Research Log- Luaehu & Poole lines

So again at the Rootstech Conference this month they talked about using a blog to log your genealogy research.
I do use a google spreadsheet to log, but will post something here.
I am looking at my Luaehu people. My great grandmother Martha Kamaka Luaehu had a sister Victoria.
One of her kane was a man by the name of Henry Bissen. I found this link on him. http://hawaiianroots.yuku.com/topic/628#.T0e8yfEge5I
As noted above, in new.familysearch they do list another wife Lilia Ka'eha Pa'akaula, and my Aunty Victoria also had another husband, Robert Kaholokula. Their marriage license is shown here. http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/vitalsta/index/assoc/HASH01f6/d2d74a6e.dir/doc.pdf
Anyway, new.familysearch lists an incredible amount of children by both Victoria's husbands (8 with Henry and 12 with Robert) so I am trying to authenticate what's that through vital stat records.


On another interesting note, Martha Kamaka Luaehu's mother Anna/ Anne Elizabeth Poole was remarried after her first Luaehu marriage! I never knew that.
Someone on new.familysearch did enter it into the church database- scholer101@###.com (I'll have to contact them).
I found this on the 1910 Makawao, Maui census. She was listed as being 55 years. Philip Nawai Kaiwi was listed as being 39. (I guess there is still hope for me. hahahaha, Men my age don't tend to like me. But younger men do. hahahahaha)

They'd been married 4 years, and her children, his step- Kamaka (my great grandmother), Maehue (spelled Maihui here), Joseph were with them, as well as her grandchildren Thomas Bissen, and Luaehu Bissen.

Plus a 1/2 German school teacher boarder Mary Miller, James Naniho who is listed as being 8 mos old, and Puhi, a 90-year-old man....On the same street was her daughter Mary Taua, her husband Lei, their sons Benjamin and Lei, and daughter Catherine.


The baby in their household may have belonged to another household on their street. Here's page 1

Well, 8 hours later, I have made some more discoveries.
Someone out there was aware of Anne's 2nd marriage to Philip Kaiwi.


And, I also found an entry for a Pilipo Kaiwi listed as the father of a child Malie Kahaunaele. (Here's another link with only Malie and Young Whan Lee.) Is this Pilipo the same man? The marriage of his daughter was in Maui where our Philip is from and Anne lived. His daughter was born in 1901, and our Philip married Anne around 1904 according to the 1910 Census.
Malie's mother is listed as Sarah Makahilasila, perhaps a misspelling of Makahilahila And I found more information on this Sarah here. On this page apparently taken from the Cole Jensen collection, the father could be surnamed Pilipo or Kahaunaele- the latter being the surname for the daughter on the marriage record.
I found a Josephine Malia Pilipo, daughter of Sarah Makahilahila and Pilipo on new.familysearch. Pilipo the father is listed as being born in 1874 on Maui, and marrying Sarah on 1899 at Ulaino, Maui.
This was the source info:
Source type: Other, Media type: Microfilm, Repository name: Family History Library, Repository address: 35 N West Temple Street, Repository city: Salt Lake City, Repository state: UT, Repository country: USA, Repository postal code: 84150, Call number: 1396286, Event date: , Sheet number: 005, Reference number: 1396286, Batch number: F864077, Serial number: 00056, Time period: ?-?, Contributor: jpilipo229364, Contributor of repository: FCH
If the last name is Pilipo (and of course, not really having surnames until the European descent settlers came- it's understandable if they used different family names) - could this Malie Pilipo of Honolulu be a relative?


If I could find a birth record for Philip and Malie (the daughter listed on the marriage record) that would help. I did find a Kaiwi born in 1871 (same date as my great great gma's 2nd husband)  listed in new.familysearch as the son of father Kaiwi born in 1843 and mother Hoopauai born in 1847, but there is no source listed.


I'm also interested in finding a death record for Anne nee Poole/ Luaehu/ Kaiwi. Haven't found it yet.


