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Conducting Genealogy Research in Hawaiʻi

This LibGuide was created for the "Conducting Genealogy Research in Hawaiʻi" presentation at Honolulu Community College on September 19, 2016.

Kōlea aku i ka ʻohana.

Cry "Plover!" in seeking one's family.

Names are family possessions. In seeking one's
unknown kin, repeat the family names until they are found.

ʻŌlelo Noʻeau #1826

Why do genealogy research?

  • Scholarships

  • School applications

  • Land & housing applications (Hawaiian Homelands)

  • Trace medical conditions

  • Religious tenet

  • Find birth parents, other family members

Various types of genealogy information sources

  • Oral histories, talking with family members
  • Vital records (birth, death, marriage & divorce certificates)
  • Obituaries
  • Newspapers
  • Church records
  • Government documents
  • Journals
  • Probates & wills
  • Biographies
  • Genealogy books & charts
  • Ship Passenger Manifests
  • Tax Maps
  • Census Records
  • City Directories
  • School Yearbooks/annuals
  • Cemetery Indexes
  • Land Commission Awards
  • Native & Foreign Registers & Testimonies
  • Adoption Records
  • Criminal Records