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*'''1790-1854''' : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., [https://whalesite.org/pitcairn/1929%20-%20Lucas%20-%20PI%20Register.htm ''The Pitcairn Island Register Book''], (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths | *'''1790-1854''' : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., [https://whalesite.org/pitcairn/1929%20-%20Lucas%20-%20PI%20Register.htm ''The Pitcairn Island Register Book''], (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths | ||
*'''1792-1963''' : Pitcairn Island. Civil recorder, | *'''1792-1963''' : Pitcairn Island. Civil recorder, {{FSC|145565|item|disp=Register, 1792-1963}}, images, FamilySearch (free) | ||
*'''1800-1960''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X47-JSD?cc=1534449 Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island] at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses | *'''1800-1960''' : [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X47-JSD?cc=1534449 Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island] at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses | ||
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Email: admin@pitcairn.gov.pn<br> | Email: admin@pitcairn.gov.pn<br> | ||
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Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand. | Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand. | ||
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*Date of marriage | *Date of marriage | ||
*Sometimes names of parents | |||
===Death Records=== | ===Death Records=== | ||
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Resources
Online Resources
- 1790-1854 : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., The Pitcairn Island Register Book, (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths
- 1792-1963 : Pitcairn Island. Civil recorder, Register, 1792-1963, images, FamilySearch (free)
- 1800-1960 : Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses
Offices to Contact
Pitcairn Islands Official Site
P.O. Box 105 696
Auckland
New Zealand
Telephone: +64 9 366 0186
Fax: +64 9 366 0187
Email: admin@pitcairn.gov.pn
Background
Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand.
"On Pitcairn Island there is the Island Council which meets with the island’s Mayor...." "Under ideal circumstances the Council is in complete charge of governing the island locally."[1]
"With a population of only around fifty, the people of Pitcairn are descended from the mutineers of HMAV Bounty and their Tahitian companions."[2]
Coverage and Compliance
Information Recorded in the Records
Birth Records
- Name of child
- Date of birth
- Names of parents
Marriage Records
- Names of bride and groom
- Date of marriage
- Sometimes names of parents
Death Records
- Name of deceased
- Date of death or burial
- Place of death or burial
- Sometimes names of parents or spouse
References
- ↑ Pacific Union College, The Pitcairn Island Government, [History of Government & Laws, (accessed 21 February 2023).
- ↑ The Government of the Pitcairn Islands, Official Site, (accessed 21 February 2023).