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French Polynesia

Civil Registraion

How to Find the Records

Online Databases

• 1886-1906 Iles Australes Civil Registration, 1886-1906, index.
• 1886-1906 Iles Gambier, Civil Registration, 1886-1906, index.
• 1843-1906 Iles Marquises, Civil Registration, 1843-1906, index.
• 1881-1906 Iles Tuamotu Civil Registration, 1881-1906, index.
• 1898-1906 Iles-Sous-le-Vent/Iles du Vent Civil Registration, 1898-1906, index.
• 1843-1906 Windward Islands (Society Islands), Civil Registration, 1843-1906, index.
• 1780-1999 French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

British Subjects Overseas

• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Tahiti, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, French Polynesia, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Polynesia, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Polynesia and Tahiti, index & images ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Polynesia and Tahiti, index & images ($)

Offices to Contact

High Commission of the Republic
Papeete, French Polynesia

Contact Form
Telephone: +689 / 40.468.700
E-mail: pole-relations-usagers@polynesie-francaise.pref.gouv.fr

Civil registration may also be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in France for French Polynesia)

Historical Background

Time period: 1843-present

Coverage and Compliance

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

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records

• Date
• Name of child
• Names of parents
• Occupations of parents
• Religious preferences of parents
• Name of informant
• Place of residence of parents

Marriage Records

• Date
• Names of bride an groom
• Names of parents
• Occupations of parents
• Religious preference of parents
• Names of witnesses
• Place of residence of the groom and bride

Death Records

• Date
• Name of deceased
• Name of parents
• Occupations of parents
• Religious preference of parents
• Place of residence of the deceased
• Age at death
• Cause of death
• Place of burial