Hilo Hawaii Family History Center

Aloha! Welcome to the Hilo Hawaii Family History Center. Our basic services are provided free to the public. We invite all who are interested in genealogy and family history to visit. Everyone is welcome! Our volunteers can show you how to use the center resources.

To make your visit more effective, please bring as much information as you have about the ancestor(s) you wish to research. Bringing in copies of birth, marriage and death information will be helpful. Also, please bring a notebook, pen or pencil, and a flash drive. We look forward to seeing you.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 1373 Kilauea Ave Hilo HI 96720 United States
 * Use the South entrance and parking lot.


 * Language: English

Phone:


 * [Tel:808-935-0711%7C808-935-0711 808-935-0711]

E-mail


 * [Mailto:HI_Hilo@familyhistorymail.org HI_Hilo@familyhistorymail.org]

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday: 10:00am-4:00pm
 * Wednesday: 10:00-4:00pm
 * Thursday: 10:00-4:00pm (TEMPORILY CLOSED ON THURSDAY. WILL RE-OPEN BEGINING MARCH 3, 2022)

Hilo Family History Center is now accepting by APPOINTMENT ONLY, a 2 hour genealogy research Appointment



PUNA ENTRANCE IS CLOSED: DRIVE THRU THE HILO GATE ENTRANCE (NEXT TO 7-11) DRIVE AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHURCH TO PARK & ENTRANCE TO FAMILY HISTORY CENTER.

Holiday Schedule:

Closed all major Holidays: Closed last two weeks in December and week of Merry Monarch.

Center Resources
Collections: Collection of over 50 different family scrolls to include the Bishop Museum-

The Royal Lineage of Hawaii

The Ancestry and Origins of Polynesia

King Kalakaua

Genealogical Chart of the Pu`ou Family

The Maui Family of Chiefs, Through the Loins of Joseph part 1 & 2

Cockett Decendants, Napela Richardson just to name a few.

Collections of Genealogy Binders to include Louis O'Sullivan 1 & 2

Alexander and Kaaikaula Hussey

Cousin Society

Decendants of Isaac's Family Books 1, 2 & 3

Mary Pukui: Hawaiian Genealogy

Fernander Collection

Traditional Hawaiian Stories

Adolpho Family Genealogy-Carlos Adolpho Alvarado Book 1

The Cole and Jensen Collection - (Oral Genealogies and Information collected from Polynesian people from the pacific islands, Book 2-The Cole and Jensen Collection-Records Sources

Legend of Hawaii Loa

The Kumulipo

Lineages of Chiefs, D. Mcallister Writings

Israelite Similarities

Kuauhau Ali`i

Kuauhau o Wakea

The Ancient History of Hookumu Ka Honua By: Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheulila Peleiholani, 1844 - 1916, translated by JM Poepoe

Memoirs of Lucy Solomon Tamahana

From the Night Rainbow, B Koko Willis and Pali Jae Lee

Children of the Rainbow-the religion, legends and god of pre-christian Hawaii by Leinani Melville

Kawaauhau Genealogy

Genealogy of Macomber in Hawaii

Johnathan Napela 10 stakes Hawaii Honolulu Mission-Pulehu, Maui

Brief History of Molokai Chants by John Keanuenue Kaimikaua of Makakilo Honolulu

Genealogy of many families of Elizabeth Makuakane

The people of Kalapana

Niihau Family History Collections, just to name a few of the 100's of Hawaiian family genealogies and assorted books on our selves. Delay birth records along with over 1000 microfilms available to us.

=Data Bases and Software= FHC Portal : Ancestry Institute.com, Find a Grave, Families of Old Hawaii, State of Hawaii Islands Newspaper from 1989 to 2013 obituraris, Search for Electronic Resources-University of Hawaii A to Z Databases, Ulukau-The Hawaiian Electronic Library, Library of Congress, Bishop Museum-Library and Archives, Google Translate, Hawaii State Archival Digital Collections, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Papakilo Data Base, Hawaii State of Hawaii, Cynds List, American Ancestors by New England Historic Genealogy Society.

Hardware and Equipment
14 Desktop computers with Family Search internet access

3 Lexmark-Copier, Printer

1 HP-Printer

3 Northwest Microfilm Readers

1 Cannon-Microfilm scanner

=Services:= Flash drives can be used to download information from the computers

=Staff Research Specialties=

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Resources in the Local Area
University of Hawaii Hilo Campus Library, Hilo Hawaii Public Library,

Links
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