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Life was hard and men could only Trinidad and Tobago - Civil regis-
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live and bring up their families in tration dales from 1848. The records
safety by being banded together. are held by the Registrar Gencral,
These groups came to be known as Red House, Port of Spain, Trini-
' clans ' and they took the clan name dad, B.W.1.
as their surname.
Turks and Caicos Islands - Records
which date £rom 1863 are held by
the Registrar General, Grand Turk.
Tanzania - Applications musl: be
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made to the Registrar General of
Births and Deaths, Dar-es-Salaam.
The records were only commenced Uganda - The Records of births,
on 1st April 1921, but there are marriages, deaths and adoptions
sorne records available from 28th date from 1st January 1905. though
there are details of marriages for
August 19 17.
With regard to the records of nine months earlier. These are kept
Zanzibar, information may be by tbe Registrar General. In addi-
obtained from the Custodian of
tion the Vice-Consulate at Entebbe
Registers of Births and Deaths holds a register of births which
(Administrator General). The fol- precedes civil registratioi~.
lowing records are available:
United Empire Loyalists - Records
Births: Zanzibar from 1st July 1909, of members are preserved jn the
Pemba £rom 1st January 1925.
Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
Deaths: Zanzibar £rom 1st March
1906, Pemba £rom 16th March University Entrance - Records of
1907.
al1 entrants to Oxford and Cam-
Marriages: from 26th August 1907. bridge may be found in Alumni
Oxonienses and Alumni Cantabri-
In addition there are sorne records gienses which are available at many
available prior to civil registration. of the larger libraries.
Other universities issue Calendars
Births: British Consulate Books, which have the names of graduates
Zanzibar from 19th July 1868 to for each year. Some of these are
13th June 1913. Pemba from 26th collecteci together into volumes as
July 1900 to 16th November for example at London University
1923. and Trinity College, Dublin.
Deaths: British Consulate Books One must, however, remember
20th May 1868 to 23rd January there were only two universities in
1914. England until 1900, when London
University was founded.
Tonga - Records of births and
deaths commence from 1867 and United States of America - The
for marriages from 1892. Applica- following information is extracted
tions to the Registrar of the from U.S. Public Health Service
Supreme Court, Nukii alofa. December 1961).
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