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'''The Cole Jensen Collection''' | '''The Cole Jensen Collection''' | ||
< | An important collection of compiled genealogies from Samoa 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 by William Cole and Elwin Jensen over a period of 50 years and microfilmed by the Genealogical Department of the LDS Church in 1984. The original collection consisted of 51 binders. The original materials no longer exist as an intact collection. However, there are nine microfilms (1358001-1358009) available at various family History centers. 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. | ||
Microfilms with information from Samoa are:urgess, and a collection fromt he courthouse in Pago Pago. | |||
1358006 | |||
'''1358004''': Samoan genealogy, Woolley Collection, Volume 1: Mata'upu , Alisa Toelupe | |||
O Maga, Selele or Aiaifua, Laulallula'a Johnson, Gafa o Frank Burgess of Neiafu Book, B | |||
'''Family History library Catalog''' | |||
The ''Family History Library ''has a large collection of ''Samoan ''records. <br>On the Internet, go to ''Familysearch.org ''and choose the ''Library ''tab and then ''Family History Library Catalog''. Type in ''Samoa'' to get records that are made on an ''Island Group-wide basis ''and print the items you are interested in. Then type in the '''''name of the island where your ancestors were from'''''to get a list of records made on that level. | The ''Family History Library ''has a large collection of ''Samoan ''records. <br>On the Internet, go to ''Familysearch.org ''and choose the ''Library ''tab and then ''Family History Library Catalog''. Type in ''Samoa'' to get records that are made on an ''Island Group-wide basis ''and print the items you are interested in. Then type in the '''''name of the island where your ancestors were from'''''to get a list of records made on that level. | ||