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''For information about records for non-Christian religions in the Cook Islands, go to the [[Cook Islands Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.'' | ''For information about records for non-Christian religions in the Cook Islands, go to the [[Cook Islands Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.'' | ||
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Religions: Cook Islands Christian Church 49.1%; Seventh-day Adventist 7.9%; Assemblies of God 3.7%; Apostolic Church 2.1%); Roman Catholic 17%; Mormon 4.4%; Other 8%. This "Other" group includes smaller Christian denominations, and mostly non-indigenous adherents of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam, as well as the irreligious.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Demographics of the Cook Islands", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Cook_Islands, accessed 20 February 2020. </ref> | Religions: Cook Islands Christian Church 49.1%; Seventh-day Adventist 7.9%; Assemblies of God 3.7%; Apostolic Church 2.1%); Roman Catholic 17%; Mormon 4.4%; Other 8%. This "Other" group includes smaller Christian denominations, and mostly non-indigenous adherents of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam, as well as the irreligious.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Demographics of the Cook Islands", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Cook_Islands, accessed 20 February 2020. </ref> | ||
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Before contact with missionaries, the Rarotongans lived inland deep in the valleys and thus protected from neighboring tribes. However, the location of these settlements did not suit the missionaries' attempts at conversion since access was difficult and restrictive. The missionaries set up their stations on the coast and persuaded the chiefs to build villages around them. <ref>"Religion in the Cook Islands", http://www.ck/religion.htm, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | Before contact with missionaries, the Rarotongans lived inland deep in the valleys and thus protected from neighboring tribes. However, the location of these settlements did not suit the missionaries' attempts at conversion since access was difficult and restrictive. The missionaries set up their stations on the coast and persuaded the chiefs to build villages around them. <ref>"Religion in the Cook Islands", http://www.ck/religion.htm, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | ||
=Information Recorded in the Records= | |||
Different denominations, different time periods, and practices of different record keepers will effect how much information can be found in the records. This outline will show the types of details which '''might''' be found (best case scenario); | |||
==Baptisms== | |||
In Catholic and Anglican records, children were usually baptized a few days after birth, and therefore, the baptism record proves date of birth. Other religions, such as Baptists, baptized at other points in the member's life. Baptism registers might give: | |||
*baptism date | |||
*the infant's name, | |||
*parents' names, | |||
*father's occupation, | |||
*status of legitimacy, | |||
*occasionally, names of grandparents, | |||
*names of witnesses or godparents, who may be relatives, | |||
*birth date and place, | |||
*the family's place of residence, | |||
*death information, as an added note or signified by a cross. | |||
==Marriages== | |||
Marriage registers can give: | |||
*the marriage date and | |||
*the names of the bride and groom, | |||
*indicate whether they were single or widowed and | |||
*their ages, | |||
*their birth dates and places | |||
*residences, | |||
*occupations, | |||
*birthplaces, and | |||
*parents' names (after 1800) | |||
*the names of previous spouses and their death dates, | |||
*names of witnesses, who might be relatives. | |||
==Burials== | |||
Burial registers may give: | |||
*the name of the deceased and | |||
*the date and place of death or burial. | |||
*the deceased's age, | |||
*place of residence, and | |||
*cause of death | |||
*the names of survivors, especially a widow or widower, | |||
*deceased's birth date and place and | |||
*parents' names | |||
== References == | == References == | ||