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Research Tips and Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page The Hawaii Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Hawaii. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Hawaii Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Hawaii

• Hawaii Online Genealogy Records
• How to find Hawaii Birth Records
• How to find Hawaii Marriage Records
• How to find Hawaii Death Records
• Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research
• Hawaii research helps
  

Hawaii Research Tips

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Hawaii.

• Birth information: Statewide registration of births began in 1842 in Hawaii, but most records begin in 1896, with general compliance by 1929. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
• Finding Parents: Hawaii death records exist as early as 1849. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Hawaii death records
• Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

[STATE] Record Finder

This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].

1. What you are looking for:	2. Try these records first:	3. Other useful records
Birth information	[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]] [[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]] [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]] [[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]	[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]] [[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] [[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]] [[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
Marriage information	[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage records]] [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]] [[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]	[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]] [[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]] [[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
Death information	[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death Records]] [[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]] [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]	[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]] [[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]] [[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
Parents	[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]] [[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]] [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]] [[[STATE] Census|Census]] [[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]	[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]] [[[STATE], United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
Maiden name	[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage Records]] [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]] [[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]	[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]] [[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
Immigration date	[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] [[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] [[[STATE] Census|Census]]	[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]] [[[STATE] Biography|Biography]] [[[STATE] History|History]]
Naturalization	[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] [[[STATE] Census|Census]] [[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]	[[[STATE] Voting Records|Voting Records]] [[[STATE] Biography|Biography]] [[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
Physical description	[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]] [[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)	[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]] [[[STATE] History|History]]

Further [STATE] Research

• Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].
• For online record collections, go to [[[STATE] Online Genealogy Records|[STATE] Online Genealogy Records.]]
• For more research on [STATE], including research at the county level, visit the [[[STATE], United States Genealogy|[STATE]]] page on the Research Wiki.
• Search all of the Hawaii record collections at FamilySearch.
• The Hawaii State Archives is also a great resource. Contact them for original documents and microfilms at:
• Genealogy Research Guide

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