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There are many ways of recording a location. For instance, one person may only include the village, such as ''‘Uiha,'' while someone else may include the name of the island and region, such as ''‘Uiha, Ha’apai, Tonga, Pacific Islands''. | There are many ways of recording a location. For instance, one person may only include the village, such as ''‘Uiha,'' while someone else may include the name of the island and region, such as ''‘Uiha, Ha’apai, Tonga, Pacific Islands''. | ||
To remedy this, we should make sure to select the ''World Miscellaneous'' region as our region and ''All Miscellaneous Countries'' as the country. Also search the ''Pacific Island'' region for each name when manually searching the ''IGI''. For Hawaiian ancestors, we should try using the ''United States'' as the region. ''If our ancestor had a surname, we can use the Internet site of'' | To remedy this, we should make sure to select the ''World Miscellaneous'' region as our region and ''All Miscellaneous Countries'' as the country. Also search the ''Pacific Island'' region for each name when manually searching the ''IGI''. For Hawaiian ancestors, we should try using the ''United States'' as the region. ''If our ancestor had a surname, we can use the Internet site of ''[https://familysearch.org/ familysearch.org] and choose a ''generic'' search. All regions of the ''IGI'' as well as ''Ancestral File'' and some other Internet sites will be searched. If our ancestor had only one name, this generic search is not available. The computer will ask us for a surname, and if we cannot supply one, the search will not be made. | ||
===== The ancestor is part of an ancient royal line ===== | ===== The ancestor is part of an ancient royal line ===== | ||