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Kakolosi K. Tui’one, ''Tongan Pedigree Charts Including Royal Lineages'' (West Valley City, Utah: K. Tui'one, 2002) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1118215&disp=%5BTongan+pedigree+charts%2C+including+r%20%20&columns=*,0,0 CD-ROM no. 1125 supp.; PEDIGREE no. 2182 pt. 1-71]] 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. 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. You can call ''Kakolosi’s children at 801-446-5362 ''and they will print out the ones requested. If you want to buy the CD with all of the files on it, you 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.'''  

A printed copy of these maps is located in the bottom drawer of one of the large pedigree chart and map cases in the ''Family History Library in Salt Lake City.'' The call number is '''PEDIGREE no. 2182, pt. 1 - 71 INTL Pedigree File.''' Ask a Library Attendant for help in getting them.  

Note: Because the maps are computerized, each map has a ''file name''. The''file name ''contains family names on the charts. They start with the letters of the alphabet contained in the map. Look at the '''INDEX''' to see the file names for the maps and the name of the ancestral couple of the decendants on that map.  

Kalolaina and Tevita Mapawere were commissioned by the LDS Church to gather oral genealogies throughout''Tonga ''during the 1970s. There are over ''800 Tongan oral genealogical interviews'', which they gathered on reel-to-reel tapes. The tapes were transcribed, and the transcripts were microfilmed. In 2006, the tapes were transferred to compact disc (CD) in order to preserve them.&nbsp; For more information about these oral histories see the next Wiki page [[Tonga Oral History in the Family History Library|Tongan Oral History]].<br>  

'''Further Resources'''  

Use the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog to find the records of Tonga on an island-group-wide basis. To do this [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=422&subject_disp=Tonga&columns=*,0,0 click here], and then click on the blue underline topic of interest. <br>

Then type in the name of the ''island group'', such as ''Vava`u'' or ''Hapa`i'' where our ancestors were from to get a list of records made on that level. Then try typing in the name of the ''island'' and then the ''village'', in case any records were kept on those levels.