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This page is meant as a starting point for those interested in American Samoa genealogy. From here you can find links to a variety of information and records, including archives, libraries, bible, biographies, cemeteries, census, church, court, directories, emigration, immigration, gazetteers, land, property, maps, military, naturalization, citizenship, newspaper, periodical, probate, surname, taxation, vital, and voting.

Archives, Libraries, and Societies

National Archives and Records Administration 
Regional Offices:
Anchorage | Atlanta | Boston | Chicago | Dayton | Denver | Fort Worth Kansas City | Laguna Niguel, CALee's Summit, MO | New York City Philadelphia 1 | Philadelphia 2 | Pittsfield, MA | San Francisco |Seattle
St. Louis
Civilian | Military

NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL) is a pilot database of selected holdings and is a working prototype for a future online catalog of holdings in Washington, DC, the regional archives, and the Presidential libraries.

Libraries

Library of Congress  
Information Office
 
Washington DC 20540
 
Main Phone: 202 707-5000
 
Reference Center: 202 707-5522

WWW Library Directory
Over 6000 Libraries in 102 Countries.

Bible Records

Biography

GenConnect Biography Forum

Cemeteries

Census

Census Resources

Census Records at the National Archives - Microfilm Available by state.

Federal

State

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

Emigration, Immigration  and Naturalization

Immigration & Naturalization

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has duplicate records of all naturalizations that occurred after September 26, 1906. Requests for information must be made through a Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act request, sent to:

INS FOIA/PA
2nd Floor, ULLB
425 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20536

Historical Reference Library
425 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20536
202-514-2837

Information about the INS Historical Reference Library collection and services, documents concerning the history of the Service as well as of immigration law, procedure, and immigration stations, and instructions for historical and genealogical research using INS records.

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
U.S. Department of Justice
INS Historical Reference Library and Reading Room Section
Chester Arthur Building, 425 I Street, N.W., Room 1100A
Washington DC 20536
(202) 514-2837

Immigration and Naturalization Service (BKK)
District Office, Bangkok, Thailand
c/o American Embassy
APO San Francisco, CA 96346

Immigration and Naturalization Service (RIT)
District Office, Rome, Italy
c/o American Embassy (Via V. Veneto 119)
APO New York, NY 09794

 

Gazetteers

History

Samoa Sensation
Find out information concerning the history of Samoa here.

Land and Property

Mailing Lists

American Samoa Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

Maps

Military Records

Military Records

Historical Reenactments

Korean War

National Archives and Records Administration
U.S. Military personnel who died from hostile action (including missing and captured) in the Korean war, 1950-1957 listed by home state and thereunder alphabetically by name.

Vietnam War

National Archives and Records Administration
U.S. Military Personnel Who Died (Including Missing and Captured Declared Dead) as a result of the Vietnam conflict, 1957-1995
Listed Alphabetically by Name as of November 1997.

The Wall on The Web
Since March 1997, The Virtual Wall lists only names
requested by visitors.
For the alphabetical pages of names, click the last name initial:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Obtaining Veterans Records

Veterans Administration Regional Office
Federal Building
251 North Main Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
(919) 748-1800
(800) 642-0841

The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), Military Personnel Records (MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th century.

National Personnel Records Center
9700 Page Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132

Military Personnel Records

Civilian Personnel Records
Former federal employees may request a copy of their final Standard Form 50, Notification of Personnel Action (SF 50), a complete copy of their Official Personnel Folder (OPF), or certain other forms by writing to:
National Personnel Records Center  
111 Winnebago Street 
St. Louis, MO 63118-4126

Military Service and Pension Records
Military Service Records in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.

Branch of Service Dates

Volunteers

Military service performed by persons serving during an emergency and whose service was considered to be in the Federal interest: 1775-1902

Regular Army

Enlisted personnel: 1789 - October 31, 1912
Officers: 1789 - June 30, 1917

Navy

Enlisted personnel: 1798 - 1885  Officers: 1798 - 1902
Marine Corps Enlisted personnel: 1789 - 1904  Some officers: 1789 - 1895
Coast Guard Persons who served in predecessor agencies to the U.S. Coast Guard; i.e., the Revenue Cutter Service (Revenue Marine), the Life-Saving Service, and the Lighthouse Service: 1791-1919
Confederate States Persons who rendered military service for the Confederate States government in its armed forces: 1861 - 1865
Veterans Records Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service, 1775-1916
Bounty land warrant application files relating to claims based on wartime service, 1775-1855

Newspapers

Obituary Central - The headquarters on the web for researching obituaries in family and genealogy studies.

US Newspaper Resources

United States Newspaper Program
The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
Participants by State:
AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | DC | FL | GA | HI | ID | IL | IN | IA | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | PR | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | VI | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY

Periodicals

Queries

GenConnect Queries

Probate Records

Surname Sites

SurnameWeb
A genealogy site about surnames. They provide origins, web page links, home pages, resource centers, and their patented search system.

Browse the surname listings:

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Pacific Island Genealogy

Taxation

Vital Records

About Vital Records

Birth

Birth or Death   Registrar of Vital Statistics   $2.00/Registrar has had records since 1900. Vital Statistics Section   Money order should be made payable to ASG Government of American   Treasurer. Personal checks are not accepted. Samoa   To verify current fees, the telephone number is Pago Pago, AS 96799   (684) 633-1222, ext. 214.

Death

Birth or Death   Registrar of Vital Statistics   $2.00/Registrar has had records since 1900. Vital Statistics Section   Money order should be made payable to ASG Government of American   Treasurer. Personal checks are not accepted. Samoa   To verify current fees, the telephone number is Pago Pago, AS 96799   (684) 633-1222, ext. 214.

GenConnect Obituaries Forum

Divorce

High Court of American   $1.00  Samoa Tutuila, AS 96799

Marriage

Same as Birth or Death   $2.00

Voting Registers

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