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
Records can be found at local and national civil registry offices (some copies in France for New Caledonia and Vanuatu).

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