I did uncombine 4 records in NFS that had been integrated with her brother Thomas C W Poole. (He was born in Hawai'i, and those were of someone born, marrying, and having children with someone in England).
He shows up on this 1920 Kahului, Wailuku, Maui Census with a grand-nephew(the son of Victoria & Henry Bissen) William Bissen. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12063-117494-21?cc=1488411
Thomas is a 66-year-old Hawaiian widow. His Caucasian Hawaiian grand-nephew is 21 and a Foreman of a locomotive. They looked to be living in a predominantly Japanese neighborhood.


I found this marriage record for Thomas- his dad is listed as Benj E "Pua" instead of Poole, and mother "Peke" same as Beke or Rebecca. It says his marriage status is divorced, so I will have to look for his first wife.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW8C-F5Q

On the 1910 Census in Honolulu City taken April 27, 1910, we see that this marriage was the 2nd for both of them, and that his wife had had a child but it passed. Also, noted is that it says Thomas' father was born in England.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11559-28616-79?cc=1727033

Here is what I believe to be the death record for Benjamin E Poole. his film number is ML 55 505.
http://www.ulukau.org/gsdl2.7/cgi-bin/algene?e=d-0algene--00CL1%2e20--0-0--010---4------0-1l--1en-Zz-1---20-about-Poole--00031-0000utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=algene&cl=CL1.20&d=D20-000021

On the Pedigrre Resource File which is now searchable in 2012, I saw my sister submitted whom would be the 1st wife of Thomas Poole. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S51T-3Z2
I have looked in vain on FS for vital stat records, and had it pull up in Ancestry.com but since I am not a subscriber- I'll have to wait until I go into the FHC tomorrow.


Here it shows a petition for divorce between Annie Aylett Poole and Thomas Poole (Francis Thomas Poole). hmmm....and above that is a petition for Thomas' father Benjamin to remarry his mother Beke....interesting.
http://www.ulukau.org/gsdl2.7/cgi-bin/algene?a=d&d=D14-000116&gg=1&v=2

And here is a link which I think has the naturalization date for Ben E Poole out of the US (vs England...?) http://www.ulukau.org/gsdl2.7/cgi-bin/algene?a=d&d=D29-000078&gg=1&v=2

His death I assume http://www.ulukau.org/gsdl2.7/cgi-bin/algene?e=d-0algene--00CL1--0-0--010---4------0-1l--1en-Zz-1---50-about---00031-0002utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D20-000021&gg=1

Some acreage to T C W Poole http://www.ulukau.org/cgi-bin/hpn?a=d&d=HASH01a7fcdcc2e0d59bf454dbf1&v=2


I also found these records whom might be a relative of Annie Aylett's:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWZR-R2V

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWZJ-P65

https://familysearch.org/search/records/index#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3AAylett~&collection_id=1674811

An this one, a hundred years later:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/SSDI/individual_record.asp?recid=575248693&lds=3&region=-1&regionfriendly=&frompage=99

And this one-
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gsfn=Annie%20Aylett&gsln=Hoapili&gss=seo&ghc=20

I noticed some Pooles on this line- the mother coming from California, having given birth to the baby in Hawai'i...interesting. They are in the area our Poole 'ohana were living in on Maui so maybe some extended family? The only other person listed as married in the same household is the Portuguese man Richards listed after the baby. He came from the Azores. (Our Kau'ai Portuguese family is from the Azores, as are most Portuguese immigrants to Hawai'i during this era.) The mother is listed as E. L. Poole and the son as C. P. Poole. The next year there is a child Elvira born- the father lsited as E. L. Poole and the mother Luria...? https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW92-77N

To Turn the Hearts

A lot of talk at the last Rootstech Conference held in Salt Lake City recently swirled around the 1940 Census. (Check out the embedded link- they posted videos of some of the presentations, and also made the syllabi which you usually have to purchase at genealogy conferences available as a download.)

The US Census Bureau and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) have coordinated efforts to make the 1940 Census available for public viewing, Monday, April 2, 2012. 

