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There are migrations of other ethnic groups found among Samoan people. English and Germans were traders and plantation owners. The Germans were frustrated with the Samoan work habits because Samoans didn’t like to work in the rain. They preferred to stay indoors and celebrate or sleep during the rainy season, so the Germans hired Chinese laborers to come, so you find Chinese blood mixed in with the Samoan''. ''Also, a lot of Tongan people intermarried with Samoans over the years.  
There are migrations of other ethnic groups found among Samoan people. English and Germans were traders and plantation owners. The Germans were frustrated with the Samoan work habits because Samoans didn’t like to work in the rain. They preferred to stay indoors and celebrate or sleep during the rainy season, so the Germans hired Chinese laborers to come, so you find Chinese blood mixed in with the Samoan''. ''Also, a lot of Tongan people intermarried with Samoans over the years.  


The land in Samoa is owned by genealogical rights. Only the “half-caste” land (bought by foreigners generations ago when they would say it was for the Church (not The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and then have the chief record it as their own land) can be bought and sold. This is a reason why people do not want their genealogies made public. People could try to get land from another family by disputing it.  
The land in Samoa is owned by genealogical rights. This is a reason why people do not want their genealogies made public. People could try to get land from another family by disputing it.  


== Samoa Timeline ==
==Samoa Timeline==
<br>'''1300 BC''' The Lapita people took once again to the open seas about this time, pushing east past the Solomon Islands to the Bismarck archipelago and beyond to Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Theses Southeast Asian peoples had headed south from Taiwan to Papua New Guinea and as far as the main Solomon islands, where they stopped some 40,000 years ago.
<br>'''1300 BC''' The Lapita people took once again to the open seas about this time, pushing east past the Solomon Islands to the Bismarck archipelago and beyond to Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Theses Southeast Asian peoples had headed south from Taiwan to Papua New Guinea and as far as the main Solomon islands, where they stopped some 40,000 years ago.


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'''1962 AD''' Western Samoa becomes an independent country, which renames itself the Independent State of Samoa.
'''1962 AD''' Western Samoa becomes an independent country, which renames itself the Independent State of Samoa.


== '''Samoan Genealogy Methodology''' ==
=='''Samoan Genealogy Methodology'''==
These research suggestions for Samoa were given by ''Raymond Purcell'', who was born in Savaii, Western Samoa in 1952. [[Samoan, Tongan and other Polynesian Genealogies]]
The following is a unique research methodology for Samoans as they participate in family history and genealogy work:


<br>'''1. Fill in forms with the information you already know.''' <br>The first thing a ''Samoan ''should do is to fill in family group records and a pedigree chart of the four generations back from him. Also, if a person has his children and grandchildren, to record their information.
=== 1. Understand who has the family title ===
Every family has their own unique set of titles. <br>


<br>'''2. Ask members of your family for information.''' <br>Most Samoan people come to a problem because the genealogical information was passed by word of mouth from the father of the family to the eldest son. If the father of the family is still living, we should ask him to tell us about his family and his ancestors. If the eldest son is living, we should ask him to tell us the family information that he knows. Over the years, some of the names may have been lost and some of the facts have may have been changed.   
=== 2. Search for your family's ''api'' === 
 
=== 3. Oral tradition is not our limitation ===
Most Samoan people come to a problem because the genealogical information was passed by word of mouth from the father of the family to the eldest son. If the father of the family is still living, we should ask him to tell us about his family and his ancestors. If the eldest son is living, we should ask him to tell us the family information that he knows. Over the years, some of the names may have been lost and some of the facts have may have been changed.
 
