Hawaii Vital Records: Difference between revisions

*Information listed on vital arecords is given by and informant.  Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record.  The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the informaiton found on the record.  

*If you are unable to loace vital records recorded by govenments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial.  A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriags, and deaths.  

*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records.  Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anone except a direct relative.  

*Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records.'''  Search for Hawaii to locate records filed by the State and then serch the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by the county.