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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm.
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*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
<br>French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls.
*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
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== Archives ==
French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands:
'''Web Archiving Project of the Pacific Islands: French Polynesia'''<br>
:the Society Islands archipelago, comprising the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands. Includes Tahiti.
University of Hawaii at Mānoa'<br>
:the Tuamotu Archipelago
[https://archive-it.org/collections/1304 Website]
:the Gambier Islands
:Web resources for information about society, history, culture, science, statistics, and government of French Polynesia. French Polynesia is a constituent country of France. This collection includes the many islands and island groups, including Tahiti in the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, and the Austral Islands. Most of the conent is in the French language.
:the Marquesas Islands
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:the Austral Islands.
'''French Overseas National Archives''',  onlnine records.<br>
Among its 121 islands and atolls, 75 were inhabited at the 2017 census. Tahiti, which is in the Society Islands group, is the most populous island, being home to nearly 69% of the population of French Polynesia as of 2017. Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007.<br>"French Polynesia", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia, accessed 19 January 2023.</ref>


*'''1886 to 1906''' - [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILES%20AUSTRALES Austral Islands]
*'''1843 to 1906''' - [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILES%20DU%20VENT Windward Islands]
*'''1886 to 1906''' - [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILES%20GAMBIER Gambier Islands]
*'''1843 to 1906''' - [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILES%20MARQUISES Marquesas Islands]
*'''1881 to 1906''' - [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILES%20TUAMOTU Tuamotu Islands]
*'''1898 to 1906''' - [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=ILES-SOUS-LE-VENT Leeward Islands]
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'''Australian Nation University Archives'''<br>
[https://archivescollection.anu.edu.au/index.php/french-polynesia 25 archival descriptions results for French Polynesia]
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'''The National Archives'''<br>
Kew<br>
Richmond<br>
England<br>
TW9 4DU<br>
*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7988 Foreign Office: Consulate, Papeete, French Polynesia: General Correspondence and Various Registers]
::This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Papeete, French Polynesia. Also contains registers of births, deaths and marriages; registers of correspondence, shipping, British subjects, etc; consular register from Raiatea, 1853 to 1864.
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== Libraries ==
'''Library of the University of French Polynesia'''<br>
French Polynesia Campus de Outumaoro<br>
98702 FAA'A - TAHITI<br>
Phone: 40 866 400<br>
E-mail: scd@upf.pf<br>
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'''French Polynesia INSPE Library'''
French Polynesia Campus de Outumaoro
FAA'A - TAHITI -
Phone: 40 866 457
E-mail: escd@upf.pf
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'''The Library De Paea'''
Pa'ea, French Polynesia
Phone: +689 40 53 49 95
== Museums ==
[https://www.google.com/search?q=museums+of+french+polynesia&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS809US810&oq=museums+of+french+polynesia&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30l4.18807j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 '''Google listing of museums in French Polynesia''']
== Record Offices ==
'''High Commission of the Republic'''<br>
Papeete, French Polynesia<br>
[http://www.polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr/Contactez-nous Contact Form]<br>
Telephone: +689 / 40.468.700<br>
E-mail: [mailto:pole-relations-usagers@polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr pole-relations-usagers@polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr]<br>
Civil registration may also be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in [[France Genealogy|France]] for French Polynesia)<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: French Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
==References==
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  • Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
  • If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
  • Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives

Web Archiving Project of the Pacific Islands: French Polynesia
University of Hawaii at Mānoa'
Website

Web resources for information about society, history, culture, science, statistics, and government of French Polynesia. French Polynesia is a constituent country of France. This collection includes the many islands and island groups, including Tahiti in the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, and the Austral Islands. Most of the conent is in the French language.

French Overseas National Archives, onlnine records.


Australian Nation University Archives
25 archival descriptions results for French Polynesia


The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
England
TW9 4DU

This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Papeete, French Polynesia. Also contains registers of births, deaths and marriages; registers of correspondence, shipping, British subjects, etc; consular register from Raiatea, 1853 to 1864.

Libraries

Library of the University of French Polynesia
French Polynesia Campus de Outumaoro
98702 FAA'A - TAHITI
Phone: 40 866 400
E-mail: scd@upf.pf


French Polynesia INSPE Library French Polynesia Campus de Outumaoro FAA'A - TAHITI - Phone: 40 866 457 E-mail: escd@upf.pf


The Library De Paea Pa'ea, French Polynesia Phone: +689 40 53 49 95

Museums

Google listing of museums in French Polynesia

Record Offices

High Commission of the Republic
Papeete, French Polynesia

Contact Form
Telephone: +689 / 40.468.700
E-mail: pole-relations-usagers@polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr

Civil registration may also be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in France for French Polynesia)[1]

References

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: French Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.