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 Note: Because the maps are computerized, each map has a ''file name''. The''file name ''contains family names on the charts. They start with the letters of the alphabet contained in the map. Look at the '''INDEX''' to see the file names for the maps and the name of the ancestral couple of the decendants on that map.
-'''Tongan Oral Genealogy Interviews from the 1970s'''
+'''Tongan Oral Histories'''
-Kalolaina and Tevita Mapawere commissioned by the LDS Church to gather oral genealogies throughout''Tonga ''during the 1970s. There are over ''800 Tongan oral genealogical interviews'', which they gathered on reel-to-reel tapes. The tapes were transcribed, and the transcripts were microfilmed. In 2006, the tapes were transferred to CDa in order to preserve them.&nbsp; The interviews are still identified by the tape number, and they
+Kalolaina and Tevita Mapawere were commissioned by the LDS Church to gather oral genealogies throughout''Tonga ''during the 1970s. There are over ''800 Tongan oral genealogical interviews'', which they gathered on reel-to-reel tapes. The tapes were transcribed, and the transcripts were microfilmed. In 2006, the tapes were transferred to compact disc (CD) in order to preserve them.&nbsp; For more information about these oral histories see the next Wiki page [[Tonga Oral History in the Family History Library|Tongan Oral History]].<br>
-The paper copies of the transcripts are stored in the ''Special Collections ''area of the Family History Library.&nbsp;Search the catalog by ''surname'' for your ancestror’s name.&nbsp; Also search by the ''name of your ancestor’s village ''to see if any other people from your ancestral village were interviewed.
+'''Further Resources'''
-A project is&nbsp;underway to translate these transcripts from ''Tongan'' into ''English''.&nbsp;Contact the ''Family History Library Medieval Unit ''for further information about the translations.
+Use the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog to find the records of Tonga on an island-group-wide basis. To do this [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=422&subject_disp=Tonga&columns=*,0,0 click here], and then click on the blue underline topic of interest. <br>
-'''''How to browse through the villages more quickly.''''' If you want to see more quickly what villages the people who gave their oral histories were from,&nbsp;use the ''Register of Tongan Oral Histories''. The Register is a thirteen-page list of the same oral genealogies in alphabetical order by last name, with a column showing the name of the village and a column showing the cassette tape number. The glottal stops are interfiled with the letters of the alphabet in this list.
-'''Example from the Register of Tongan Oral Histories:'''
-{| align="center" width="550" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
-|-
-| '''Last Name'''
-| '''First Names'''
-| '''Place'''
-| '''Tape Number'''
-|-
-| Afimeimo’unga
-| <br>
-| Pahu
-| 595
-|-
-| Afu
-| Maika
-| Ha’ano
-| 787
-|-
-| Afuha’amango
-| Setaleki Mumui
-| Neiafu
-| 104
-|-
-| Afusipa
-| Sione
-| Feletoa
-| 789
-|}
-<br>This list is in print form at the Family History Library, and has the call number—
-:'''FHL INTL Book'''
-:'''996.12 D33r'''
-This list is also on '''FHL microfilm 795912 Item 12'''
-Not all of the interviews are listed here, so ''another index ''is being prepared. The title will be ''“Index to the Tongan Oral Genealogy Interviews.”'' ''Tongan'' people will be descended from at least one royal line, because we are all related to each other in one way or another, so the above references can be helpful in carrying family lines back into further generations.
-'''Further Resources'''<br>On the Internet, go to ''Familysearch.org ''and choose the ''Library tab ''and then ''Family History Library Catalog''. Type in ''Tonga ''to get records that are made on an Island Group-wide basis and print the items&nbsp;you are interested in.
 Then type in the name of the ''island group'', such as ''Vava`u'' or ''Hapa`i'' where our ancestors were from to get a list of records made on that level. Then try typing in the name of the ''island'' and then the ''village'', in case any records were kept on those levels.