Samoa Civil Registration
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Time period: 1923-present.
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
Population coverage: 90% coverage of the population in the 20th century; less for earlier periods.[1]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
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
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.