Federated States of Micronesia Emigration and Immigration

Research use: Connects individual with place of origin and current residence to identify further records.

Record type: Passenger lists, passport applications, naturalization records, and various files kept for minorities entering to work in the country.

General: Civil record of those arriving and departing a country or trying to establish citizenship.

Time period: 1800s-present.

Contents: Name, birth date, birth place, profession, names and ages of spouse and children; other details may vary.

Location: Administrative offices and archives.

Population coverage: Approximately 30% with considerable variation between countries/territories. Guam has the highest non-native population at 53% while the population of the Federated States of Micronesia and Kiribati is almost all of native ancestry.

Reliability: High.^[1]

References

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Micronesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2001.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Micronesia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-2001.

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