I am helping a young missionary who is Tongan. I have looked over her tree and I want to be able to
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@JustesenDeborah1 JustesenDeborah1 what kind of help are you looking for? I know Polynesian genealogy can be a bit tricky. Which line of her tree that she is wanting to focus her research first?
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Her last name is Aholelei, so that would probably be the line we would start with. However, as I go through her tree, all I can find are names and dates with no sources. When I try to find records, there are none. Any hints or suggestions?
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@JustesenDeborah1 JustesenDeborah1 Much of Polynesian family history is kept orally, so there may be very limited resources when it comes to confirming names and dates. I did a Google search to see if I could find a place where birth and death records are kept. Still searching and will probably be reaching out to my Tongan connections for verification on that, but I did find some other information in the meantime that might be helpful and/or useful:
Tonga Online Genealogy Records
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Tonga_Online_Genealogy_Records
Tongan Registration Records
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.oceania.tonga/45
To be continued I guess... Let's keep in touch on this! I'm so happy you are helping her.
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