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Tonga, unique among Pacific nations, never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific. | |||
=== Getting started with Tonga research === | |||
=== Jurisdictions === | |||
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=== Research Tools === | |||
*http://tonga.worldvitalrecords.com/ | |||
*http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.tonga/45/mb.ashx | |||
*[http://www.artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/special/germansintonga/?historicalbackground German and Tonga government relationship] | |||
*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Pacific/SamoaTahitiTongaFiji.pdf BYU Research Guide for Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga] | |||
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*[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]] to Family History Research | |||
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*'''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]]''' | |||
*[[Tonga Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] | |||
*[[Tonga Biography|Biography]] | |||
*[[Tonga Census|Census]] | |||
*[[Tonga Church History|Church History]] | |||
*[[Tonga Church Records|Church Records]] | |||
*[[Tonga Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] | |||
*[[Tonga Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
*[[Tonga Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] | |||
*[[Samoan, Tongan and other Polynesian Genealogies|Genealogies]] | |||
*[[Tonga History|History]] | |||
*[[Tonga Maps|Maps]] | |||
*[[Tonga Newspapers|Newspapers]] | |||
*[[Tonga Nobility|Nobility]] | |||
*[[Tonga Oral History in the Family History Library|Oral History]] | |||
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*[[Tonga Taxation|Taxation]] | |||
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