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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.
-There are many records in the Family History Library collection in reference to Fijian Emigration and Immigration. Look in Fiji in  [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch online catalog ]under the subject "[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=fiji+Emigration+and+Immigration&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Emigration and Immigration]".
 == Emigration/Immigration records  ==
+These records connect individuals with place of origin and current residence to identify further records. They include passenger lists, passport applications, naturalization records, various files kept for minorities entering to work in the country. Records exist from  1870 to the present. A significant portion of the historical population consisted of indentured labor from India in the late 1800s. Records can be found at local administrative offices and archives.
-Research use: Connects individual with place of origin and current residence to identify further records.
+These records generally contain the name of the individual, birth date, birth place, profession, names and ages of spouse and children.
-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).
+FamilySearch's holdings of emigration and immigration records includes:
+*Fiji. Department of Labour. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145551 Plantation registers-Polynesian, 1878-1914]
-Population coverage: 30-40% of the population because of imported laborers (for example, Indian emigrants to Fiji; Indonesian and Vietnamese emigrants to New Caledonia).
+*Fiji. Emigration Agent. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/301940 Indian immigration passes, 1879-1916]
+*Fiji. Fijian Affairs Board. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145553 List of journals of government agents, about 1876-1914]
-Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">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.</ref>
+*Fiji. Fijian Affairs Board. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145561 Returns of Europeans resident in Fiji, January, 1874 and May - November, 1875]
+*Fiji. Immigration Department. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/464470 Passport cards from Fiji, ca. 1915-1991]
+*Fiji. Police Department and Immigration. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/145581 General register of immigrants (Polynesian), 1870-1911]
+*Fiji. Police Department and Immigration. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/301932 Plantation register of Indian immigrants, 1879-1919]
+*Fiji. Police Department and Immigration. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/301936 Register of deaths of Indian immigration (by plantation), 1899-1922]
 === External Links  ===
-* [https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/indian-emigration-passes-to-fiji-1879-1916 Indian emigration to Fiji 1879-1916]
+* National Library of Australia - [https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/indian-emigration-passes-to-fiji-1879-1916 Indian emigration to Fiji 1879-1916]
-== References  ==
-{{reflist}}
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