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''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide ]] > Step 1. To start, write down the basic information you know from memory.''<br> | |||
Many Tongan families keep a genealogical relationship chart (hohoko) where they write the names of their ancestors, descendants, and other relatives. Salote Wolfgramm wrote hers on sail cloth, while Kakolosi Tui`one recorded his on computer, using an architectural program. | Many Tongan families keep a genealogical relationship chart (hohoko) where they write the names of their ancestors, descendants, and other relatives. Salote Wolfgramm wrote hers on sail cloth, while Kakolosi Tui`one recorded his on computer, using an architectural program. | ||
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In this picture, Tisina Wolfgramm Gerber and her daughters are shown with her mother, Salote. They are copying their information from their sailcloth hohoko to the PAF computer program. | In this picture, Tisina Wolfgramm Gerber and her daughters are shown with her mother, Salote. They are copying their information from their sailcloth hohoko to the PAF computer program. | ||
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===== • We should find out how people of our island group traditionally keep track of their genealogy.<br>• We should use it to add any new information we have gathered onto our own family charts. <br>• We should keep adding information to our charts when someone is born, married, or dies. <br>• We can use these charts to refer to as we type our information into a computer. ===== | ===== • We should find out how people of our island group traditionally keep track of their genealogy.<br>• We should use it to add any new information we have gathered onto our own family charts. <br>• We should keep adding information to our charts when someone is born, married, or dies. <br>• We can use these charts to refer to as we type our information into a computer. ===== | ||
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• Information can be copied easily and more accurately from the computer and re-used many times without re-typing it. We can get paper printouts from the computer when we want them.<br>• Our information must be on a computer in order to prepare names for LDS temples (using TempleReady). This is because the Official Temple Record is a computer database. | • Information can be copied easily and more accurately from the computer and re-used many times without re-typing it. We can get paper printouts from the computer when we want them.<br>• Our information must be on a computer in order to prepare names for LDS temples (using TempleReady). This is because the Official Temple Record is a computer database. | ||
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<br>You can use the computers without charge at a family history center and in some ward meetinghouses worldwide. If you need help in using a computer, you can ask a staff member to help you. | <br>You can use the computers without charge at a family history center and in some ward meetinghouses worldwide. If you need help in using a computer, you can ask a staff member to help you. | ||
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• Check the Check if Living box, if the person is living. Put any dates you know, such as the birth date, in the ''Necessary Explanations ''column. | • Check the Check if Living box, if the person is living. Put any dates you know, such as the birth date, in the ''Necessary Explanations ''column. | ||
• ''Necessary Explanations'': Record as much information as you have for each person in this column, such as whether living, age at the time of death, birth date, place of birth, place of family residence, ancestral village, chiefly titles, whether adopted, divorced, etc.<br> | • ''Necessary Explanations'': Record as much information as you have for each person in this column, such as whether living, age at the time of death, birth date, place of birth, place of family residence, ancestral village, chiefly titles, whether adopted, divorced, etc.<br> | ||
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<br>Full name of Informant Date of Interview <br><br>Address of Informant | <br>Full name of Informant Date of Interview <br><br>Address of Informant | ||
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Generation no.<br>Ancestor <br>Spouses(s) <br>Children<br>if living | Generation no.<br>Ancestor <br>Spouses(s) <br>Children<br>if living | ||
<br>Necessary explanations<br> | <br>Necessary explanations<br> | ||
(Author's note: Pictures, examples, and charts are in process. Should be up in a week or so) | (Author's note: Pictures, examples, and charts are in process. Should be up in a week or so) | ||
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===== Pedigree Chart ===== | ===== Pedigree Chart ===== | ||
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The example below is a Pedigree chart of Nani Olsen Kelly of Hawaii. | The example below is a Pedigree chart of Nani Olsen Kelly of Hawaii. | ||
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===== Family Group Record ===== | ===== Family Group Record ===== | ||
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<br>For each set of parents on our pedigree chart, we should make a Family Group Record. | <br>For each set of parents on our pedigree chart, we should make a Family Group Record. | ||
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