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Ancestry.com: A comprehensive search engine and family tree building center, Ancestry.com is one of the most recognized names in family history research.

 

Anonui-A Blog: Regarding Hawaiian genealogy and history.

 

AppleTree.com: A free website, open to everyone, where facts, stories, photos and more can be openly shared with the world. With over 44 million individual profiles easily searchable. With free access and open collaboration, users can quickly and simply grow the information in their family tree.

 

Archives: This resource is linked to the Hawai'i collection of Archives. With over 1 billion records, Archives is your complete solution for tracing your family tree as far back as possible.

 

Asian Pacific Digital Library: Traditions of O'ahu: Stories of an Ancient Island.

 

Awaiaulu: Awaiaulu provides access to Hawaiian language texts, empowers the publication process, and provides a setting where the skills and insights necessary for such efforts can be mastered. The goal is to foster Hawaiian mores, values and stories by moving the narratives that illustrate them out of the archives and into the hands of resource people and readers today. A great body of important Hawaiian literature lies beyond the reach of most people, archived for more than a century. The language and the knowledge contained in these works are wonderful resources for the 21st century.

 

Banyan Tree: Genealogy of the Hawaiian family Nahaolelua and descendants.

 

Bishop Museum Archives: The Library has one of the most extensive collections concerned with Hawai'i and the Pacific. Our holdings include books, periodicals, newspapers and special collections. The Archives holds the results of extensive studies done by Museum staff in the Pacific Basin. Included in the department's holdings, are collections of manuscripts, photographs, artwork, oral histories, commercial sound recordings and maps.

 

Bob Krauss Research Index: In 2006 the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library's Hawaiian Collection received the private research index created by the late Bob Krauss, longtime columnist for the Honolulu Advertiser and commentator on cultural, social, historical, and political developments in Hawaii. His wide-ranging knowledge of Hawai'i was phenomenal, and his research resulted in hundreds of columns and numerous books of history, biography, travel and social commentary. With the kind permission of the Krauss family, and financial support from the University of Hawai'i's University Research Council, this index is now available for public use.

 

Bureau of Conveyances: Also called the BOC; this division of the State of Hawai'i is charged with maintaining an accurate, timely and permanent record system for title to real property is the responsibility of the Bureau of Conveyances. The Bureau examines, records, indexes, and microfilms over 344,000 Regular System and Land Court documents and maps annually; issues Land Court Certificates of Title; certifies copies of matters of record; and researches UCC requests. Hawaii is the only state in the nation with a single statewide recording office.

 

BYU Hawai'i-Joseph F. Smith Library: Brigham Young University (BYU) is the preeminent international center of learning in the Pacific. Its small campus is a unique laboratory of intercultural leadership development, where a diverse population of 2,500 students representing over 70 countries live, study, and work together. The Joseph F. Smith Library is the heart of research and academia at the university, boasting a Pacific-wide archives collections containing documents, periodicals, books, manuscripts, photographs and much more.

 

Center for Oral History: College of Social Sciences-University of Hawai'i at Mānoa: Established in 1976 by the Hawaii State Legislature. COH preserves the recollections of Hawai'i's people through oral interviews and disseminates oral history transcripts to researchers, students, and the general community. COH also develops books, articles, catalogs, brochures, photo displays, and videotapes based on oral histories, serves as a resource center for oral history materials, and trains groups and individuals in oral history research.

 

Clinton Kanahele Collection: Clinton Kanehele (1902-1979) spent his career as an educator in Hawaii. He served as principal of Castle High School in Kailua, Benjamin Parker Elementary School in Kaneohe, and Laie Elementary School in Laie. He served in the Oahu Stake Presidency under Edward Clissold for many years. Kanahele spoke fluent Hawaiian and was deeply committed to the preservation of the Hawaiian language. From June to September of 1970, Kanahele, with the assistance of William Sproat, interviewed twenty individuals whose exceptional knowledge of Hawaiian language, history, and culture would prove valuable to future generations and help to “preserve the Hawaiian language.” The subjects of the interviews range from Hawaiian culture, to the history of specific places such as Laie, Oahu, and Peahi, Maui, to the personal experiences of Native Hawaiians throughout their lives.

Cole Jensen Collection: Oral genealogies and genealogical information collected from the Polynesian peoples and from the Pacific Islands. This link is preset to the search page of this resource.

