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Have Hawaiian ancestors? Genealogist and author Darcie Hind Posz, CG®, FASG suggests the following three sources.
1. The Cole-Jensen Collection of Oral Genealogies are indexed and searchable on FamilySearch. If you find an entry, you can then locate the entry in the binder cited. That entry will list who provided the information (possibly a family member), the parents, grandparents, children, spouses, and vital dates.
2. Hawaii has an 1890 census available by location at the University of Hawai'i Library website. It takes patience to go through them, but once you have located an individual, you are able to build off of tax assessments that are also available by location (most of the islands from 1850-1930).
3. The University of Hawai'i Library also has the Kūʻē Petitions (Anti-Annexation Petition of 1897). Men, women, and minors signed this anti-annexation petition, which is indexed by island and then district.
Hawaii has a wealth of records available for the 1880-1900 decades because of what was happening within that time in history on the islands. To learn more about Hawaiian resources see the Research in the States Hawaii book available from the NGS book store.
