outlining inheritance and distribution of property)
• Declarations of succession
• Tombstone transcriptions
• Obituaries
• Sexton records
• Burials

Records generally exist from 1860 to the present and can be found at administrative offices and archives.