That's just around the corner.

If you are LDS, our church has encouraged members to sign up in preparation to index the 1940 census. (Transcribing it, thus making it searchable so we can find our ancestors.) 

The plan is to have the entire 1940 Census indexed within 6 months of its release.

That's a pretty challenging goal!

I signed up to help index the 1940 Census out of Hawai'i, and encourage people to do the same for their home states. 

With Hawai'i, I've found if the Census agents weren't familiar with the different languages (we being a very diverse state), they often misspelled names of people and locations. 

AND I have noticed the same for people transcribing records (though the church actually has a high accuracy rate since they have a check system in place- meaning another person will double check your transciprtion).

 It think it's better if people familiar with the types of names and places of their locale, work on their home areas, so sign up!...Plus, you never know if you come across family while indexing. :)

As far as indexing goes, I actually only started indexing. Mainly because my mother, who lives in Star, Idaho, started. (Her nearest temple is closed, so to stay involved in genealogy she started indexing after taking a class her ward taught.)

In the past the tendency was to introduce Family History by having people index, and having our youth focus on indexing. It's a very simple process to get started. You can take a test drive. And if you need in person help, come to your local Family History Center. (You'll be fine, but sometimes we feel better when someone is sitting right there in case we have questions.)

Not until the Assistant Coordinator to Family History in our ward, Sister Laughlin, also taught a lesson (we take turns - so all the Family History Consultants have an opportunity to share their insights. You might want to consider that since different people will reach different members of the ward) and talked about indexing did I realize something cool about indexing.

Indexing gives people instant gratification so they want to do more indexing, AND since they learn indexing technology quickly, they realize they are capable of using the technology to do their Family History.

Of course, indexing serves a vital purpose in helping people find their dead by making transcribed vital statistic records searchable.

For us as members to prepare ordinances for the temple, having vital statistic information available is essential.

I also found, after indexing some Arkansas military registration cards with Sister Browning, another Family History Consultant in our ward, that it makes us feel closer when we do it together, and we learn interesting era information. 

Plus, the more you work with old records, the easier it will be to work with old records related to your family.

My deciphering of flowery cursive handwriting has improved enormously over the years in working with vital statistic records for my own family and researching for others.

I have to admit, this is a change in my attitude. I have always been more interested in people actually doing their own family history, and pushed for the youth to do that as well. (Our youth are capable of anything. Since so much of Family History nowadays involves a comfort with technology, they have a leg up on us in that area. My kid was changing my screen backgrounds to Piccachu at 2 years old, whereas I struggled to figure out how to change it back. I think the main thing youth need from the older generations is the spirit of Elijah- that strong desire to know and seek after our kupuna/ancestors...What a difference knowing their family heritage makes for our youth! To see our individual choices as part of a legacy often changes how we use our choices. We realize we are not just isolated anonymous beings whose choices affect just ourselves. We realize they affect our past, present, and future family.)

Having Elder Bednar speak on the importance of youth doing their actual genealogy this past October General Conference and then Elder Yamashita of the 70 who came for our most recent Stake Conference also reiterate impressions I've had and show me the To Turn the Hearts DVD (created a year ago, but it wasn't made available til the end of January 2012 to view. I was so happy when I saw this at the end of January) confirmed those feelings I have about how Family History affects the living too.

I am so thankful for the clarity of the message in this DVD which powerfully shows how Family History strengthens and heals the living by following real families and individuals with real struggles over time.

We had planned to have a Family Search representative come and hold a stake wide fireside for the Bishoprics and auxiliary leaders of all the wards this month before the DVD came out, and hope still to do that.

In a way I am glad that we waited since now we can just show them the DVD! My copies of the DVD are disappearing from our ward as the other Family History Consultants in the stake borrow them as they wait for their wards to order them.

Mainly, I can see how all wards, being so concerned with the challenges our living  families face might see Family History as another program which falls lower on the priority list....

