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My father received a call to be a missionary in Tonga and spent 1941-1943 with his young family, serving wherever the Lord called them to go. In 1965, he wanted to take his family to the temple, but there was none in Tonga at the time, so he wanted to bring his whole family to the United States. Through the blessings of the Lord, the family received permission, papers, and funding to immigrate to Utah. | My father received a call to be a missionary in Tonga and spent 1941-1943 with his young family, serving wherever the Lord called them to go. In 1965, he wanted to take his family to the temple, but there was none in Tonga at the time, so he wanted to bring his whole family to the United States. Through the blessings of the Lord, the family received permission, papers, and funding to immigrate to Utah. | ||
'''5. Share the information with others.<br>'''Before we came to America, my father was able to get permission to copy the royal lineage charts of ''Amelia Tamaha'' at the Kings’ palace, and several other charts of Royal ancestors. He brought these with him. The family donated them to the Family History Library: | '''5. Share the information with others.<br>'''Before we came to America, my father was able to get permission to copy the royal lineage charts of ''Amelia Tamaha'' at the Kings’ palace, and several other charts of Royal ancestors. He brought these with him. The family donated them to the Family History Library as— | ||
Tisina Wolfgramm Gerber, ''[The Iohani and Salote Wolfgramm papers]'' (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1116459&disp=%5BThe+Iohani+and+Salote+Wolfgramm+paper%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL film 1224623]]. | |||
*''95 Genealogy Charts of Royal Families, Nobles, and Chiefs from `Ahoeitu and Tangaloa and his son `Ahoeitu (the first Tui Tonga, 950 A.D.) to Tui Ha`atakalaua, 1450, including the Ha`a Túi Kanokupolu line.'' This is not a complete record, but only a few from the Genealogy papers of Iohani and Salote Wolfgramm. | *''95 Genealogy Charts of Royal Families, Nobles, and Chiefs from `Ahoeitu and Tangaloa and his son `Ahoeitu (the first Tui Tonga, 950 A.D.) to Tui Ha`atakalaua, 1450, including the Ha`a Túi Kanokupolu line.'' This is not a complete record, but only a few from the Genealogy papers of Iohani and Salote Wolfgramm. | ||
:'''Instructions:''' | :'''Instructions:''' Find the Chief Line from which your family descended on one of the 95 charts, then use the following three books to find | ||
#''Amelia Tamaha Records from the year 1844'' | |||
#Túi Latai Mataele (''who came from the royal lines) book of records he copied from the Tongan Royal Palace'' | |||
#''Veikune book of records of Queen Matáaho’s father.<br>'' | |||
• A 3-page list of the genealogy with the title in English is at the beginning of the record. <br> • The record itself has 95 pages<br> • 79 Larger charts of more charts of more genealogy lines are also available.<br><br>''77 Genealogy Charts of Royal Families, Nobles, and Chiefs from `Ahueitu and Tangaloa and his son `Aho Eitu, the first Tui Tonga 950 A.D. toTakulaua Tui, Ha`a Takalaua 1450, including the Ha!a Túi Kanokupolu line.<br>''These charts are in larger print, with some additional names than are found on the 99 Genealogy Charts of Royal Families, Nobles, and Chiefs in this same collection.<br> •There is a list of the genealogies with an introduction in English at the beginning of the record. <br> •There are 77 pages in this record set. If you can’t find a name in the set of 99 genealogy charts, there are more names in | |||
this larger print version. | this larger print version. | ||