Fiji Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
Records can be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in France for New Caledonia and Vanuatu).

Historical Background
Civil registration begins late, about 1870, in Melanesia.

Births

 * Date
 * Name of principal and parents
 * Occupation and religious preference of parents
 * Name of informant
 * place of residence for parents

Marriages

 * Date
 * Name of principal and parents
 * Occupation and religious preference of parents
 * Names of witnesses
 * Residence of groom and bride

Deaths

 * Date
 * Name of principal and parents
 * Occupation and religious preference of parents
 * Age at death
 * Cause of death
 * Place of burial

Death-Related Records
These records include inventories of personal and real property, notarial records (generally outlining inheritance and distribution of property), declarations of succession, tombstone transcriptions, obituaries, sexton records, burials, and other materials. Records generally exist from 1860 to the present and can be found at administrative offices and archives.