Guam Genealogy

Pacific Pacific Island Guide  Micronesia  United States  Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands  Guam

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

Located approximately 3,300 miles West of Hawaii, 1,500 miles East of the Philippines, and 1,550 miles South of Japan, the Island of Guam is the Western most territory of the United States. Guam is truly a tropical island paradise. Approximately 30 miles long and 4 to 9 miles wide, the Northern end of Guam is a plateau of rolling hills and cliffs rising to 600 feet above sea level. Waterfalls, rivers and bays abound throughout Guam's central and southern areas.

Jurisdictions
Guam is a territory of the United States. The capital city is Hagatna (formerly Agana).

Research Tools

 * Guampedia
 * Chamorro Roots, website and database of Chamorro researcher Bernard Punzalan.
 * Guam, Land Records wiki article
 * Guam Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Micronesian Area Research Center at University of Guam
 * Jane Underwood Guam Population Cards
 * Compilation of Guam genealogies created between the 1960s and 1990s ** Sources include 1897, 1910 and 1920 U.S. Census, Guam News Letter, Guam Recorder, Guam birth, marriage and death records. ** Very reliable and comprehensive ** Organized by family name. ** Available at MARC
 * Rootsweb Guam Mailing List
 * Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research
 * Guam and Its People
 * Chamorro Dictionary
 * Chamorro Dictionary

Did you know?

 * The first census in Guam was taken in 1710 when it was still a possession of Spain. The government of Spain took 20 additional censuses from 1710 through 1897. The 1897 census index, The Patron de Almas: Año de 1897, is online on the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) website.


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