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Primarily three groups of people comprise most of the immigrants to Fiji; Europeans, who started coming in 1835; Indians who came in 1879; and other Polynesians. The primary emigration of people from Fiji are to the following four countries: Australia, U.S.A., New Zealand and Canada. | Primarily three groups of people comprise most of the immigrants to Fiji; Europeans, who started coming in 1835; Indians who came in 1879; and other Polynesians. The primary emigration of people from Fiji are to the following four countries: Australia, U.S.A., New Zealand and Canada. | ||
We have quite a few records in our collection in reference to Fijian Emigration and Immigration. Look in Fiji in our [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch online catalog ]under the subject "[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=fiji+Emigration+and+Immigration&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Emigration and Immigration]". | We have quite a few records in our collection in reference to Fijian Emigration and Immigration. Look in Fiji in our [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch online catalog ]under the subject "[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=fiji+Emigration+and+Immigration&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Emigration and Immigration]". | ||
== Emigration/Immigration records == | |||
Research use: Connects individual with place of origin and current residence to identify further records. | |||
Record type: Passenger lists, passport applications, naturalization records, various files kept for minorities entering to work in the country. | |||
General: Civil record of those arriving and departing a country or trying to establish citizenship. | |||
Time period: 1870-present. | |||
Contents: Name, birth date, birth place, profession, names and ages of spouse and children; other details may vary. | |||
Location: Administrative offices and archives. | |||
Percentage in Family History Library: 60% (Fiji filmed or purchased previously). | |||
Population coverage: 30-40% of the population because of imported laborers (for example, Indian emigrants to Fiji; Indonesian and Vietnamese emigrants to New Caledonia). | |||
Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Melanesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
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