Welcome
To The
MelanesiaGenWeb
Project
Genealogy and History
from the Islands of Melanesia
This
site is part of the PacificGenWeb
Project
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If you have any questions about any of the sites here at Melanesia or would
like to volunteer please email me
Linda Simpson
Each of
the main areas of Melanesia have their own specific web pages. You
may access those pages by clicking on the links to each island below.
Each site provides access to, and the ability to contribute to surnames
lists, transcriptions of documents, post queries and more. For further
information about the project, click here.
Some
of the island sites in the MelasiaGenWeb Project still need Volunteer Coordinators.
If you would like to help or would like further information, please click
here
for details then e-mail
me.
General
Information
The geographical
area of the Pacific Ocean known as Melanesia comprises hundreds of tiny
islands with the main ones being Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Papua New
Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
More
than 200 different languages are spoken in the region, with English and
French being the most widely spoken languages.
The
map below indicates in red
the
areas of the Pacific Ocean known as Melanesia
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Fiji
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The islands of Fiji
lie in the Pacific Ocean to the east of Australia.
The Fiji site is maintained
by: Mike Calder. |
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New
Caledonia
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La Nouvelle Calédonie
as the French speaking locals call it, lies to the east of Australia in
the Coral Sea/Pacific Ocean. This site is managaed in conjunction with
the FranceGenWeb site, as it is technically a French province. The pages
for New Caledonia are in French & English.
This site is up for
adoption. |
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Papua
New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea is
situated to the north of Australia and takes in approximately half of the
largest island in the group.
The PNG GebWeb site
is maintained by: Linda
Simpson |
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Solomon
Islands
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More particularly
the South Solomon Islands, are the northern most island group of Melanesia.
This site is up for
adoption. |
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Vanuatu
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The islands of Vanuatu
are almost in the centre of the groups that make up Melanesia, lying east
of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, and to the north of New Caledonia.
This site is up for
adoption. |
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Lookups
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If you are able to
do lookups, or would like one of the Lookup Volunteers to do a lookup for
you, then this is the place you want |
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Queries
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List your Melanesian
Queries here. Queries for PNG and Fiji will be listed on those sites, while
those for New Caledonia are managed by FranceGenWeb |
Surnames
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List your Melanesian
Surnames here. Surname listings to PNG and Fiji will be listed on those
sites, while those for New Caledonia are managed by FranceGenWeb |
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Transcripts
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Transripts relating
to Melanesia in general may be posted here. Those relating to PNG and Fiji
will be handed to the respective sites for management, while those for
New Caledonia are managed by FranceGenWeb |
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