 

Constitutions of Hawai'i: An internal NHGSoc website section. The purpose of creating a separate section of the website pertaining to the Constitutions of Hawai'i is due to the nature at which these documents are looked at in the current political and social climate throughout Hawai'i and the Hawaiian community throughout the world. We feel it is important to list these documents in a separate section of the website in order to provide an easy way for our society members and the general public to access these documents.

 

DistantCousin.com: An online archive of genealogy records and scanned images of historical documents from a wide variety of sources, such as newspaper obituaries, city directories, census records, ship lists, school yearbooks, military records, and more. In all there are more than 6 million genealogy records from over 1,500 sources online. There are no fees or memberships required to use the records at DistantCousin.

 

Dole Corporation Archives: The Archives of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company/Dole Corporation were recently acquired by the UHM Library. This gift of material was facilitated by archive consultant, Peter Smith, whose father once worked for the Dole Corporation. His contact with Hawaiian Curator, Dr. Chieko Tachihata, led to the Library's receiving this important record of the pineapple industry in Hawai'i. The largest of the pineapple companies, Hawaiian Pine, was established in 1901 at Wahiawa, O'ahu, by James D. Dole. With the invention of the Ginaca machine in 1911, by employee Henry Ginaca, cannery production more than tripled and the industry expanded. The Ginaca machine cores and peels the pineapple in one operation. The company's name was changed to Dole Corporation, today Dole Foods, and in 1961 merged with Castle & Cook. Records in the archives span the years 1901-1988, years when pineapple as a signature product of Hawaii, touched the lives of many individuals who worked in the fields and the canneries. Also included are records of Dole Corporation's international activities and relations with other Hawaii companies and organizations

 

Family Search: The largest genealogy organization in the world. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. For over 100 years, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide. Patrons may freely access our resources and service online at FamilySearch.org, or through over 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries, including the renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

 

Find A Grave: Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour. The site simply wouldn't exist without the 800,000+ contributors.

 

Genealogy.com: A service of Ancestry.com. Contains several searchable discussion forums and databases.

 

Geni.com: Geni's vision is to empower our users to create the world's single family tree. We provide a number of collaborative and social resources that help simplify the process of researching genealogy and finding new branches of your family tree.

 

Google News Archive: This online resource hyperlink is preset to the search term Hawaiian King. It provides historical and some genealogical accounts reported in various newspapers and media publications throughout the world, during the time of the Kingdom, Republic, Territory and State of Hawai'i.

Hawai'i Alive: A cooperative work led by the Bishop Museum to share resources from our collection, library and archives with the general public, especially teachers gathering resources to teach Hawaiian Language, History and Culture in accordance with Hawai'i Department of Education Content and Performance Standards.

 

Hawai'i Census: A collection of various online resource links pertaining to the census in Hawai'i.

 

Hawai'i DOH (Department of Health): DOH is the "keeper" of some of Hawai'i's historical records such as birth and death certificates.

 

HawaiianEncyclopedia.com: Glossary of Important Persons of Hawaiian History from Ancient Times to the Present Day. This resources contains a large amount of sourced genealogical data.

 

Hawai'i Family Group Sheets (FGS) Project: A project devoted to gathering FGS (family group sheets) of Hawaiian 'ohana's (families). This is a collaborative environment with submissions provided by individual contributors.

 

Hawai'i Genealogy Forum: A service of Genealogy.com. Also known as GenForum.

 

Hawai'i Migrations: A website listing the names and information of individuals who migrated from, to and through Hawai'i, including birth years, census information, etc.

 

Hawai'i Residents Casualties During the Korean Conflict: A service of DistantCousin.com.

 

Hawai'i Residents Casualties During the Vietnam War: A service of DistantCousin.com.

 

Hawai'i Ship Passenger Records/Manifests: Digitized by the Hawai'i State Archives, this collection includes records/manifests of travelers to and from Hawai'i from China, Japan and Portugal. The collection as a whole contains over 100,000 individual records. This link will take you to a separate page on our website with individual links to each geographic collection.

 

Hawai'i State Archives: Access to the Hawaii State Archives' online databases and resources.

 

Hawai'i State Archives Vital Statistics Collections: Records of births, marriages and deaths for the island of Kaua'i, Moloka'i and Ni'ihau.

 

Hawai'i State Archives Digital Collections: Access to the Hawai'i State Archives' online digital collection of historical records.

 

Hawai'i State Archives Catalog: Access to the Hawai'i State Archives' catalog searchable through this online database.

