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In other languages: Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Online Collection[edit | edit source]
- 1876-1920 Birth registers, 1876-1920. Registration of births during the German occupation, 1876-1917 and during the British military occupation, 1917-1920
- 1889-1900 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 Births within the district of the British Consulate at Samoa, 1852- 1915
- ca. 1869-1915 Births registered at the British consulate, ca. 1869-1915
- 1917-1920 Register of births within the British military occupied territory of Samoa, 1917-1920
- 1920-1962 European birth registers, v. 1-55, 1920-1962
- 1905-1992 Birth registers for Upolu, Western Samoa, 1905-1992
- 1923-1992 Death registers for Savai'i, Western Samoa, 1923-1992
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
Samoa Bureau of Statistics
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration
P.O. Box 1151
Apia, Samoa
Phone: +685 62000
Email: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws
birth records Website
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]
- ↑ 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.