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For information about records for non-Christian religions in Tonga, go to the Religious Records page.

Online Records / How to Find the Records
Church records from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be found at the Family History Library on microfilm. These records include baptisms, confirmations, blessings of children, marriages, deaths, emigrations, and divorces. More information about these records can be found:
 * Record of members, 1888-1951
 * Record of members and annual genealogical reports, 1892-1953

Additional information, including some names of members and records of baptisms and deaths, can be found:
 * Tonga Nuku'alofa Mission manuscript history and historical reports 1891-1976

Historical Background / Introduction
About 30 percent of the people belong to the Free Wesleyan Church, which is the official state church, and the king is the head of it. The LDS Church is the next largest. About 40 percent of all Tongans are members of the LDS Church.

Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first arrived in Tonga on 15 July 1891.