 

Hawai'i State Public Library System (HSPLS): The mission of the Hawaii State Public Library System is to provide Hawaii's residents, in all walks of life, and at each stage of their lives, with access to education, information, programs and services, and to teach and nurture the love of reading and the habit of life-long learning.
 

 

Historical Images of Hawai'i (The Sandwhich Islands): Images are from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (see Historical Maps of Hawai'i resource below). Images may be used for non-commercial purposes only. Citations are provided with each image.

 

Historical Maps of Hawai'i: A collection of various online resource links pertaining to historical maps of Hawai'i.

  

Honolulu County Genealogical Society: Hawai'i genealogical and historical records online.

 

Honolulu Family History & Genealogy Message Board: A service of RootsWeb.com, an affiliate/community of Ancestry.com. Here you will find discussion topics posted on various genealogy queries pertaining to Honolulu County Hawai'i.

 

Honua 'Ōlelo Hawai'i (Outside of the Classroom): This is a Facebook profile page for 'Aha Pūnana Leo's Niuolahiki Distance Learning Program.

 

Interment.net: A publisher of cemetery transcriptions for use by genealogists and local historians. Visitors use our online library to help them locate burials of their family and friends, trace their family history, and learn something about cemeteries in general.

 

Internet Archive: The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.

 

IslandRoutes: The Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy and Heritage website.

 

Ka'iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center: A multi-media haven for online cultural learning. Here you’ll find videos, snapshots, articles, recipes, interviews, profiles of Hawaiian elders, and more. This web site is the virtual counterpart of the long-awaited Ka'iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center which will soon be constructed at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

 

Keko'olani.org: A great resource created by the Founder of NHGSoc, Dean Keko'olani. Containing a large genealogy database, Ali'i charts, pedigrees, mo'olelo (history), etc., it is a great resource for any researcher studying the mo`okū`auhau (genealogy) of the Kānaka Māoli (Native Hawaiian).

 

Keouanui: Website providing important and historical information pertaining to the Kingdom of Hawai'i Royal Families.

 

Kumu Pono Associates LLC: Since the 1970s, on-going research and study development by founders Kepa and Onaona has included conducting detailed historical archival studies; indexing and translating Hawaiian language accounts from historic Hawaiian newspapers, journals, and land records; conducting detailed oral history studies; writing cultural assessment studies, site preservation- and cultural resource management plans; and contributing to the development of integrated resource management plans. Research and studies have been undertaken as a part of State and Federal historic preservation review programs, and community based resource stewardship programs throughout the State of Hawaii.

LDS Family History Library Hawaiian Genealogies Microfilm Collection: This will lead you to a link which will show a listing of all microfilms held by the LDS Church and available through various Family History Libraries as they pertain to Hawaiian genealogies.

 

Midwest Genealogy Center: The Midwest Genealogy Center opened in June 2008. The largest free-standing public genealogy library in the United States boasts 52,000 square feet of resources for family history researchers. Last year, over 118,000 patrons visited this library.

 

Maoliworld - Ke Ao Maoli

Maoli.Wikispaces.com: An online Hawaiian History resource, with information on ali'i genealogy and other data sources.

 

Mormon Missionary Diaries: This link is pre-set to the search term Hawaii with a return of 106 results throughout the collection. One of the great values that Mormon missionary diaries give us is the insight into the lives of ordinary people, missionaries and the people they labored among. We find deep religious insights set against cultural and social biases, often fermenting in misunderstandings due to language gaps of considerable proportions.

Mormon Pacific Historical Society (MPHS) Digital Collections: Part of the BYU Harold B. Lee Library Digital Collections. This resource contains some of the proceedings documents for the MPHS annual conferences. Some articles contained within pertain to Native Hawaiian history and genealogy.

 

MyHeritage.com-Genealogy Center: A free resource devoted to allowing others to built family trees and private family websites.

 

Nānā i ke kumu (Look to the source): Explanation of Hawaiian Values as described by Mary Pukui. Volume 1. This resource provides great insight into Hawaiian values and provides definitions, background information, historical significance and much more for much of the information it contains.

 

National Archives: This resource is linked to the Hawai'i collection of the National Archives website. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.

 

National Archives-Genealogy Resources: This resource is linked to the Genealogists section of the National Archives website. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.

 

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: A service of Interment.net. Also known as the "Punchbowl", it lies in the middle of Puowaina Crater, an extinct volcano. It was officially dedicated on September 2, 1949, on the 4th anniversary of V-J Day. Of all the national cemeteries, this one has been described as the most beautiful and the most moving. U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs database.

