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Hawaii, Hansen's Disease Records, Kalaupapa Vital Records Card Index, 1928-1947
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Record Description
Record Type death
Collection years 1928-1947
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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.

Community Trees - Hawaii. Kalawao. Kalaupapa, 1800s-1900s

This The purpose of the Kalaupapa project was to preserve, gather, source, and share information from the records of the patients, employees, volunteers, and kokua (helper) who resided in the Kalaupapa Leper Settlement on the Island of Molokai, Hawaii, beginning in 1865. A variety of records were used to glean information about these people. These records included arrival, birth, marriage, death, and burial records, and census population schedules. This collection can be searched here.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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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

Search the Index

Search by name on the Collection Details Page.
  1. Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know
  2. Click Search to show possible matches

How Do I Analyze the Results?

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?

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

  • Add any new information to your records
  • 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 research your family in the state of Hawaii.

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Citing This Collection

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Collection Citation:
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