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SAMOANET - American Samoa - History of the Islands
Who the first Polynesians were, who
settled in what is now American Samoa,
will probably never be accurately
determined, but most archaeologists fix the
date at around 600 B.C. These first
inhabitants probably arrived in Tonga and
the Samoas from the west, perhaps by way
of Indonesia, the New Hebrides and Fiji. [eng]
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American Samoa Islands
American and Western Samoa comprises a series of Polynesian islands. American Samoa, a U.S. Territory since 1900, constitutes six islands; Western
Samoa, known as German Samoa between the late nineteenth century and 1917, became an independent nation in 1961. It includes two main islands and
many smaller ones. The Samoan islands have been inhabited for at least 2,400 years. [eng]
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American Samoa - History of the Islands
The exact date is unknown and will probably remain
so forever, but, sometime around 600 years before the
birth of Christ, Polynesians had already established
themselves on the eastern tip of Tutuila near the
present day village of Tula. [eng]
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AccessGenealogy - American Samoa's Genealogy Resource Center
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. [eng]
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