Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 3, 1 April 2002 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Hawaiians now have an opportunity to paxticipate in the OHA Hawaiian Registry, a database that records and verifi.es Hawaiian ancestry. Participants will be given a picture identification card verifying their documented Hawaiian ancestry. A similar program, Operation 'Ohana, has been discontinued, but the OHA Hawaiian Registry will piek up where Operation 'Ohana left off, building a genealogical record bank for generations henee, so that vital records need not be produced repeatedly to access programs, benefits and entitlements. OHA will be working with other Hawaiian agencies that require ancestry verification toward the creation of a universal verification database. Find out more about the registry by going to an OHA Hawaiian Registr}' site, in communities throughout the state at locations to be announced. For infoimation, eall 594-1888 or visit online at www.OHA.org. Ho'oulu Lahui Aloha. ■**" "To Raise A Beloved Nation" , - cy\ Office of Hawaiian Affairs 711 Kapi'olani BIvd, Ste. 500, Honolulu, Hl 96813 Tei. 594.1888 • Fax. 5 9 4.1865 • www. OHA.org