I am so thankful that the To Turn the Hearts DVD shows how actually Family History accomplishes the goals  Bishops and auxiliary leaders have in helping living families. 

Genealogy helps heal living families.

It's that simple.

Of course, we, living within a few minutes of the temple, are very fortunate to be able to take advantage of the temple on a regular basis.

I went the other night with Sister Yazzie in my Ward, taking an ancestor of my daughter's.

While Sister Yazzie and I went to do a session with the Midsingles, my daughter Sweet did baptisms. 

It was awesome.

Sweet and I came out feeling so happy and relaxed and positive. Such a great night!

The amazing thing about the temple, is how it does put things into a more eternal perspective, and the petty feelings and worries we have take their proper place, allowing us to be able to feel hope gratitude, and peace about life.

But temple worship is just part of the equation. Temple attendance needs to go hand in hand with Family History work. Both are rewarding in and of themselves, but people who have combined them, know how profound their experiences become- How much closer they feel as a living family (especially as you attend the temple with family members and with names of your kupuna/ancestors- I try to go with Sweet to do baptisms. We are never too old to do baptisms and recall our own baptisms and baptismal covenant.:), how more connected they feel with their kupuna, and how much closer they feel as a family as a whole (living and dead) to Heavenly Father.

I know it doesn't seem fair to people who don't live nearby a temple. I do remember as a child the sacrifice Ho'olehua Ward members back on Moloka'i had to make to attend the temple- airline tickets, shipping or renting a car, finding a place to stay, food, etc.

It makes me feel like I should make sure to take advantage of the temple here. How grateful I should be. Once a month to go to the temple was a goal I had in California. Once a week is what we have here. 

We don't always make it. Sometimes we go more, sometimes we go less. But it's good to have a goal and make time for that peace.

If you don't live by a temple, even if you don't have a temple recommend, you can still participate in temple work as a member. Get a new.familysearch.org account, start your family history. Submit names directly to the temple for ordinance work to be done, or if you want, print off the request and have your ward family or dear friends help by taking the names. (Gosh, I love the people who have taken names for us. Missionaries in our stake, friends, members in our ward. I feel close to them when they serve my family.)

And you can index!

This is what my mom does since the Boise Temple has been closed for renovations.

Our ward goal is 500 batches this month....This might be a challenge since nobody knows that's our ward goal. Hahaha. But they will by this weekend. And it's totally doable. 

The Power of the Story

I've had a lot of inspiration about the importance of recording and telling ancestral stories, especially ones that teach eternal truths. I met Eleanor Jensen who serves in the Riverton Family History Center at the UGA Conference held at the end of the summer who shares her method for doing this. Very inspired!!!

Basically, it involves explaining who your ancestor is ( Example, "This is the story of Sweet's paternal great-great grandmother Jill O'Sullivan), telling what principle this person taught in one of their life experiences ("This story teaches us about persevering and finding joy in life despite hardships."), giving a brief (especially when talking to young children, longer, in depth is fine as the age goes up) retelling of that experience ("Great-great grandpa Maurice died at the early age of 46, leaving Jill to single parent 5 children, including one special needs son,", etc, etc...,"she still managed, along with keeping their family home in West Auckland, and making sure they got good educations, to, find joy in life- racing hydrofoil boats on Auckland harbor."), and then bearing testimony of that truth. ("Heavenly Father wants us to be successful and joyful in all our endeavors. In mortality we agreed to be tried and tested, but we must find ways to take pride in being resourceful to get through hardships, helping others and reaching out to others and the Lord for help, and keeping joy and hope alive. I say these things.....")

This was a very rough example, and obviously, to teach eternal truths and gospel principles, your ancestors do not have to be members of any church, like my daughter Sweet's ancestor Jill. You will find lessons in their lives.

If you need more concrete information on how to do this, Sister Jensen made a book full of stories of the Primary children (ages 3 through 12) in her ward. She still has a few copies. They would give you a good template for how this works....Her hope is that this will be something families can do to collect their family history and teach- using the stories on a family night, or when asked to give a talk in church or elsewhere appropriate. If you email me I can forward her contact information to you.

