Wallis and Futuna Archives and Libraries


 * Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
 * If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
 * Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

French Colonial Archives
National Archives of Overseas (ANOM) 29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062 13182 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 5 France Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50 E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr
 * 1894 to 1907 - Overseas National Archives, Wallis and Futuna

Libraries
Alexander Turnbull Library National Library of New Zealand 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon Wellington 6011, New Zealand Mailing address: 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] Website
 * The Alexander Turnbull Library has the following:
 * 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).

Record Offices
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.