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==Online Resources and Websites== | ==Online Resources and Websites== | ||
*'''1805-1910''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60141 Samoa, Select Baptisms, 1805-1910] at Ancestry - index ($); ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30150/samoa-baptisms-1863-1940?s=218489221 MyHeritage]'' ($) | *'''1805-1910''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60141 Samoa, Select Baptisms, 1805-1910] at Ancestry - index ($); ''Also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30150/samoa-baptisms-1863-1940?s=218489221 MyHeritage]'' ($) | ||
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*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | *[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | ||
==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Religion in Samoa encompasses a range of groups, but 98% of the population of Samoa is Christian. The following is a distribution of Christian groups as of 2011 (the most recent census available): '''Congregational Christian''' (32 percent), '''Roman Catholic''' (19 percent), '''LDS''' (15 percent), '''Methodist''' (14 percent), '''Assemblies of God''' (8 percent) and '''Seventh-day Adventist''' (4 percent). Groups together constituting less than 5 percent of the population include '''Jehovah's Witnesses, Congregational Church of Jesus, Nazarene, nondenominational Protestant, Baptist, Worship Centre, Peace Chapel, Samoa Evangelism, Elim Church, and Anglican.''' <ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Samoa", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Samoa, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><br> | Religion in Samoa encompasses a range of groups, but 98% of the population of Samoa is Christian. The following is a distribution of Christian groups as of 2011 (the most recent census available): '''Congregational Christian''' (32 percent), '''Roman Catholic''' (19 percent), '''LDS''' (15 percent), '''Methodist''' (14 percent), '''Assemblies of God''' (8 percent) and '''Seventh-day Adventist''' (4 percent). Groups together constituting less than 5 percent of the population include '''Jehovah's Witnesses, Congregational Church of Jesus, Nazarene, nondenominational Protestant, Baptist, Worship Centre, Peace Chapel, Samoa Evangelism, Elim Church, and Anglican.''' <ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Samoa", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Samoa, accessed 1 April 2020. </ref><br> | ||