In compiling the family stories of children in her ward, Eleanor has stories that teach all  principles of the gospel, and these are used in the Primary to make the teaching relevant and meaningful as the children identify with THEIR own family stories.

Obviously, as we compile our family stories and have a binder full (which can be organized by topic- Tithing, Keeping the Sabbath Day, Serving others, Not Judging Unrighteously, Fasting with Prayer, Honoring our Parents, Overcoming Negative Peer Pressure, etc.) , our children (and ourselves!) can also rely on the power of stories that are meaningful and unique to us and our families.

We'd be surprised how effective storytelling is in helping us make decisions and weigh choices with discerning hearts. Which is basically the point of having the scriptures- that we might liken their examples to ourselves. (AND of course, to know our literal & spiritual genealogy! :)) I think some of my favorite scripture passages is where stories of our spiritual ancestors are retold, like in Hebrews 11. How powerful are these stories of faith!

In the Book of Mormon, Nephi uses stories repeatedly to remind his abusive and mean spirited brothers that all things are possible with the Lord. To counter his older brother's doubt after they failed to retrieve the scriptures on brass plates from Laban, a wicked and powerful man in Jerusalem who had tried to kill them and stolen their property, Nephi recounts the story of Moses parting the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape from Pharoah's army.


It's not a coincidence that meeting Sister Jensen at a genealogy conference (when I was signed up for another class, but walked by her's and had her say something that confirmed some inspiration I had) also came near the time of the annual Timpanogas Storytelling Festival. (Mahalo to my dear friend Candice and her parents who always think of us when this rolls around). The festival made me think of the power of mo'olelo, and stories in Hawaiian culture, and also the power of storytelling in Native American culture. (I serve in a Native American Ward. I think storytelling about our lives and ancestors and community in our classes really has helped us get to know one another and feel closer.)

At the same time I was listening to the audio book called The Influencer....Amazingly, much of the social science research in the book about creating positive change (of course, the authors admit the same method can be used negatively) involves storytelling! Governments have used dramatized stories on the radio to cut domestic violence rates and break long held cultural beliefs that have kept families struggling. As the audience listens to the fictional family in this situation, gets their different perspective, and sees the effect on the whole family play out, they start to to consider what role they are playing if something similar is happening in their home, and options they have. One man said he didn't realize how selfish and hurtful he until he identified with the rationalization and abusive actions of a person in the story. These stories have strengthened families.

I really believe in the power of the story. We need GOOD stories, positive role models we can identify with, AND we must FILTER negative stories.

At the same time I was pondering the power of the story, I attended a talk by two PhD students from the University of Utah about the negative stories and messages women get in mainstream media. That to feel okay we must be thin, hairless, wrinkle free, light skinned, ever young, straight shiny haired, large bosomed, white perfect teethed, & sexy.

This, is of course, is something I already identified from my own experiences growing up and being schooled between different communities with different aesthetics and expectations...And thus, in raising a daughter, I have tried to be very, very careful to deconstruct messages we see and hear in the media so she can do this for herself when she is in an environment I can't control- like school (one of the girl's she sits with at lunch, has only an apple and a juice box for lunch because she is trying to lose weight. These girls are only 12.), and keeping negative stories (images found in magazines, songs, shows) out of our home.

I invite stories of resilience, doing what's right in face of social conformity, enjoying life and laughing, being kind and inclusive while also setting healthy boundaries, overcoming failure and rejection,and having our knowledge of our eternal identity as children of a loving Heavenly Father (ans Mother :)) inform our decisions. And I want these stories to have the tangible faces and names of people in her family.

I want her to know about women like my great grandmother, Esther Ku'uleikaulana Nu'uhiwa, who was born on a wa'a/ canoe between Ni'ihau and it's sister island Kaua'i, and learned to navigate the new culture and ways of the haole/ white foreginer, becoming a teacher, and then converting to the LDS church and being a tireless missionary and servant. (I wish my young cousin made sure to include this in his gorgeous story at the above link, because this was INTEGRAL to her self identity).

