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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
*Date
 
*Name
*Names of parents
*Occupation of parents
*Religious preference of parents n
*Place of the deceased
*Age at death
*Cause of death
*Place of burial


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 21:34, 9 February 2020

Samoa Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Samoa Background
Local Research Resources

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

  • Date
  • Name
  • Names of parents
  • Occupation of parents
  • Religious preference of parents n
  • Place of the deceased
  • Age at death
  • Cause of death
  • Place of burial

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.