British Indian Ocean Territory Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

British Indian Ocean Territory Civil Registration (view source)

137 bytes added , 3 October 2020

Reviewer, editor, pagecreator

30,262

edits

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a [[England Genealogy|British colony]] in the Indian Ocean. It was formerly part of [[Mauritius Genealogy|Mauritius]]. In 1965, BIOT was split off for military purposes (the base at Diego Garcia). Mauritius still claims these islands and her claim is recognized by the United Nations.<ref>''World Factbook,'' https://[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/io.html www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/io.html]</ref>
-In 2018, the only inhabitants are about 3,000 US and British military personnel and associated contractors. Previously the BIOT was inhabited by about 2,000 people (Chagossians), who were removed to Mauritius and Seychelles.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory British Indian Ocean Territory].</ref>
+In 2018, the only inhabitants are about 3,000 US and British military personnel and associated contractors. Previously the BIOT was inhabited by about 2,000 people (Chagossians), who were removed to [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Mauritius_Civil_Registration Mauritius] and [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Seychelles_Civil_Registration Seychelles].<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory British Indian Ocean Territory].</ref>
 ==Coverage and Compliance==