Genealogy Research: Books

“Indices of Awards made by The Board of Commissioners To Quiet Land Titles in the Hawaiian Islands”

This resource is useful for finding alternate spellings of names, as well as learning about where your kupuna lived and/or what aina they have kuleana to.

A PDF is available online via UH Mānoa at https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/36023

Compilation all kuleana lands —  Land Commission Award (LCA) and Royal Patent (RP), references — awarded during the Great Mahele including the name of the awardee, the LCA and RP numbers, ahupua’a; Awardee names and LCA and RP numbers can be searched in kipukadatabase.com to find additional information (see next section).

1. Genealogy Research Guide (Hawaiʻi State Archives)

Includes links to many popular genealogy resources digitized by the Archives.

2. Hawaiʻi - Genealogy Research (UHM)

This research guide helps researchers locate genealogy records, including court records, city directories, immigration, land records, and more. 

3. Hawaii Family History Research

Hosted by rootsweb, this research guide provides genealogy research resources in Hawai'i.

4. Genealogical Resources for Hawaiʻi

Published by the Hawaiʻi & Pacific Section staff from the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System. Bibliography of print and online genealogy resources available at the Hawaiʻi State Library. Many of the print resources are also available at other public library locations across Hawaiʻi.

5. Hawai'i - Censuses

Created by Dore Minatodani, this guide "focuses primarily on census data and reports relating to demography and population characteristics."