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===Civil Registration===
===Civil Registration===


Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
==How to Find the Records==


Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
===Offices to Contact===
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.


General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
==Historical Background==
Time period: 1923-present.


Time period: 1923-present.
==Coverage and Compliance==
Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.<ref name="profile">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.</ref>
 
==Information Recorded in the Records==


Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.
'''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


Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
'''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


Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.
'''Deaths'''
the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death record


Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">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.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Location: Local and national civil registry offices.

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

Time period: 1923-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 the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death record


References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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.