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===Cole Jensen Collection===
===Cole Jensen Collection===
[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/41772?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''''The Cole Jensen Collection: Oral Genealogies and Genealogical Information Collected from the Polynesian Peoples and from the Pacific Islands'''''] is a set of compiled and oral genealogies collected by William Cole and Elwin Jensen over a period of 50 years.  
The Cole Jensen Collection: Oral Genealogies and Genealogical Information Collected from the Polynesian Peoples and from the Pacific Islands is a set of compiled and oral genealogies collected by William Cole and Elwin Jensen over a period of 50 years.  
*The collection covers the islands of Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, and French Polynesia, including the Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago.  
*The collection covers the islands of Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, and French Polynesia, including the Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago.  
*It has been digitized and indexed and is available at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/results?count=20&query=%2Bbirth_place%3Aniue~%20%2Bcollection_id%3A9 '''FamilySearch Genealogies Index'''] and at the {{FHL|41772|title-id|disp='''FamilySearch Catalog'''}}.
*It has been digitized and indexed and is available at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/results?count=20&query=%2Bbirth_place%3Aniue~%20%2Bcollection_id%3A9 '''FamilySearch Genealogies Index''']
*It is also available on microfilm at the [[Family History Library|'''Family History Library''']] in Salt Lake City and the Auckland Libraries in New Zealand.


===FamilySearch Catalog===
===FamilySearch Catalog===
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/479507?availability=Family%20History%20Library Description reads '''"Manual processing collections, 1949-1981"''']. See [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YZF-C38?mode=g&cat=479507 '''film number 1553387'''. ] Final items on film are: '''"Niue: Afele--William (family group sheets), genealogy notes, Niue history, genealogies and notes, pedigrees, 1971-72 Alofi Branch attendance records, birth and baptism records on extraction cards (most 1957-63)."'''
Many oral genealogies can be found in the FamilySearch catalog:
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/700551?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Genealogies of Niue women:'''] Microfilm of original manuscript in the custody of the Department of Justice, Tufukia Alofi, Niue. Includes genealogies of Niue women arranged by village for use in determining property rights some of which inherited through maternal lines of descent.
====Browse a List of Oral Genealogies====
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/700547?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Niue genealogies:'''] Includes genealogies of persons of Niue. These were created at the request of persons interested in tracing their ancestry or by persons seeking to establish claims of citizenship or land ownership through inheritance. Records contain copies of letters of request and the conclusions of research usually in the form of genealogical tables.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AAmerican%20%2Bkeywords%3ASamoa%20%2Bkeywords%3Aoral%20%2Bkeywords%3Agenealogy%20%2Bkeywords%3Ainterview '''American Samoa Oral Genealogy Interviews'''] Polynesian Oral Genealogies are Ancestral starting with the informant and giving their pedigree or genealogy back to the First Ancestor.


====Search by Place====
*Go to '''American Samoa''' in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=423&query=%2Bplace%3A%22American%20Samoa%22 '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
*Once there, click on '''"Places within American Samoa"'''
*Go to the smallest possible jurisdictional level of your place of interest
*Click on the '''"Genealogy"''' topic


====Search by Keyword====
[[Category:Niue]]
*Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
*Click on the '''Keyword''' link
*Type in the search field the '''town of residence,''' the '''surname''' of the family that you are researching, and the phrase '''oral genealogy interview'''. The name search will be limited, finding only the name of '''the person who was interviewed.''' For a more complete search by name, use the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/results?count=20&query=%2Bbirth_place%3Aniue~%20%2Bcollection_id%3A9 '''FamilySearch Genealogies Index'''.]
 
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