=== 4. Learn the stories behind the names ===
 
=== 5. Know that your idea of your "family" may be very different from what is actually the truth ===
<br>'''2. Ask members of your family for information.''' <br>  


'''3. Ask how you got your name.'''  
'''3. Ask how you got your name.'''  
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==Samoan Genealogy Resources==
==Samoan Genealogy Resources==


=== '''The Cole Jensen Collection''' ===
==='''The Cole Jensen Collection'''===
An important collection of compiled genealogies from Samoa is found in the ''<u>Cole Jensen Collection: Oral Genealogies and Genealogical Information Collected from the Polynesian Peoples and from the Pacific Islands.</u>'' These records were collected by William Cole and Elwin Jensen over a period of 50 years and microfilmed by the Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1984. The original collection consisted of 51 binders. The original materials no longer exist as an intact collection. However, there are nine microfilms (1358001-1358009) available at various family History centers. This collection has family group records, pedigree charts, oral genealogies, and other genealogical materials collected from the islands of [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]], [[New Zealand Genealogy|New Zealand]], [[Samoa Genealogy|Samoa]], [[Tonga Genealogy|Tonga]], [[Niue Genealogy|Niue]], [[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]], and French Polynesia, including the Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago.
An important collection of compiled genealogies from Samoa is found in the ''<u>Cole Jensen Collection: Oral Genealogies and Genealogical Information Collected from the Polynesian Peoples and from the Pacific Islands.</u>'' These records were collected by William Cole and Elwin Jensen over a period of 50 years and microfilmed by the Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1984. The original collection consisted of 51 binders. The original materials no longer exist as an intact collection. However, there are nine microfilms (1358001-1358009) available at various family History centers. This collection has family group records, pedigree charts, oral genealogies, and other genealogical materials collected from the islands of [[Hawaii Genealogy|Hawaii]], [[New Zealand Genealogy|New Zealand]], [[Samoa Genealogy|Samoa]], [[Tonga Genealogy|Tonga]], [[Niue Genealogy|Niue]], [[Cook Islands Genealogy|Cook Islands]], and French Polynesia, including the Society, Marquesas, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago.


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'''1358008: '''Samoan genealogy records from the Wooley Collection of Pedigree Charts and Lineages of Samoa with a 45 page index, 258 pedigree charts in alphabetical order.  
'''1358008: '''Samoan genealogy records from the Wooley Collection of Pedigree Charts and Lineages of Samoa with a 45 page index, 258 pedigree charts in alphabetical order.  


=== '''[[Family History Library Catalog]]''' ===
==='''[[Family History Library Catalog]]'''===
The ''[[Family History Library]] ''has a large collection of ''Samoan ''records. <br>On the Internet, go to ''FamilySearch.org ''and choose the ''Library ''tab and then ''[[FamilySearch Catalog]]''. Type in ''Samoa'' to get records that are made on an ''Island Group-wide basis ''and print the items you are interested in. Then type in the '''''name of the island where your ancestors were from''''' to get a list of records made on that level.  
The ''[[Family History Library]] ''has a large collection of ''Samoan ''records. <br>On the Internet, go to ''FamilySearch.org ''and choose the ''Library ''tab and then ''[[FamilySearch Catalog]]''. Type in ''Samoa'' to get records that are made on an ''Island Group-wide basis ''and print the items you are interested in. Then type in the '''''name of the island where your ancestors were from''''' to get a list of records made on that level.  


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*[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research]] (Wiki article )
*[[Pacific Island Guide to Family History Research]] (Wiki article )
*[http://www.kindredtrails.com/samoa.html Kindred Trails]
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~samoawgw/ Rootsweb - American Samoa and Samoa]
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/samoa/ Access Genealogy]
*[http://www.vitalrecordsus.com/american_samoa-vital-records.html American Samoa Vital Records]<br>
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~samoawgw/ Rootsweb]
*[http://www.vitalrecordsus.com/american_samoa-vital-records.html Vital Records US]
*[http://www.vitalrecordsus.com/american_samoa-death-records.html Vital Records US]<br>


'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''  
'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''  
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*[[Samoa Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|Samoa Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
*[[Samoa Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|Samoa Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
*[[Samoa Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|Samoa Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
*[[Samoa Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|Samoa Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
*[[Samoan, Tongan and other Polynesian Genealogies]]


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