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==Kiribati Emigration and Immigration== | ==Kiribati Emigration and Immigration== | ||
Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914, are available at the National Archives of Fiji. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to Fiji as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and Papua New Guinea. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia. | *'''1890-1991''' {{Recordearch|3756784|Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991}}, index and images. Birth, marriage, and death records can list a birth place in a former country. | ||
===Polynesian Immigrants Records===, 1876-1914, are available at the National Archives of Fiji. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to Fiji as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and Papua New Guinea. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, Samoa, and New Caledonia. | |||
These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. For more information see this link [https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 here]. | These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. For more information see this link [https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 here]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Chance visits by European ships occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries, while those ships attempted circumnavigations of the world, or sought sailing routes from the south to north Pacific Ocean. A passing trade, whaling the On-The-Line grounds, and labour ships visited the islands in large numbers during the 19th century. More than 9,000 workers were sent abroad from 1845 to 1895, most of them not returning. The passing trade gave rise to '''European, Chinese, Samoan and other residents from the 1830s''': they included '''beachcombers, castaways, traders and missionaries'''. | *Chance visits by European ships occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries, while those ships attempted circumnavigations of the world, or sought sailing routes from the south to north Pacific Ocean. A passing trade, whaling the On-The-Line grounds, and labour ships visited the islands in large numbers during the 19th century. More than 9,000 workers were sent abroad from 1845 to 1895, most of them not returning. The passing trade gave rise to '''European, Chinese, Samoan and other residents from the 1830s''': they included '''beachcombers, castaways, traders and missionaries'''. | ||