Samoa Civil Registration
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Online Collection[edit | edit source]
- 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 family history centers and the Family History 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[edit | edit source]
Location: Local and national civil registry offices.
Registrar General of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Adoptions
Department of Justice
PO Box 49
Apia, Samoa
Tuautu Kalepo, Civil Registrar on tuautu.kalepo@sbs.gov.ws
Ponifasio Vasa and Tupai Silapela, Deputy Rigistrars on ponifasio.vasa@sbs.gov.ws & tupai.silapela@sbs.gov.ws
Telephone : 32984, 32157 and 51538
Samoa Bureau of Statistics, birth records information
Samoa Bureau of Statistics, instructions for civil registration
For help in obtaining vital records from American Samoa see American Samoa Vital Records.
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Time period: 1852-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.
