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Colonial Records

French Colonization (1834-today)[edit | edit source]

French Catholic missionaries arrived in 1834. Tahiti and Tahuata were declared a French protectorate in 1834. The islands of French Polynesia became a colony of France in 1888. ^[1]

Record collection	Years covered	Record type	Language	Who is in the records

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "French Polynesia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia#History, accessed 10 November 2020.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "French Polynesia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia#History, accessed 10 November 2020.

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