Yap, Federated States of Micronesia Genealogy

Guide to Yap ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Census
Jane Underwood Yap Population Cards
 * Census created in 1965 by anthropologist Jane Underwood, in English
 * Cards filed by municipality at the Richard Flores Taitano Micronesia Area Research Center, University of Guam, Mangliao, Guam (filesare a little jumbled, be patient)
 * Some name variation so be creative
 * Cards contain information for individual subject plus children, parents, siblings, and grandparents
 * Back bottom of each card has a reference to the 1946 census of Yap if individual is included in that census
 * Partial digital index of birth dates and names (Excell spreadsheet, search using Ctrl+F) on Barrigada FHC computers. CD in Family Search Support Office, Barrigada, Guam.

1946 Yap Census
 * Photocopy of census cards created between 1946-1948, in Yapese (translation of census form in cabinet)
 * Organized by municipality and village in file cabinet at Micronesia Area Research Center (list of villages in cabinet)
 * Japanese Imperial dates used (conversion chart in filing cabinet).
 * Very useful in combination with Jane Underwood census