Cook Islands Genealogy

South Pacific Cook Islands

Guide to Cook Islands ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Getting started with Cook Islands research
The Cook Islands are named after Captain Cook, who sighted them in 1770. The islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand. In 1965, residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. For a more full coverage, go the the wiki site "Cook Islands (Includes Rarotonga)"

Genealogy
For more information about genealogies from the Cook Islands please see this article: Samoan, Tongan and other Polynesian Genealogies

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Research Tools

 * Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research (Wiki article click here)
 * http://www.janeresture.com/cookislands/index.htm
 * http://www.cook-islands.gov.ck/
 * http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/CK/
 * http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/cook_islands/
 * cookislandsgenealogy-history.blogspot.com


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