Fiji Civil Registration

Online Collections
The following online records are only available at family history centers and the Family History Library:
 * 1895-1989 - Birth registers of Indians in Fiji, 1895-1989
 * 1917-1989 - Death register of Indians, 1917-1989
 * 1877-1989 - Death registers of Fijians, 1877-1989
 * 1875-1989 - Death registers, 1875-1989
 * 1875-1989 - General birth records, 1875-1989
 * 1899-1922 - Register of deaths of Indian immigration (by plantation), 1899-1922
 * 1876-1989 - Register of Fijian births, 1876-1989
 * 1874-1989 - Register of Fijian marriages, 1874-1989
 * 1871-1989 - Register of general marriages, 1871-1989
 * 1913-1989 - Register of Indian marriages, 1913-1989
 * 1945-1991 - Registers of adoptions, 1945-1991
 * 1876-1880 - Report on the census of the population of Fiji, 1881...(and vital records, 1876-1880)

The following online records can be used anywhere:
 * 1877-1942 - Index to Fijian death records, 1877-1942
 * 1912-1917 - Index to Fijian marriage records for Fiji, 1912-1917
 * 1929 - Index to Indian death records for Fiji, 1929

Offices to Contact
Ministry of Justice Births, Deaths and Marriages registry Level 1, Suvavou House Victoria Parade, Suva

P O Box 2226 Government Buildings Suva, Fiji

Telephone: (679) 3308600

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

Records generally exist from 1860 to the present and can be found at administrative offices and archives.