Nupepa: An online blog pertaining to the Hawaiian-language newspapers of old. Great articles pertaining to various topics and events covered in Hawaiian-language newspapers.

 

Nutfield Genealogy: Chronicling American and Hawaiian cousins. This is a single blog post written by the author.

 

O'ahu Island Genealogy Forum: A service of Genealogy.com. Also known as GenForum.

 

Pacific Islands Research Room: Part of the Joseph F. Smith Library at BYU Hawai'i. The Pacific Islands Research Room is devoted to the study and learning of the people of the Pacific Islands. Located in the Joseph F. Smith Library at BYU Hawai'i Campus, the room is filled with books, maps and many artifacts relating to the Pacific Islands.

 

Papakilo Database: Created and maintained by OHA (Office of Hawaiian Affairs). An ongoing development of a comprehensive "Database of Databases" consisting of varied collections pertaining to significant places, events, and documents in Hawai'i's history. This online repository will greatly increase OHA's ability to preserve and perpetuate cultural and historical information and practices, and provide an invaluable resource to educate other regulatory agencies, OHA's Native Hawaiian beneficiaries, and the general public. Find this resource on Facebook as well.

 

Polynesian Pathways: This website explores the genetic, cultural and geographical origins of the Polynesian people.

Punawaiola: Ka Huli Ao: Digital Archives: Ka Huli Ao Digital Archives is dedicated to the collection and dissemination of digitized documents of legal, historic and cultural significance for Hawai'i.

Real Native Hawaiian Spirituality: This is a Facebook Group.

 

RecordsBase.com: A leading online genealogy resource. Our mission is to help genealogists everywhere on their journey to uncover the mysteries of their past, discover the treasures of their family history and explore their heritage.

 

Recovering Hawaiian Lands: This is a Facebook Page.

 

RootsWeb.com: An affiliate/community of Ancestry.com. The primary purpose and function of RootsWeb.com is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research. Most resources on RootsWeb.com are designed to facilitate such connections.

 

Search Team: A collaborative search engine. Great for genealogists who wish to work together to find resources on the internet for genealogy purposes etc. 

 

State of Hawai'i-Island Newspaper Obituaries: Copied from the Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Kauai Garden Island News, Maui News and Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Dates ranging from 1990 to 2010 are currently available.

 

State Historic Preservation Division (Department of Land and Natural Resources): The State Historic Preservation Division of DLNR works to preserve and sustain reminders of earlier times which link the past to the present. SHPD's three branches, History and Culture, Archaeology, and Architecture, strive to accomplish this goal through a number of different activities. The division's statewide Inventory of Historic Properties contains information on more than 38,000 historic sites in Hawai'i.

 

Tax Assessment and Collection Ledgers: A service of Ulukau. This resource provides the name, age and residence of taxpayers, type of property (personal or real), property value and taxpayer exemptions from 1847 to 1899. The majority of the ledgers are in Hawaiian, but some are in both Hawaiian and English. Currently, this resource only contains ledgers for two districts on the island of Hawai'i.

 

The Ancient History of Hookumu-ka-lani Hookumu-ka-honua: This work was originally written by Solomon Peleioholani in longhand and then translated into English and typed by his friend and newspaper editor J.M. Poepoe. This is a 45-page review of commentary of the ancient Hawaiian cosmogonies (creation theories). It includes some corrections of popular, but mistaken ideas. There is also rare missing information from his own family traditions. Among these, the information that the now lost Hookumu-ka-lani Hookumu-ka-honua mele was the most superior chant, containing and eclipsing even the venerable Kumulipo. In this work he gives the opening lines of the Hookumukalani Hookukahonua. This rare fragment is all that is preserved of this precious chant today. The fragment (Page 1) describes the creation of heaven and earth. Later, he recites a prayer of thanksgiving offered by the Hawaiians who arrived from Alaska. In this very ancient chant, the Arctic Ocean is also named and described.

 

The Annexation of Hawai'i: A Collection of Documents: These documents are being scanned and will be offered in image and/or PDF format for viewing and printing, in searchable text format and MS Word format where possible. Paper and microfilm copies are available in Hamilton Library, at the call numbers listed below.

 

The Experiences of a Medical Student, 1881: The full title of this book is, "The Experiences of A Medical Student in Honolulu, And On the Island of Oahu, 1881" by L. Vernon Briggs. It contains records of vaccinations kept during trips around the island of O'ahu from January 3 through January 21, 1881. Dr. Vernon L. Briggs was hired by the Kingdom of Hawai'i to provide these vaccinations to the inhabitants of O'ahu to stave off smallpox. The Addenda section of his book contains a vast wealth of genealogical data is it is information he recorded first hand. The book was digitized and placed online by the University of Michigan. The Addenda begins on page 225 and the resource hyperlink above is preset to open on this page.

