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| Guide to '''Guam ancestry, family history and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. | | Guide to '''Guam ancestry, family history and genealogy''': birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. |
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| ==Country Information== | | ==Country Information== |
| Guam is an unincorporated and organized territory of the [[United States Genealogy|United States]] in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are the [[Northern Mariana Islands Genealogy|Northern Mariana Islands]], [[Palau Genealogy|Palau]], the [[Federated States of Micronesia Genealogy|Federated States of Micronesia]], and [[Papua New Guinea Genealogy|Papua New Guinea]]. It was formerly ruled by [[Spain Genealogy|Spain]]. The official languages are English and Chamorro.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, “Guam,” in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam, accessed 29 April 2016.</ref> | | Guam is an unincorporated and organized territory of the [[United States Genealogy|United States]] in the Pacific Ocean whose nearest neighbors are the [[Northern Mariana Islands Genealogy|Northern Mariana Islands]], [[Palau Genealogy|Palau]], the [[Federated States of Micronesia Genealogy|Federated States of Micronesia]], and [[Papua New Guinea Genealogy|Papua New Guinea]]. It was formerly ruled by [[Spain Genealogy|Spain]]. The official languages are English and Chamorro.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, “Guam,” in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam, accessed 29 April 2016.</ref> |