Hawaii Biography

Online Resources

 * Hawaiian Roots - Genealogy of the Chiefs of Na Lani kamehameha and other Chiefs
 * Hawaii State Archives Mahele Book
 * Men and women of Hawaii, 1954, e-book
 * Men and women of Hawaii. v.9., e-book
 * Men of Hawaii, Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2, e-book

Biographies in Local Histories

 * Biographical information is often found in state, county, and town histories.
 * Towards the end of the 19th century, began publishers soliciting short biographical/family histories from local founding families, offering to publish them in an upcoming local history. This then became an incentive for family members to buy a copy of the book.
 * Families represented were not necessarily prominent. Practically everyone living there, especially in the Midwest, counted as an early settler.
 * These biographies often start with the first member of the family to settle in the area, and detail their descendants at the time of publishing. They may tell where the family moved in from. Children's marriages often are given, with maiden names included.

Finding Biographies
The Hawaii State Archives has a biographical file of published and manuscript information. A representative biographical encyclopedia for Hawaii is John William Siddall, Men of Hawaii (Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., 1917; FamilySearch Library ).
 * The county Wiki page lists several county histories. It also lists local libraries, and societies which probably have copies of local histories.
 * Many histories are no longer under copyright and can be found in the following online, digitized book collections. Search with keywords "History" and "the name of your locality" (state, county, or town).
 * FamilySearch Books
 * Google Books
 * World Cat
 * HathiTrust
 * Internet Archive
 * The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the FamilySearch Catalog under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History".

A more modern source of biographical information is Henry Pratt Judd, Men and Women of Hawaii: 1954 (Honolulu: Business Consultants, 1954; FS Library book ).