Interested in doing your own genealogical research?
What is Genealogy?
via Dictionary.com
1. a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
2. the study of family ancestries and histories.
3. descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry.
Genealogy is Used For:
Scholarship & school applications
Land & housing applications (i.e. Hawaiian Homelands)
Tracing medical conditions
Religious tenets
Finding birth parents, other relatives
Types of Genealogical Records:
oral histories, interviews/ talk story sessions with family members
vital records (birth, death, marriage, & divorce certificates)
obituaries
newspaper articles
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
Other helpful websites:
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library Genealogical References
Researching Hawaiian Ancestry Guidebook
For more in-depth resources and helpful tips, visit the:
Genealogical Research Guide prepared by Keahiahi Long, archivist at Kamakakūokalani Center for Native Hawaiian Studies
Hawaiian Genealogies Research Guide prepared by Kapena Shim, archivist at Hamilton Library's Hawaiian Collection
Post update: Mar 5, 2020 4:37:01 PM