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''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide ]] > Tongan Customs'' <br> | ''[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research|Pacific Island Guide ]] > Tongan Customs'' <br> | ||
A case study with research steps, and description of genealogy resources in the Family History Library. | A case study with research steps, and description of genealogy resources in the Family History Library. | ||
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'''1. We should interview our family members and write down their information.'''<br>I have been interested in genealogy and family history ever since I was a child. I have wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps in finding and preserving the records of our people. I have a strong spiritual connection with my father because of a special manifestation that occurred during my childhood and a promise I made to him. He has worked and prayed a lot to get the information of his family, and so has my mom. We have talked for hours with my father and mother, and I helped them record in writing the things they have memorized and the records they have obtained. Also, I talked with my Aunt Edna P. Wolfgramm Burningham, to get information on the German lines. | '''1. We should interview our family members and write down their information.'''<br>I have been interested in genealogy and family history ever since I was a child. I have wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps in finding and preserving the records of our people. I have a strong spiritual connection with my father because of a special manifestation that occurred during my childhood and a promise I made to him. He has worked and prayed a lot to get the information of his family, and so has my mom. We have talked for hours with my father and mother, and I helped them record in writing the things they have memorized and the records they have obtained. Also, I talked with my Aunt Edna P. Wolfgramm Burningham, to get information on the German lines. | ||
'''2. We should gather written records from our family members.<br>'''My mother wrote our family genealogy on a family map, or ''Hohoko''. Many Tongan families have charts like this. She wrote on sail cloth with a ball point pen so it could be folded up and carried and not be torn or destroyed by the elements. The map is about 4 feet wide and 20 feet long. (See the picture | '''2. We should gather written records from our family members.<br>'''My mother wrote our family genealogy on a family map, or ''Hohoko''. Many Tongan families have charts like this. She wrote on sail cloth with a ball point pen so it could be folded up and carried and not be torn or destroyed by the elements. The map is about 4 feet wide and 20 feet long. (See the picture in Step 5 of the Pacific Island Guide.) | ||
'''3. We should enter information into Persona Ancestral File or another genealogical <br>computer program.'''<br>Family members helped me copy the information from the Hohoko into the Person Ancesral File computer program. From there, it can be printed out as pedigree charts and family group records and entered into the TempleReady program to request LDS temple ordinance work. | '''3. We should enter information into Persona Ancestral File or another genealogical <br>computer program.'''<br>Family members helped me copy the information from the Hohoko into the Person Ancesral File computer program. From there, it can be printed out as pedigree charts and family group records and entered into the TempleReady program to request LDS temple ordinance work. | ||
'''4. We should write down what we have learned and share the information with others.<br>'''We also compiled the stories of our family and published them in a book, “Iohani Wolfgramm, Man of Faith and Courage.” Testimonies, family stories and memories, as well as family history of our ancestors has been compiled in this book. A copy is in the Family History Library, call number 921.9612 G313i - JSMB INTL Book. | '''4. We should write down what we have learned and share the information with others.<br>'''We also compiled the stories of our family and published them in a book, ''“Iohani Wolfgramm, Man of Faith and Courage''.” Testimonies, family stories and memories, as well as family history of our ancestors has been compiled in this book. A copy is in the Family History Library, call number 921.9612 G313i - JSMB INTL Book. | ||
'''5. We should share the genealogical information we have with others who need to complete their family history and temple work.<br>'''My father received a call to be a missionary in Tonga and spent 1941-1943 with his young <br>Family, serving wherever the Lord called them to go. In 1965, he wanted to take his family to the temple, but there was none in Tonga at the time, so he wanted to bring his whole family to the United States. Through the blessings of the Lord, the family received permission, papers, and funding to immigrate to Utah. | '''5. We should share the genealogical information we have with others who need to complete their family history and temple work.<br>'''My father received a call to be a missionary in Tonga and spent 1941-1943 with his young <br>Family, serving wherever the Lord called them to go. In 1965, he wanted to take his family to the temple, but there was none in Tonga at the time, so he wanted to bring his whole family to the United States. Through the blessings of the Lord, the family received permission, papers, and funding to immigrate to Utah. | ||
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This is not a complete record, but only a few from the Genealogy papers of Iohani and Salote Wolfgramm.<br>'''Instructions:''' | This is not a complete record, but only a few from the Genealogy papers of Iohani and Salote Wolfgramm.<br>'''Instructions:''' | ||
When ywe find the Chief Line | When ywe find the Chief Line that your family descended from on one of the 95 charts, there are three more books that we will need.<br>1) ''Amelia Tamaha Records from the year 1844<br>2) Túi Latai Mataele (''who came from the royal lines) book of records he copied from the Tongan Royal Palace<br>3) ''Veikune book of records of Queen Matáaho’s father.<br>'' • A 3-page list of the genealogy with the title in English is at the beginning of the record. <br> • The record itself has 95 pages<br> • 79 Larger charts of more charts of more genealogy lines are also available.<br><br>''77 Genealogy Charts of Royal Families, Nobles, and Chiefs from `Ahueitu and Tangaloa and his son `Aho Eitu, the first Tui Tonga 950 A.D. toTakulaua Tui, Ha`a Takalaua 1450, including the Ha!a Túi Kanokupolu line.<br>''These charts are in larger print, with some additional names than are found on the 99 Genealogy Charts of Royal Families, Nobles, and Chiefs in this same collection.<br> •There is a list of the genealogies with an introduction in English at the beginning of the record. <br> •There are 77 pages in this record set. If you can’t find a name in the set of 99 genealogy charts, there are more names in | ||
this larger print version. | this larger print version. | ||
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During his life, ''Kakolosi Tui’one ''worked hard to collect the records of the ''Royal family of Tonga''. He was given permission in 1949 to copy the records of the royal family. During the last few years of his life he lived with this son, Stanley. He would stay up working on his computer all day and all night sometimes, trying to get the records complete. Kakolosi died just a few months after had finished his work, in the year 2002. | During his life, ''Kakolosi Tui’one ''worked hard to collect the records of the ''Royal family of Tonga''. He was given permission in 1949 to copy the records of the royal family. During the last few years of his life he lived with this son, Stanley. He would stay up working on his computer all day and all night sometimes, trying to get the records complete. Kakolosi died just a few months after had finished his work, in the year 2002. | ||
These records are on “maps” or''hohoko ''charts. They are on a Compact Disc that must be read by a ''Computer Assisted Design (AutoCAD14) ''program. (It is not possible to see what is on the CD by loading it onto a regular word processing program). | These records are on “maps” or ''hohoko ''charts. They are on a Compact Disc that must be read by a ''Computer Assisted Design (AutoCAD14) ''program. (It is not possible to see what is on the CD by loading it onto a regular word processing program). | ||
The maps are 32 by 41 inches and cannot be printed out by a regular computer printer because they are in AutoCad format. There are 70 maps in the set. We can call ''Kakolosi’s children at 801-446-5362 ''and they will print out the ones we request. If we want to buy the CD with all of the files on it, we can also request it from the Tui’one Family. The family donated a copy to the Family History Library, which has the call number '''CD-ROM no. 1125 - INTL Lib Att Win.''' | The maps are 32 by 41 inches and cannot be printed out by a regular computer printer because they are in AutoCad format. There are 70 maps in the set. We can call ''Kakolosi’s children at 801-446-5362 ''and they will print out the ones we request. If we want to buy the CD with all of the files on it, we can also request it from the Tui’one Family. The family donated a copy to the Family History Library, which has the call number '''CD-ROM no. 1125 - INTL Lib Att Win.''' | ||