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-==Online Resources==
+==How to Find the Records==
+===Online Resources===
 *'''1866-1979''' {{RecordSearch|3875191|Tuvalu, Vital Records, 1866-1979}} at FamilySearch - [[Tuvalu, Vital Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
-===Civil Registration===
+===Offices to Contact===
-Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
+Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
-Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
+==Historical Background==
-General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
+==Coverage and Compliance==
 Time period: 1903-present.
-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.
+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==
-Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
+===Birth Records===
+*Name of child
+* Date
+*Names of parents
+*Parents' occupations and religion
+*Name of informant
+*Parents' residence
+===Marriage Records===
+*Date
+*Names of bride and groom
+*Names of parents
+*Parents' occupations and religion
+*Names of witnesses
+*Residences of bride and groom
-Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.
+===Death Records===
-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>
+*Date
+*Name of deceased
+*Names of parents
+*Parents' occupations and religion
+*Place of residence of the deceased
+*Age at death
+*Cause of death
+*Place of burial
 ===Family History Library Collection===