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My mother is ''Salote Lasini Fakatou'', who was born in 1915. Her father was ''Penisoni Kaufusi Fakatou ''and her mother was ''Selu Vaia Mafi''. They have 19 children, of which I am the 5th born. My father moved to the ''United States ''in 1960 because he wanted to take the family to the LDS temple. His life was dedicated to missionary work, family history, temple work, and priesthood service. He taught me his knowledge of family history work. Following are some things I have learned in doing Tongan family history work: | My mother is ''Salote Lasini Fakatou'', who was born in 1915. Her father was ''Penisoni Kaufusi Fakatou ''and her mother was ''Selu Vaia Mafi''. They have 19 children, of which I am the 5th born. My father moved to the ''United States ''in 1960 because he wanted to take the family to the LDS temple. His life was dedicated to missionary work, family history, temple work, and priesthood service. He taught me his knowledge of family history work. Following are some things I have learned in doing Tongan family history work: | ||
'''1. | '''1. Interview our family members and write 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. | '''2. Gather written records.<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 [[Step 5. Organize your information|picture in Step 5 of the Pacific Island Guide]].) | ||
'''3. | '''3. Enter information into Persona Ancestral File or similar computer program.'''<br>Family members helped me copy the information from the ''Hohoko'' into the [[PAF and Other Genealogy Organizers|Person Ancesral File computer program]]. From there, it can be printed out as [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Image:Pedigree_Chart_Blank.png pedigree charts] and [[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group records]] and entered into the TempleReady program to request [[Step 10. Submit names to the IGI|LDS temple ordinance work]]. | ||
'''4. | '''4. Write 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, Tisina Wolfgramm Gerber, ''[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH27&CISOPTR=31717 Iohani Wolfgramm, Man of Faith and Courage]'' (S.l.: s.n., 2001?) [FHL book 921.9612 G313i]. Testimonies, family stories and memories, as well as family history of our ancestors have been compiled in this book. | ||
'''5. | '''5. Share the information with others.<br>'''My father received a call to be a missionary in Tonga and spent 1941-1943 with his young 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. | ||
Before we came, my father was able to get permission to copy the royal lineage charts of ''Amelia Tamaha ''at the Kings’ palace. He brought these with him. The family donated them to the | Before we came, my father was able to get permission to copy the royal lineage charts of ''Amelia Tamaha'' at the Kings’ palace, and several other charts of Royal ancestors. He brought these with him. The family donated them to the Family History Library: | ||
Iohani | *Tisina Wolfgramm Gerber, ''[The Iohani and Salote Wolfgramm papers]'' (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=1116459&disp= [The+Iohani+and+Salote+Wolfgramm+paper++ FHL film 1224623]]. | ||
*''95 Genealogy Charts of Royal Families, Nobles, and Chiefs from `Ahoeitu and Tangaloa and his son `Ahoeitu (the first Tui Tonga, 950 A.D.) to Tui Ha`atakalaua, 1450, including the Ha`a Túi Kanokupolu line.'' This is not a complete record, but only a few from the Genealogy papers of Iohani and Salote Wolfgramm. | |||
'' | :'''Instructions:''' | ||
:When you 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 | |||
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