Hawaii Research Helps

Pacific Island Guide &gt;  Hawaii Research Helps

Resources we can use to get further information and their locations in Hawaii are :
• Hawaiian Cemetery Records,

An index is located in the LDS Family History centers and Nanett Purnell has written guides for Oahu, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. Phone numbers for some of the Hawaiian Family History Centers: On Oahu: Honolulu 808-955-8910 Kalihi 808-835-9701 Kaneohe 808-247-3134 Laie 808-293-2133 Makakilo 808-j672-5971 Mililani 808-623-1712 Waipahu 808-678-0752 On Maui: Kahului 808-877-0586 On Hawaii: Kau 808-929-7123 Kona 808-329-4469

• The Hawaii State Archives (located behind Iolani Palace in Honolulu) 

Iolani Palace Grounds Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: 808-586-0329 Www.state.hi.us/dags/archives/

• The Hawaii State Dept. Of Health 

Mailing address to request records for genealogical purposes: Office of Health Status Monitoring Issuance/Vital Statistics Section P. O. Box 3378 Honolulu HI 96801 Physical location: 1250 Punchbowl St., Room 103 Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: 808-586-4533 Www.state.hi.us/health/records/genealogy.html

• The Bishop Museum Library, which has many Hawaiian oral genealogies of the ali`i prepared: 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu H I 96817 Phone: 808-848-4148 Www.bishopmuseum.org

• The Hawaii Historical Society 

560 Kawaihao Street Honolulu H I 96817 Phone: 808-537-6271

• The Hawaii State Library

478 South King St. Honolulu H I 96817 Phone: 808-j586-3500

• The Aloha Chapter House of the Daughters of the American Revolution 

1914 Makiki Heights Dr. Honolulu H I 96817

• The University of Hawaii Hamilton Library, Hawaii Collection 2550 The Mall Honolulu H I 96817 Phone: 808-956-7214 or 956-7205

•National memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, for records of veterans who were buried in Hawaii 2177 Puowaina Drive Honolulu H I 96817 Phone: 808-541-3546

• BYU Hawaii Joseph Smith Library Archives. 200 South High Street Wailuku, HI, 96793 Phone: 808-243-7825

For adoption, divorce, naturalization, and probate records, contact the county court house of the county where your ancestor lived: Hawaii County: 25 Aupuni St.. Room 209 Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: 808-961-8255 Honolulu County: Honolulu County Clerk, City Hall Honolulu HI 96813 Phone: 808-586-4533

Kauai County Kauai County Clerk 4396 Rice Street Lihue, HI 96766

Maui County Maui County Office of the County Clerk 200 High St. Wailuku, HI 96793 Phone 808-243-7825

Other Resources available The Family History Library has a large collection of records and books from the Hawaiian Islands. On the Internet, we can go to Familysearch.org and choose the Library tab and then Family History Library Catalog. We would then type in Hawaii to get records that are made on an Island Group-wide basis and print the items we are interested in. We would then type in the name of the island where our ancestors were from to get a list of records made on that level.

Next, we type in the name of the district where our ancestors came from to see if any records were made on that level and print out the lists we get, then click on the record types that interest us. We can also use a Film/fiche number search and look at the descriptions of these microfilms, all of which contain information about Hawaii: 1031511, 1031512, 1031513, 7194117, 1675576 Item 2, 1675265 item 4, 1308916, 1308917, 1308918, 1308919, and 1014417.

The family history centers on Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii have specialized information and help. See the list of family history centers by going to the Internet on computer at familysearch.org.