0
edits
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
*''Austral Islands <br>Papeete, Tahiti ''of the ''Society Islands ''is the capital. The population is about 92,000. About half of the people in French Polynesia live on the island of ''Tahiti.'' | *''Austral Islands <br>Papeete, Tahiti ''of the ''Society Islands ''is the capital. The population is about 92,000. About half of the people in French Polynesia live on the island of ''Tahiti.'' | ||
In this siction you will find the followin information: | |||
My name is ''Gisele Maeva Takanga Buchin ''Tehaavi. My husband is ''Emile Auguste Tehaavi''. We are currently serving as missionaries in the Family History Department (May, 2004) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The following is a description of how I have been gathering and working on my family history. | ==== Case Study of Gisele Maeva Takanga Buchin Tehaavi, Historical background of French Polynesia from 1827 to 1957, ==== | ||
My name is ''Gisele Maeva Takanga Buchin ''Tehaavi. My husband is ''Emile Auguste Tehaavi''. We are currently serving as missionaries in the Family History Department (May, 2004) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The following is a description of how I have been gathering and working on my family history. | |||
'''1. The first thing I did was to ''talk to my mother ''and ask what information she had.''' | '''1. The first thing I did was to ''talk to my mother ''and ask what information she had.''' | ||
| Line 40: | Line 42: | ||
My mother’s people were born in ''Taega'' (pronounced Taenga), which is in the western part of the '''''Tuamotu Islands'''''to the east of the island of '''''Anaa.''''' | My mother’s people were born in ''Taega'' (pronounced Taenga), which is in the western part of the '''''Tuamotu Islands'''''to the east of the island of '''''Anaa.''''' | ||
'''Historical background''' | |||
A powerful sect which combined Tahitian traditions with Christian ideas called the '''''Mamia'' '''rose up in the island of ''Tahiti'' in about 1827. They were rebelling against the teachings and power of the Christian missionaries. They had ''Mana, or power''. This sect did not keep the ways of ''Mana ''according to the ''Tup`una,'' who are our ancestors. ''Mana'' is like the priesthood, and they did not keep the rules of it. To gain more power, the ''Mamaia'' told people they had to join them or be killed. The other choice was to flee. This sect and others, along with drought and over-population and seeking for freedom caused many of the people to migrate to other islands. | A powerful sect which combined Tahitian traditions with Christian ideas called the '''''Mamia'' '''rose up in the island of ''Tahiti'' in about 1827. They were rebelling against the teachings and power of the Christian missionaries. They had ''Mana, or power''. This sect did not keep the ways of ''Mana ''according to the ''Tup`una,'' who are our ancestors. ''Mana'' is like the priesthood, and they did not keep the rules of it. To gain more power, the ''Mamaia'' told people they had to join them or be killed. The other choice was to flee. This sect and others, along with drought and over-population and seeking for freedom caused many of the people to migrate to other islands. | ||
| Line 99: | Line 103: | ||
An important collection of compiled genealogies for the Pacific 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>These records were collected over a 50 year period and microfilmed in 1984 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The original collection consisted of 51 binders. The original materials no longer exist as an intact collection. However, there are nine microfilms of the binders available at various family history centers. They are numbers '''1358001-1358009'''. This collection contains family group records, pedigree charts, and oral genealogies collected from the islands of ''Hawaii,New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, ''and ''French Polynesia, ''including the ''Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamoto Archipelago. ''Look for the Mciorfilm numbers for French Polynesia by isalnd group, listed below. | An important collection of compiled genealogies for the Pacific 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>These records were collected over a 50 year period and microfilmed in 1984 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The original collection consisted of 51 binders. The original materials no longer exist as an intact collection. However, there are nine microfilms of the binders available at various family history centers. They are numbers '''1358001-1358009'''. This collection contains family group records, pedigree charts, and oral genealogies collected from the islands of ''Hawaii,New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, ''and ''French Polynesia, ''including the ''Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamoto Archipelago. ''Look for the Mciorfilm numbers for French Polynesia by isalnd group, listed below. | ||
[[ | [[Austral Islands|Austral Islands ]]<br>[[Gambier Islands|Gambier Islands ]]<br>[[Marquesas Islands|Marquesas Islands]] <br>[[Society Islands (includes Tahiti)|Society Islands (includes Tahiti)]]<br>[[Tuamotu Islands|Tuamotu Islands]] | ||
'''Get further information for individual island groups.<br>'''When you put your family history together, you may not have many dates to work with. Study the history of the islands where your ancestors lived by starting with the historical background for the island group of your ancestors. To see a time line for each of the island groups and to find research resources for them, please click on each of the island groups listed above separately. This is because the Wiki can only hold certain amounts of information at one time, so it has been separated into sections. | '''Get further information for individual island groups.<br>'''When you put your family history together, you may not have many dates to work with. Study the history of the islands where your ancestors lived by starting with the historical background for the island group of your ancestors. To see a time line for each of the island groups and to find research resources for them, please click on each of the island groups listed above separately. This is because the Wiki can only hold certain amounts of information at one time, so it has been separated into sections. | ||