Pitcairn Islands Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1790-1854 : Sir Charles Lucas, ed., The Pitcairn Island Register Book, (New York and Toronto: The MacMillan Co., 1929), pages 31-92. Includes information about birth, marriages, and deaths
 * 1800-1960 : Parish registers (cemetery records) of Pitcairn Island at FamilySearch; index & images, often includes information about birth, death, names of parents and spouses

Offices to Contact
Pitcairn Islands Official Site P.O. Box 105 696 Auckland New Zealand

Telephone: +64 9 366 0186 Fax: +64 9 366 0187 Email: admin@pitcairn.gov.pn

Historical Background
Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand.

"On Pitcairn Island there is the Island Council which meets with the island’s Mayor...." "Under ideal circumstances the Council is in complete charge of governing the island locally."

"With a population of only around fifty, the people of Pitcairn are descended from the mutineers of HMAV Bounty and their Tahitian companions."

Birth Records

 * Name of child
 * Date of birth
 * Names of parents

Marriage Records

 * Names of bride and groom
 * Date of marriage

Death Records

 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death or burial
 * Place of death or burial
 * Sometimes names of parents or spouse