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Compiled Genealogies[edit | edit source]

The term genealogy is used in this Wiki article and in the FamilySearch Catalog to describe a variety of records containing family information previously gathered by other researchers, societies, or archives. These records can include pedigree charts, compiled data on families, correspondence, ancestor lists, research exchange files, record abstracts, and collections of original or copied documents. These can be excellent sources of information that can save you valuable time. Because they are secondary sources of information, however, they must be carefully evaluated for accuracy.

Family Trees[edit | edit source]

Digital Books[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]

Many family histories can be found on the FamilySearch Catalog by performing a surname search:

Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
Click on the Surname link
Type in the search field the last name of the family that you are researching

OR to filter by location and surname:

Go to the FamilySearch Catalog
Click on the Keyword link
Type in the search field the country of residence and last name of the family that you are researching

Oral Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Oral genealogies are spoken lineages that are common in certain parts of the world. Oral Genealogies can be especially useful in localities where few if any written records exist and in some cultures are the main genealogical tool for researchers. The following are resources for finding Oral Genealogies for the Cook Islands.

For more background information, see Oral Genealogies.

Online Records[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Genealogies Index. Enter specific names and places in the search fields in the left sidebar.

Cole Jensen Collection[edit | edit source]

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.
It has been digitized and indexed and is available at FamilySearch Genealogies Index and in the FamilySearch Catalog at:
- The Cole-Jensen collection : Oral genealogies, and
- Manual processing collections, 1949-1981.
It is also available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City and the Auckland Libraries in New Zealand.

FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]

Many oral genealogies can be found in the FamilySearch catalog:

Browse a List of Oral Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Cook Islands 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[edit | edit source]

Go to Cook Islands in the FamilySearch Catalog
Once there, click on "Places within Cook Islands"
Go to the smallest possible jurisdictional level of your place of interest
Click on the "Genealogy" topic

Search by Keyword[edit | edit source]

Go to the 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 FamilySearch Genealogies Index.

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+==Compiled Genealogies==
-'''Cole Jensen Collection'''
+The term genealogy is used in this Wiki article and in the FamilySearch Catalog to describe a variety of records containing family information previously gathered by other researchers, societies, or archives. These records can include pedigree charts, compiled data on families, correspondence, ancestor lists, research exchange files, record abstracts, and collections of original or copied documents. These can be excellent sources of information that can save you valuable time. Because they are secondary sources of information, however, they must be carefully evaluated for accuracy.
+===Family Trees===
+*{{FSC|227460|title-id|disp=Polynesian genealogies}}
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees FamilySearch Genealogies]
+*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1030/ Ancestry.com Public Member Trees] ($)
+===Digital Books===
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/ FamilySearch Digital Library]
+*[https://books.google.com/ Google Books]
+*[https://www.worldcat.org/ World Cat]
+*[https://www.hathitrust.org/ HathiTrust]
+*[https://archive.org/ Internet Archive]
-An important collection of compiled genealogies from Cook Islands is found in the ''Cole Jensen Collection: Oral Genealogies and Genealogical Information Collected from the Polynesian Peoples and from the Pacific Islands''. 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''') that may be available to view at the 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 French Polynesia, ''including the ''Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, ''and the ''Tuamotu Archipelago.''
+===FamilySearch Catalog===
+Many family histories can be found on the FamilySearch Catalog by performing a '''surname search''':
-The microfilm with the transcript of Cook Island genealogies is '''1358004.'''
+*Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+*Click on the '''Surname''' link
+*Type in the search field the '''last name''' of the family that you are researching
-'''Oral genealogies taped in the 1970s'''
+OR to filter by '''location and surname''':
-During the 1970s the Genealogical Department commissioned people to go to the Pacific Islands and gather oral genealogies because they realized how fragile these important sources of family information are.They made arrangements for the interviews and the older people talked into the tape recorder microphone to get their genealogy on tape. Later the gatherers typed transcripts of the interviews onto paper. The paper transcripts were microfilmed,You can use the table below to find the microfilm number of the '''transcript''' for the interview you are interested in.
+*Go to the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
-<br>
+*Click on the '''Keyword''' link
+*Type in the search field the '''country of residence and last name''' of the family that you are researching
-The list below is a sample of more that 80 genealogies available.&nbsp;
+==Oral Genealogies==
+Oral genealogies are spoken lineages that are common in certain parts of the world. Oral Genealogies can be especially useful in localities where few if any written records exist and in some cultures are the main genealogical tool for researchers. The following are resources for finding Oral Genealogies for the Cook Islands.
+*For more background information, see [[Oral Genealogies|'''Oral Genealogies'''.]]
+===Online Records===
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/results?offset=0&q.anyPlace=Cook%20Islands '''FamilySearch Genealogies Index'''.] Enter specific names and places in the search fields in the left sidebar.
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+===Cole Jensen Collection===
-|-
+{{FSC|41772|item|disp='''''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.
-| align="center" | '''Last Name'''
+*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.
-| align="center" | '''First Names'''
+*It has been digitized and indexed and is available at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/results?offset=0&q.anyPlace=Cook%20Islands '''FamilySearch Genealogies Index'''] and in the FamilySearch Catalog at:
-| align="center" | '''Residence'''
+**{{FSC|41772|title-id|disp='''The Cole-Jensen collection : Oral genealogies'''}}, and
-| align="center" | '''About place'''<br>
+**{{FSC|479507|title-id|disp='''Manual processing collections, 1949-1981'''}}.
-| align="center" | '''Tape'''
+*It is also available on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ '''FamilySearch Library'''] in Salt Lake City and the Auckland Libraries in New Zealand.
-| align="center" | '''mp3'''<br>
-| align="center" | '''Transcript'''<br>
-| align="center" | '''PAF'''<br>
-|-
-| Aerepo
-| Iviiti
-| Ngati Vara
-| Mangaia
-| align="center" | 51
-| align="center" | <br>
-| align="center" | 795859 Item 4
-| align="center" | <br>
-|-
-| Apainuku
-| Paiti
-| Tuatu
-| Aitutaki
-| align="center" | 41
-| align="center" | <br>
-| align="center" | 795886 Item 11
-| align="center" | <br>
-|-
-| Ariki
-| Jane Tararo
-| Oiretumu
-| Mauke
-| align="center" | 70
-| align="center" | <br>
-| align="center" | 795886 Item 37
-| align="center" | <br>
-|-
-| Auai-te-tangata-ka-ta
-| <br>
-| Ivirua
-| Mangaia
-| align="center" | 48
-| align="center" | <br>
-| align="center" | 795886 Item 18
-| align="center" | <br>
-|}
+===FamilySearch Catalog===
+[[File:Catalog English.jpg|right|300px]]
+Many oral genealogies can be found in the FamilySearch catalog:
+====Browse a List of Oral Genealogies====
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3Acook%20%2Bkeywords%3Aislands%20%2Bkeywords%3Aoral%20%2Bkeywords%3Agenealogy '''Cook Islands 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 '''Cook Islands''' in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=1927201&query=%2Bplace%3A%22Cook%20Islands%22 '''FamilySearch Catalog''']
+*Once there, click on '''"Places within Cook Islands"'''
+*Go to the smallest possible jurisdictional level of your place of interest
+*Click on the '''"Genealogy"''' topic
+====Search by Keyword====
+*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?offset=0&q.anyPlace=Cook%20Islands '''FamilySearch Genealogies Index'''.]
 [[Category:Cook_Islands]]
+[[Category:Oral Genealogies]][[Category:Compiled Genealogies]]