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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 FamilySearch centers and the FamilySearch 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

Samoa Bureau of Statistics
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration
P.O. Box 1151
Apia, Samoa

Phone: +685 62000
E-mail: info.stats@sbs.gov.ws
birth records Website

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