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*'''1918-1965''' {{RecordSearch|2355804|American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965}} at FamilySearch - [[American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images. Collection of passenger lists, passports and travel permits, letters of identity, affidavits of birth, visas and visa requests, and naturalization petitions from American Samoa. Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61872/ U.S., American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965] Ancestry ($), index and images. | *'''1918-1965''' {{RecordSearch|2355804|American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965}} at FamilySearch - [[American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images. Collection of passenger lists, passports and travel permits, letters of identity, affidavits of birth, visas and visa requests, and naturalization petitions from American Samoa. Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61872/ U.S., American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965] Ancestry ($), index and images. | ||
====Polynesian Immigrants Records==== | ====Polynesian Immigrants Records==== | ||
[https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 '''Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914'''], are available at the [[Fiji Archives and Libraries|'''National Archives of Fiji''']]. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to Fiji as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, | [https://mowcaparchives.org/items/show/100 '''Polynesian Immigrants Records, 1876-1914'''], are available at the [[Fiji Archives and Libraries|'''National Archives of Fiji''']]. These are records of Pacific Islanders who were brought to Fiji as laborers. Although the first ship arrived in 1864, records were not kept until 1876. Laborers came from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Banks and Torres Straits Islands, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), and Papua New Guinea. There were about 23,000 who went to Fiji. Others were taken to Queensland, '''Samoa''', and New Caledonia. This movement of people is often referred to as "black-birding". These records include general shipping records, agents, and recruiters' journals, plantation records, and personnel documents. | ||
*'''To search the records, contact the National Archives by e-mail at ''archives@govnet.gov.fj''. They will advise you of information they need to conduct a search and any fees involved.''' | *'''To search the records, contact the National Archives by e-mail at ''archives@govnet.gov.fj''. They will advise you of information they need to conduct a search and any fees involved.''' | ||