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Samoa

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Collection

• 1876-1920 : Birth registers, 1876-1920. Registration of births during the German occupation, 1876-1917 and during the British military occupation, 1917-1920
• 1889-1900 : Register of deaths, 1895-1899; births 1889-1900

For the following records, the index is available online, but the record images can only be seen at family history centers and the Family History Library:

• 1852-1915 : Births within the district of the British Consulate at Samoa, 1852- 1915
• ca. 1869-1915 : Births registered at the British consulate, ca. 1869-1915
• 1917-1920 : Register of births within the British military occupied territory of Samoa, 1917-1920
• 1920-1962 : European birth registers, v. 1-55, 1920-1962
• 1905-1992 : Birth registers for Upolu, Western Samoa, 1905-1992
• 1923-1992 : Death registers for Savai'i, Western Samoa, 1923-1992

Offices to Contact

Location: Local and national civil registry offices.

Registrar General of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Adoptions
Department of Justice
PO Box 49
Apia, Samoa

Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws
Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws

Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538

https://www.sbs.gov.ws/bdm/location
https://www.sbs.gov.ws/

For help in obtaining vital records from American Samoa see American Samoa Vital Records.

Historical Background

Time period: 1852-present

Coverage and Compliance

Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.

Information Recorded in the Records

Births

• Date of the event, including time of day
• Name of child
• Names of parents
• Occupation of parents
• Religious preference of parents
• Name of informant
• Place of residence for parents

Marriages

• Date
• Name of principal and
• Names of parents
• Occupation of parents
• Religious preference of parents
• Names of witnesses
• Place of residence of the groom and bride

Deaths

• Date
• Name
• Names of parents
• Occupation of parents
• Religious preference of parents
• Place of the deceased
• Age at death
• Cause of death
• Place of burial