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Some compiled genealogies from Cook Islands were collected by William Cole and Elwin Jensen. This collection was microfilmed by the Genealogical Department of the LDS Church in 1984. The microfilm with the transcript of Cook Island genealogies is '''1358004.''' | Some compiled genealogies from Cook Islands were collected by William Cole and Elwin Jensen. This collection was microfilmed by the Genealogical Department of the LDS Church in 1984. The microfilm with the transcript of Cook Island genealogies is '''1358004.''' | ||
During the 1970s the Genealogical Department commisioned people to go to the Pacfic Islands and gather oral genealogies bedcause they | During the 1970s the Genealogical Department commisioned people to go to the Pacfic Islands and gather oral genealogies bedcause 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. | ||
The tape recordings were later digitized. In the future, the CDs of the tapes may be put on the Internet and linked to this table so you can access them according to the tape number and listen to them.<br> | The tape recordings were later digitized onto compact discs. In the future, the CDs of the tapes may be put on the Internet and linked to this table so you can access them according to the tape number and listen to them.<br> | ||
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