The August 11, 2018 Meeting for the Honolulu County Genealogical Meeting was: "Using Context in your Genealogy/Family History" by Bev Burden
"Finding your Hawaiian and your Japanese records" by Ellen Aiwa
"Finding your Hawaiian and your Japanese records" by Ellen Aiwa
Highlights
August 11, 2018 Meeting
·
August
11th meeting was a continuation on the previous month’s theme of
documenting family histories; featured presentations included:
o
the
importance of adding context to your family histories
o
practical
tips for finding research sources for historical context
o
navigating
websites such as Library of Congress, WorldCat.org, HathiTrust.org
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Detailed
overview and navigational demonstration of new Honolulu County Genealogical
Society Website including:
o
overview
of previous meetings, programs, discussion topics
o
links
to various genealogical sites, online records & HCGS blog
o
membership
information, meeting location, directions
o
resources
& repositories in Hawaii
o
for
access to website, directly type into URL: Honolulucountygenealogicalsociety@wordpress.com
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Member
personal stories/vignettes/discoveries included:
o
A
detailed description of the processes and complexities of researching Native Hawaiian/Japanese
genealogical histories
o
A
letter about an Austrian family member who perished in a Nazi concentration
camp
o
A
newly discovered family trove that included a written narrative of an
ancestor’s experience in the Civil War
·
Other
miscellaneous announcements/events
o
Hawaii
State Library genealogical section undergoing renovations related to
preservation of documents
o
October
is Archives month; one of the Hawaii State archivists, Adam Jansen, has agreed
to come speak at our October meeting
o
Members
identified useful websites, including:
§ Ancestryshop.co.UK (birth, marriage
& death certificates for UK, etc.)
§ Ulukau.org (digital library of Native
Hawaiian reference material)
o
Upcoming
member genealogy-related trips
o
Two
members moving to mainland
Romy Panko reported that she has begun a new website for the Society. It is at: www.honolulucountygenealogicalsociety.wordpress.com
It probably won't show up on a google search yet, and you must enter the "www" at the front in the URL line.
This is a new site but based on the old RootsWeb website that is more difficult to maintain. Thanks to Romy for all her hard work on this! If you find any problems with it let the webmastr know.
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