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My father, Mulivai Purcell, talked to the older folk who still have their genealogy memorized. He went back to his island and talked to the chiefs and asked them if they would be willing to recite it or voice record it. Sometimes he asked me to help type the transcripts of the tapes. | My father, Mulivai Purcell, talked to the older folk who still have their genealogy memorized. He went back to his island and talked to the chiefs and asked them if they would be willing to recite it or voice record it. Sometimes he asked me to help type the transcripts of the tapes. | ||
I donated these to the [https://www.familysearch.org/ | I donated these to the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] and they have been microfilmed. Check the [[FamilySearch Catalog]] under the author’s name, ''Mulivai Purcell''. Microfilm numbers for these are '''795863, 795864''', and '''795865.''' | ||
'''5. Pray for guidance and help to get the items we can’t get any other way.''' | '''5. Pray for guidance and help to get the items we can’t get any other way.''' | ||
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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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 | 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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 FamilySearch centers. This collection has family group records, pedigree charts, oral genealogies, and other genealogical materials collected from the islands of [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]], [[New Zealand Genealogy|New Zealand]], [[Samoa Genealogy|Samoa]], [[Tonga Genealogy|Tonga]], [[Niue Genealogy|Niue]], [[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]], and French Polynesia, including the Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago. | ||
Microfilms with information from Samoa are: | Microfilms with information from Samoa are: | ||
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==='''[[FamilySearch Catalog]]'''=== | ==='''[[FamilySearch Catalog]]'''=== | ||
The ''[https://www.familysearch.org/ | The ''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] ''has a large collection of ''Samoan ''records. <br>On the Internet, go to ''FamilySearch.org ''and choose the ''Library ''tab and then ''[[FamilySearch 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. | ||
Next, type in the name of the village where your ancestors came from to see if any records were made on that level. Click on the record types that interest you, and print out the lists you get. | Next, type in the name of the village where your ancestors came from to see if any records were made on that level. Click on the record types that interest you, and print out the lists you get. | ||
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