Hawaii, Hansen's Disease Records, Kalaupapa Vital Records Card Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Hawaii

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Hawaii, United States
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Location of Hawaii
Location of Hawaii
Record Description
Record Type	death
Collection years	1928-1947
FamilySearch Resources
Hawaii Guided Research
Hawaii Record Finder
Research Tips and Strategies
Step-by-Step Research

What is in This Collection?

Card index of vital records for lepers received or admitted to the leper settlement at Molokai. Also called the Hansen's disease records. The card index includes birth certificates of persons born at Kalaupapa, death records for the leper settlement at Molokai, and an index of marriages for patients with Hansen's Disease.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

• Names
• Birth date
• Marriage dates
• Death dates

How Do I Search This Collection?

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

• Name of ancestor
• Approximate date of birth
• Place of residence

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How Do I Analyze the Results?

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What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

When you have located your ancestor on the census, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

• Check for variant spellings. Realize that the indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings and misinterpretations
• Try a different index if there is one for the years needed. You may also need to search the passenger lists year by year
• Search the indexes of other port cities

Research Helps

The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Hawaii.

• Hawaii Guided Research
• Research Tips and Strategies
• Step-by-Step Research

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