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''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide&nbsp;]] &gt; Step 5. Organize your information''<br>
''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide&nbsp;]] &gt; Step 5. Organize your information''<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.<br>In the picture above, 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.  
 
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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.
 
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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. =====


==== The importance of getting our information into a computer  ====
==== The importance of getting our information into a computer  ====
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