Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 8, 1 August 2006 — Genealogy indexes online [ARTICLE]

Genealogy indexes online

The Hawaiian online library ulukau.org has added to its website a genealogy research section, whieh includes indexes of various court and citizenship records, some dating as far back as the 1820s. The genealogy records were compiled by Hawai'i State Archives staff and include indexes of records such as marriages, divorces, deaths, wills, naturalization, denization and passports. The site presents two versions of the records: one that was laid out specifically for the web, and scanned images of the original documents. The genealogy section ean be researched by word search or though browsing eaeh index, whieh is listed by type of record and island. The website only contains the indexes of these records; the books containing the actual documents ean be accessed at the state archives located on the grounds of 'Iolani Palaee. Ulukau was officially launched in March 2004 as the result of a partnership between Alu Like Ine. and the Hale Kuamo'o Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. The site now includes a Hawaiian dictionary and plaee names database, a collection of more than 60 books and sections on Hawaiian newspapers, Māhele records and historical photography. The genealogy index is supported by an OHA grant.

NŪ HOU • NEWSBRIEFS