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|  | ===Offices to Contact=== |  | ===Offices to Contact=== | 
|  | Location: Local andnational civil registry offices.
 |  | Samoa Bureau of Statistics | 
|  |  | Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration | 
|  |  | P.O. Box 1151 | 
|  |  | Apia, Samoa | 
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|  | Registrar General of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Adoptions<br>
 |  | Phone: +685 62000 | 
|  | Department of Justice<br>
 |  | E-mail: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws | 
|  | PO Box 49 <br>
 |  | [https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location birth records Website] <br> | 
|  | Apia, Samoa<br>
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|  | Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws <br>
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|  | Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws <br>
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|  | Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538 <br>
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|  | Samoa Bureau of Statistics, [https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location birth recordsinformation] <br>
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|  | Samoa Bureau of Statistics, [https://www.sbs.gov.ws/ instructions for civil registration]<br>
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|  | For help in obtaining vital records from American Samoa see [[American Samoa Vital Records]].
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|  | ==Historical Background== |  | ==Historical Background== |