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Civil registration records uniquely identify individuals and connects them to their parents.  These include divil records of birth, marriage, and death. Civil registration begins late in Melanesia as compared to other areas of the world but it is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
==How to Find the Records==
 
===Offices to Contact===
 
Records can be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in France for New Caledonia and Vanuatu).
 
==Historical Background==
 
Civil registration begins late in Melanesia as compared to other areas of the world but it is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
 
==Coverage and Compliance==
 
==Information Recorded in the Records==
 
===Birth Records===
 
===Marriage Records===
 
===Death Records===
 


These records usually contain:
*Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births
*Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births
*Name of principal and parents
*Name of principal and parents
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*Age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.
*Age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.


Records can be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in France for New Caledonia and Vanuatu).
 
==References==


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