INTERESTED IN SEEING THE SCANS OF THE ORIGINAL GENEALOGY BOOKS?
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As you view our searchable transcriptions of the Genealogy Books (G-Books) on our Hawaiian Ancestry - Moʻopono HSHK Knowledge Well site, it may be helpful to view the actual scan of the original G-Book simultaneously while doing your research.
Mahalo to the Hawaiʻi State Archives - Manuscript Collection for providing us access to these 55 Genealogy Books making this project possible! This collection of G-Books were written between the years of 1827 to 1984, and handwritten in either ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) or English.
Here is a list of other details featured in this collection:
- GEOGRAPHY: Hawaiʻi, Maui, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and more.
- CONTENT: Moʻokūʻauhau; Pedigree Charts; Moʻolelo; Mele; Pule; Chants; By-Laws; Interviews; Record Books; Financial Accounts; Receipts; Birth Notices; Death Notices; Criminal Records; Meeting Minutes; Letters; Miscellaneous papers; Index; Newspaper clippings; Testimonials; Oaths; Land epithets; Leases; Contracts; Affidavits; Diary entries; Medicinal documents (regarding lāʻau lapaʻau), and more.
- NOTABLE FIGURES: Liliʻuokalani, Kamehameha, Phillips, Keohohiwa, Keaweaheulu, Kepookulou, Kumuhonua, Wakea, S. M. Kamakau, Teresa Owana K. Rives (Wilcox), Robert Wilcox, Lucy K. Peabody, Hakaleleponi, Hale Naua Society, Ka ʻAha Lāʻau Lapaʻau, Kalakaua (owner), Jean Charlot (creator), Kamehameha III, H. Nahienaena, Liliha, David Malo (creator), Ka-moku-iki (creator), Kumulipo, Lolo, Paliku, Kamehameha I, Puʻanue, Punaimua, Kukona, Kalaniopuʻu, ʻOo Genealogy, Owela-wawahi-lani, Owe, Wakea Genealogy, Hema, Hana-laa-iki, Deborah Kapule Ke-kai-haakulou (creator), E. Kinaʻu (creator), Pauahi (creator), Kalai-moku (creator), Keaulumoku (creator), O. C. Kaʻeo (subject), Oliver Chapain (creator), Julia Nahinu (creator), and more.
The Hawaiʻi State Archives have grouped this collection into larger records that store 10 - 15 Genealogy Books into one scanned copy. To view these larger original files click on the HAWAII STATE ARCHIVES MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION GENEALOGY BOOKS box below.
We have re-organized this data by creating individual Genealogy Book pdf copies which can be downloaded by clicking on the G-BOOK DESCRIPTIONS AND DOWNLOAD box below. During our transcribing process, we noticed that some of the original scans show a few pages missing or scanned out of order. Our hui will continue to re-organize our Genealogy Book pdf copies and insert missing pages (if we receive access to those pages) throughout this project.