Wallis and Futuna Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1894-1907 - French Overseas Wallis and Futuna Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1894-1907, index and images.

Offices to Contact
Birth Certificates: Available by mail from the Court of the First Instance at the place of birth. Death Certificates: Death certificates can be requested from the Court of the First Instance in Mata-Utu. Marriage Certificates: Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the marriage took place. Divorce Records: Available at the Court of the First Instance in the town where the divorce was granted. Usually marriages and divorces are noted on the birth certificate.

Alexander Turnbull Library Part of the National Library of New Zealand PO Box 12349 Wellington 6140 New Zealand

Telephone: +64 4 474 3000 Fax: +64 4 474 3063 Email: [mailto:information@natlib.govt.nz information@natlib.govt.nz]

The Alexander Turnbull Library has the following, though the records are not on the Internet: Wallis and Futuna — Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catholic Mission, Wallis island - Genealogies of Wallisian and Futunian families, compiled by Father Joseph Henquel — Consists of genealogies of all Wallisian families (from A-F) compiled from oral tradition, baptismal and matrimonial registers dating from 1824, and from regular parish censuses. There are also some Futunian genealogies (not alphabetical).

National Library of New Zealand 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon Wellington 6011, New Zealand

Historical Background
The first Europeans to settle the area were the French in 1837, but France did not take official control until between 1887 and 1888.

For additional information about records for Wallis and Futuna, see Pacific Islands Family History.