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+{{CountrySidebar
+|Country=Tonga
+|Name=Tonga
+|Type=Topic
+|Topic Type=Records
+|Records=Civil Registration
+|Rating=Acceptable
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-==How to Find the Records==
+==Resources==
 ===Offices to Contact===
-==Historical Background==
+Ministry of Justice<br>
+[http://www.justice.gov.to/registrar-generals-office/ Registrar General's Office]<br>
+P.O Box 130<br>
+Nuku'alofa<br>
-==Coverage and Compliance==
+Telephone: (+676)7400800 or (+676)7400810 or (676) 25 618<br>
+Fax #:  (676) 23 098<br>
+Help Desk Email: [mailto:helpdesk@justice.gov.to helpdesk@justice.gov.to]<br>
+Email of Registrar General: [mailto:svunipola@justice.gov.to  svunipola@justice.gov.to]
-==Information Recorded in the Records==
+==Background==
+Time period: 1867-present<ref name="profile"></ref>
+"The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the national civil registry of all records pertaining to births, deaths and marriages."<ref>Ministry of Information and Communications, [http://www.justice.gov.to/registrar-generals-office/ Registrar General's Office vital records],  (accessed 16 December 2021).]</ref>
-===Civil Registration===
+==Coverage and Compliance==
-Research use: Uniquely identifies individuals and connects them to their parents.
+Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods<ref name="profile"></ref>
-Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death.
+==Information Recorded in the Records==
-General: Civil registration is the most complete source for genealogical purposes.
+'''Birth'''
-Time period: 1867-present.
+*Date
+*Name of child
+*Names of parents
+*Occupation and religious preference of parents
+*place of residence for parents
+*Name of informant
-Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; name of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of new born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records.
+'''Marriage'''
-Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
+*Date of marriage
+*Names of bride and groom
+*Place of residence  of the groom and bride
+*Names of parents
+*Occupation and religious preference of parents
+*Names of witnesses
-Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.
+'''Death'''
-Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
+*Date
+*Name of deceased
+*Names of parents
+*Occupation and religious preference of parents
+*Place of residence of the deceased
+*Age at death
+*Cause of death
+*Place of burial<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Polynesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2000.</ref>
 == References ==