Cook Islands (Includes Rarotonga): Difference between revisions

Use the Family History Library Catalog and get microfilms:  

*Type in '''Cook Islands'''.  

*Click on '''Cook Islands - Rarotonga - Genealogy'''.A list of oral genealogies will come up with the names of the families listed. By clicking on the one you are interested in you can get the microfilm number. Or, use a ''Film/fiche number search'' and look at the descriptions of the following microfilms, all of which contain information about Cook Island ancestors: '''795886, 795837, 795960, 795720, 108490, 108491, 108492, 108563, 112651, 865045, 1026227, 165044, 165045, 928558.'''

An important collection of&nbsp;compiled genealogies from Cook Islands is found in the <u>''Cole Jensen Collection: Oral Genealogies and Genealogical Information Collected from the Polynesian Peoples and from the Pacific Islands''</u>.&nbsp; These records were collected by William Cole and Elwin Jensen over a period of 50 years and microfilmed by the Genealogical Department of the LDS Church in 1984.&nbsp; The original collection consisted ov 51 binders.&nbsp; The original materials no longer exist as an intact collection.&nbsp; However, there are nine microfilms ('''1358001-1358009''') available at various family History centers.&nbsp; This collection has family group records, pedigree charts, oral genealogies, and other genealogical materials collected from the islands of Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, and Frenach Polynesia, including the Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago.