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==== <br>Cultural background ==== | ==== <br>Cultural background ==== | ||
Traditional Fijian society was hierarchical, with tribal groups led by chiefs chosen according to rank based on descent as well as personal achievement. For this reason, some oral genealogies were memorized, going back as far as 11 generations. Tribes were divided into Mataqali, or clans, and sub clans according to where they lived. By alliance or conquest, tribes might form confederations led by paramount chiefs. Land and government still are influenced by remnants of this system. | Traditional Fijian society was hierarchical, with tribal groups led by chiefs chosen according to rank based on descent as well as personal achievement. For this reason, some oral genealogies were memorized, going back as far as 11 generations. Tribes were divided into Mataqali, or clans, and sub clans according to where they lived. By alliance or conquest, tribes might form confederations led by paramount chiefs. Land and government still are influenced by remnants of this system. | ||
==== Case Study ==== | ==== Case Study ==== | ||
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I am sure that some of the names my grandmother gave me went back further than 1850. The Fiji Archives have some records but they can be complicated. I have not gone there to search yet, but some have and said how hard it was to figure out who was related to who and which line to follow. | I am sure that some of the names my grandmother gave me went back further than 1850. The Fiji Archives have some records but they can be complicated. I have not gone there to search yet, but some have and said how hard it was to figure out who was related to who and which line to follow. | ||
As for me, I had to make some estimations on even my grandmother's birth year according to stories she told, and by comparing the dates with an older man's recorded birth year in his family bible. One of the ways in which to check for birth dates is in the family bible. If a designated keeper of the old family bible is careful with it, one can always find all the names of the children and their parents in order from oldest to youngest. | As for me, I had to make some estimations on even my grandmother's birth year according to stories she told, and by comparing the dates with an older man's recorded birth year in his family bible. One of the ways in which to check for birth dates is in the family bible. If a designated keeper of the old family bible is careful with it, one can always find all the names of the children and their parents in order from oldest to youngest. | ||
==== Resources available ==== | ==== Resources available ==== | ||
Look in the familysearch wiki and click on Fiji. There is a lot of information there. | Look in the familysearch wiki and click on Fiji. There is a lot of information there. | ||
Also, you can try the Internet at ''familysearch.org ''and click on the ''Library.'' From that tab, click on the ''Family History Library Catalog.'' Click on ''Place. ''Then type in ''Fiji. ''A long list of record types, including archives and libraries, census 1861, church record, civil registration, colonization, emigration and immigration, gazetteers, genealogy, land and property, language, maps, medical records, military history, minorities, native races, nobility, obituaries, probate records, etc. | Also, you can try the Internet at ''familysearch.org ''and click on the ''Library.'' From that tab, click on the ''Family History Library Catalog.'' Click on ''Place. ''Then type in ''Fiji. ''A long list of record types, including archives and libraries, census 1861, church record, civil registration, colonization, emigration and immigration, gazetteers, genealogy, land and property, language, maps, medical records, military history, minorities, native races, nobility, obituaries, probate records, etc. | ||
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If you click on ''Fiji - genealogy'', then on ''Pedigree Sheets for Various Fijiian families'', you will get a description saying there is an index of personal names and pedigree charts and family group sheets for 80 families. The microfilm number is'''VAULT INT Film 181746 Item 6. <br>'''We also can use a ''Film/fiche number search ''and look at the descriptions of these microfilms, all of which contain information about Fiji: '''83142, 83143, 181746 Item 7, and 1515054'''. | If you click on ''Fiji - genealogy'', then on ''Pedigree Sheets for Various Fijiian families'', you will get a description saying there is an index of personal names and pedigree charts and family group sheets for 80 families. The microfilm number is'''VAULT INT Film 181746 Item 6. <br>'''We also can use a ''Film/fiche number search ''and look at the descriptions of these microfilms, all of which contain information about Fiji: '''83142, 83143, 181746 Item 7, and 1515054'''. | ||
The year 1875 marks civil registration for Fijians, so records become available then. In the year1895, civil registration and immigrant records for Indians began.<br>Lots of oral genealogies and land records are available | The year 1875 marks civil registration for Fijians, so records become available then. In the year1895, civil registration and immigrant records for Indians began.<br>Lots of oral genealogies and land records are available | ||
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