Federated States of Micronesia Civil Registration

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Offices to Contact

Administrative offices at various levels and archives.

Historical Background

Time period: 1898-present. Earliest year by country: Kiribati (1898), Guam (1901), Northern Mariana Islands (1945), Marshall Islands (1952), Federated States of Micronesia (1952), Palau (probably 1952), Nauru (unknown).

Coverage and Compliance

Population coverage: 40% of the population.[1]

Information Recorded in the Records

Kiribati acquired by FamilySearch[1]

Micronesia, Pohnpei Civil Registration, 1800-1986

  • 1800-1986 - Birth and death records from the Trust Territory Archives are on microfilm at the United States National Archives, the University of Hawaii, Manoa, Pacific Collection and the National Archives of the FSM at Palikir, Pohnpei.
  • Currently being digitized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Micronesia, Pohnpei Civil Registration, 1948-2009

This collection contains birth, marriage, and death certificates from the State of Pohnpei, Micronesia, between the years of 1948-2009.

A wiki article describing the above online collection is found at:

Death and inheritance records

Research use: Identify relationships and provide clues to other record sources.

Record type: Death inventories (notarial record concerning inheritance), wills and probates, declarations of succession, tombstone or monumental transcriptions, obituaries, sexton records, burials, and others.

General: Civil records generated in the event of death.

Time period: 1800s-present.

Contents: Names, vital statistics; and in some sources names of kin and relationship to the deceased.

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth

  • Name of child
  • Gender
  • Child's birth date and place of birth
  • Name of father
  • Name of mother
  • Residence of parents
  • Number of children previously born to mother

Marriage

  • Date and place of marriage
  • Bride’s full name and residence
  • Groom’s full name and residence
  • Bride's birth date and place of birth
  • Groom's birth date and place of birth
  • Names of witnesses
  • Person who officiated at marriage ceremony

Death

  • Name of deceased
  • Date and place of death
  • Gender and race of deceased
  • Residence of deceased
  • Birth date of deceased

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Micronesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2001.