 

The Hawai'i Almanac: Now commonly known as "Thrum's" was published annually between 1875 and 1974. In addition to statistical reports on business, population, government, weather and geography, each volume included directories of government, businesses and organizations, and articles and essays on a wide variety of topics. University of Hawai'i At Mānoa Library.

 

The Hawaiian Language Newspaper Index: A service of the Bishop Museum. The index is made available in English to stimulate interest in and use of this valuable resource, and to emphasize the need to build a greater proficiency in understanding the Hawaiian language of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

 

 

 

The Kamehameha Schools Archives: The purpose and mission of the Kamehameha Schools Archives is to collect historical information about Kamehameha Schools, organize, preserve and store it, along with making the collection available to the Kamehameha Schools 'ohana.

 

The Library of Congress: As part of the American Memory collection, this resource is qued on the search term/topic "Hawaii" and provides 100 individual resources on the aforementioned search term/topic.

 

The Mahele Book: Online access to one of the Mahele books dated January 1848 during the reign of Kamehameha III. This is a digitized version.

 

The Maps of Henry E. P. Kekahuna: A valued contributor to Bishop Museum's records of traditional Hawaiian culture over the many years he assisted anthropologist Kenneth P. Emory. He made detailed records of numerous archaeological sites on Hawai'i Island for the Museum and the National Park Service, and helped gather local lore from elder Hawaiians.

 

The Morgan Report: The "Morgan Report" is today's name for a report to the U.S. Senate by its Committee on Foreign Relations, whose chairman was Senator John T. Morgan, Democrat of Alabama. Senate Report 227 of the 53rd Congress, second session, was dated February 26, 1894. It was an investigation into the events surrounding the Hawaiian Revolution of 1893, and the alleged role of U.S. peacekeepers in the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani.

 

The Research Journal: Genealogy blog companion to IslandRoutes/YourIslandRoutes.com Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy and Heritage website.

 

The Tombson Transcription Project-Hawai'i: Listings of burials on the islands of Hawai'i, O'ahu, Moloka'i, Kaua'i, Maui. Each island contains multiple links to various cemeteries.

 

Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library, English Edition.

 

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library-Digital and Digitized Collections: Access to digital images of special research materials in the UH Mānoa Library including the Hawai'i War Records Depository (HWRD-Honolulu Newspaper Photos, Aloha Hawai'i Scrapbook, Hawaiian Photo Album, Hawai'i Congregational Papers: Senator Hiram Fong Exhibit, etc.

 

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library-Mahele & Other Land Awards and Land Ownership in Hawai'i: A list of documents and microfilms contained within the the Joan Hori Hawaiian Collection as it pertains to the Mahele & Other Land Awards and Land Ownership in Hawai'i.
 

 

WorldConnect-Family Trees Search: A service of RootsWeb.com, this free service allows you to search over 640 million names that are on file within WorldConnects family trees.

 

World Digital Library: This search is preset to the search term/topic "Hawaii" and provides 4,765 individual resources on the aforementioned search term/topic. The World Digital Library is a cooperative project of the Library of Congress, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and partner libraries, archives, and educational and cultural institutions from the United States and around the world. The project brings together on a single website rare and unique documents – books, journals, manuscripts, maps, prints and photographs, films, and sound recordings – that tell the story of the world’s cultures. The site is intended for general users, students, teachers, and scholars.

 

World War 1 Draft Registration Cards: Digitized by the Hawai'i State Archives, this collection includes a full list of individuals for whom there are digital renderings of World War 1 Draft Registration Cards. The link automatically connects you to the resource list of each individual, accessible alphabetically. World War I Records from 1919-1926 document the service history of Hawaii residents (and some non-Hawaii residents) who were in the armed forces during World War I. Records were compiled by the offices of the War and Navy Departments under the provisions of a Congressional Act approved on July 11, 1911 for the use of state and territorial authorities in the administration of various bonus, veterans preference, and state compensation. The information on the cards was obtained from enlistment records. The cards show names, serial number, race, residence, place and date of enlistment or induction, place of birth, age, former service records, rank and discharge date. Some records also list date of birth, promotions, principal stations, wounds or other injuries received in action.