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''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cook_Islands_(Includes_Rarotonga)|Cook Islands]]'' [[Image:Rarotonga's Te Manga.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] [[Image:Im11 -cook islands-.png|thumb|right|300px]] | |||
==== General Information ==== | ==== General Information ==== | ||
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'' ''In 1997,''Japanese ''archaeologists unearthed a previously unknown ''marae'' (sacred site) on ''Motu Tapu'', an islet in the lagoon at ''Nagatangila.'' This is estimated to be 1500 years old (abt. 500 A.D.). | '' ''In 1997,''Japanese ''archaeologists unearthed a previously unknown ''marae'' (sacred site) on ''Motu Tapu'', an islet in the lagoon at ''Nagatangila.'' This is estimated to be 1500 years old (abt. 500 A.D.). | ||
Christianity is the dominant religion, brought by the ''London Missionary Society''. LDS Church membership in 2008 in the ''Cook Islands, ''including Rarotonga, was 1,803. | Christianity is the dominant religion, brought by the ''London Missionary Society''. LDS Church membership in 2008 in the ''Cook Islands, ''including Rarotonga, was 1,803. | ||
=== Historical Background === | === Historical Background === | ||
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During the 1970s the Genealogical Department commisioned people to go to the Pacfic Islands and gather oral genealogies because they realized how fragile these important sources of family information are. They made arrangements for the interviews and the older people talked into the tape recorder microphone to get their genealogy on tape. Later, the gatherers typed transcripts of the interviews onto paper. The paper transcripts were microfilmed, You can use the table below to find the microfilm number of the '''transcript''' for the interview you are interested in. | During the 1970s the Genealogical Department commisioned people to go to the Pacfic Islands and gather oral genealogies because they realized how fragile these important sources of family information are. They made arrangements for the interviews and the older people talked into the tape recorder microphone to get their genealogy on tape. Later, the gatherers typed transcripts of the interviews onto paper. The paper transcripts were microfilmed, You can use the table below to find the microfilm number of the '''transcript''' for the interview you are interested in. | ||
The tape recordings were later digitized onto compact discs. In the future, the CDs of the tapes may be put on the Internet and linked to this table so you can access them according to the tape number and listen to them.<br> | The tape recordings were later digitized onto compact discs. In the future, the CDs of the tapes may be put on the Internet and linked to this table so you can access them according to the tape number and listen to them.<br> | ||
{| | {| width="100%" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" | ||
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| align="center" | '''Last Name''' | | align="center" | '''Last Name''' | ||
| align="center" | '''First Names''' | | align="center" | '''First Names''' | ||
| align="center" | '''Residence''' | | align="center" | '''Residence''' | ||
| align="center" | '''About place'''<br> | | align="center" | '''About place'''<br> | ||
| align="center" | '''Tape''' | | align="center" | '''Tape''' | ||
| align="center" | '''mp3'''<br> | | align="center" | '''mp3'''<br> | ||
| align="center" | '''Transcript'''<br> | | align="center" | '''Transcript'''<br> | ||
| align="center" | '''PAF'''<br> | | align="center" | '''PAF'''<br> | ||
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[[Category:Cook_Islands]] [[Category:Pacific_Island_Research]] | [[Category:Cook_Islands]] [[Category:Pacific_Island_Research]] | ||