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Primarily three groups of people comprise most of the immigrants to Fiji; Europeans, who started coming in 1835; Indians who came in 1879; and other Polynesians. The primary emigration of people from Fiji are to the following four countries: Australia, U.S.A., New Zealand and Canada. | Primarily three groups of people comprise most of the immigrants to Fiji; Europeans, who started coming in 1835; Indians who came in 1879; and other Polynesians. The primary emigration of people from Fiji are to the following four countries: Australia, U.S.A., New Zealand and Canada. | ||
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Primarily three groups of people comprise most of the immigrants to Fiji; Europeans, who started coming in 1835; Indians who came in 1879; and other Polynesians. The primary emigration of people from Fiji are to the following four countries: Australia, U.S.A., New Zealand and Canada.
We have quite a few records in our collection in reference to Fijian Emigration and Immigration. Look in Fiji in our FamilySearch online catalog under the subject "Emigration and Immigration".
Emigration/Immigration records[edit | edit source]
Research use: Connects individual with place of origin and current residence to identify further records.
Record type: Passenger lists, passport applications, naturalization records, various files kept for minorities entering to work in the country.
General: Civil record of those arriving and departing a country or trying to establish citizenship.
Time period: 1870-present.
Contents: Name, birth date, birth place, profession, names and ages of spouse and children; other details may vary.
Location: Administrative offices and archives.
Percentage in Family History Library: 60% (Fiji filmed or purchased previously).
Population coverage: 30-40% of the population because of imported laborers (for example, Indian emigrants to Fiji; Indonesian and Vietnamese emigrants to New Caledonia).
Reliability: High.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Melanesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.