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==How to Find the Records==
===Online Databases===
===Online Databases===


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*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=polynesia%7etahiti British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Polynesia and Tahiti], index and images, ($)
*[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=polynesia%7etahiti British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Polynesia and Tahiti], index and images, ($)


===Civil Registration===
===Offices to Contact===
 
Location: Local and national civil registry offices (some copies in [[France Genealogy|France]] for French Polynesia)<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: French Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
 
==Historical Background==
 
Time period: 1843-present
 
==Coverage and Compliance==


Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.<ref name="profile" />


Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
==Information Recorded in the Records==


General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
===Birth Records===


Time period: 1843-present.
*Date
*Name of child
*Names of parents
*Occupations of parents
*Religious preferences of parents
*Name of informant
*Place of residence of parents<ref name="profile" />


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.
===Marriage Records===


Location: Local and national civil registry offices (some copies in [[France Genealogy|France]] for French Polynesia)
*Date
*Names of bride an groom
*Names of parents
*Occupations of parents
*Religious preference of parents
*Names of witnesses
*Place of residence of the groom and bride<ref name="profile" />


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: French Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
*Date
*Name of deceased
*Name of parents
*Occupations of parents
*Religious preference of parents
*Place of residence of the deceased
*Age at death
*Cause of death
*Place of burial<ref name="profile" />


== References ==
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