I want her to know the story of my mother, Charlotte Ann, who gave birth to 6 children, adopted another, survived a terrible marriage, kept up hope and found her companion, and used her artistry, remodeling skills, and knowledge of volleyball as a college player (she walked on to the Boise State team after having us 4 older kids and never having played before), coach (high school state champion, most successful Idaho club), and official (currently working in the Pac-12) to cultivate this talent in her children and find a way to beautify her home and contribute financially.

I want her to know the story of my step-mother, Lisa who loved children she didn't give birth to, sacrificed professionally for decades because of her commitment and dedication as a teacher, yet found a way to continue to pursue learning to be prepared when opportunity arose down the road, and served her own family throughout the entirety of her life, caring for grandchildren, aging parents, and some hound dogs name Po & Moke.

I want my daughter to know my story, being born into a culturally/ ethnically mixed family, living a rural country life, being shifted between extended family members, and using what Heavenly Father gave me to make my way in life, travel, earn scholarships, and broaden my world, but being able to walk away from good things (like playing on the US Rugby team and a lucrative job track) , for better things (being her mom, and keeping the Sabbath- a very minor seeming thing that really changed my life in profound ways).

What can your children learn from their ancestors?

Navigating new.familysearch.org

New.familysearch.org is the web site members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints use to prepare family names to perform ordinance work in our halela'a/temple on behalf of our ancestors so they can be eternal families.

To set up an account, members just need their membership record number which can be obtained from the ward clerk, or which is also found on ordinance paperwork, and an email account. (A blessing when you've forgotten your username or password.)

(Not to confuse new.familysearch.org with www.familysearch.org.. The latter is a free database of genealogical records and pedigrees which can be accessed by anyone.)

Before we add ancestors into the new.familysearch.org database, it's important to use the 'Search' tab to make sure they have not already been entered. (I spend a good amount of time clearing up duplicate entries on my ancestral lines- largely a result of dedicated family members before the era of new.familysearch.org who were all working independently on our ancestral lines...This site now allows us to see what already has been done so we can focus our attention on ancestors who are missing.)

Today our Family History class started navigating through the new.familysearch site, getting used to the layout. 

I am really excited for the class to get more comfortable with the site, especially since many people have already been heavily involved in researching their ancestors.

I love learning more about our class member's through their family stories. They all have such strong impressions and aloha regarding their families and this work. It has been a huge blessing for me to learn from them and their backgrounds.

Papakilo

Papakilo is a very useful resourceful when looking for your ancestors in Hawai'i. Register for free and get started!

I am extremely excited for summer 2012 when Office of Hawaiian Affairs 's Papakilo in partnership with the Hawai'i State Archives will add:

• Vital Statistics Collections: Marriage, Birth, Death, School Teacher Records from 1826- 1929
• World War I Service Records

In the meantime, these are the other records they have posted online. MAHALO NO!

Sourcing the Poole Line

One of my great grandmother's was Martha Kamaka Lua'ehu. Her parents were John Liona Lua'ehu, or Joseph/ John Pauahi Lua'ehu and Annie Elizabeth Poole....
I am trying to source Annie's line. I found some naturalization records for a Benjamin E. Poole and William Poole on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Papakilo database. Annie's father is listed in new.familysearch as being one Benjamin E. Poole. However, something that corroborate more than just names within time periods but rather RELATIONS is needed. A census record showing Annie as the child of Benjamin would be an example, or her birth certificate....
Some of the data put into new.familysearch on this line appears to only corroborate names within a time period. For example, Benjamin E. Poole is listed as having a birth year of 1824 in Hollis, New Hampshire. When I look for records for someone with this name & data, I do find a match BUT I also find that this person died in New England, when our ancestor supposedly died in Hawai'i...unless they went back to New England....?...

I will continue looking...