For several years, the Hawaii State Archives has been diligently working to make the Archives documents more accessible to the public. The Archives was rather forced into it since many documents created today are in a digital form only, and they just weren’t set up to deal with them. Now we’re seeing both digital documents as well as older “digitized” items being made available to the public online.
A video dealing with the Hawaii State Archives going digital can be found at the kitv.com website.
Although the project is far from completion, there are already a number of digital collections found at the Hawaii State Archives website. Some are limited to just a few letters of the alphabet for a limited period of time. Check them out below.
SEARCH
Name Search – search all collections indexed by name. Excludes the Genealogy Index, Mahele Book, Map and Library Catalog and Photograph Collection.
INDEXES
Genealogy Index
Government Office Holders, 1843-1959
Hawaiian Genealogy Book Index (PDF)
Chinese Passenger Manifest Index, A-Z
Japanese Passenger Manifests Index, A-L
Japanese Passenger Manifests Index, M-Z
Portuguese Passenger Manifests Index, A-Z
Land Index – People Names, 1838-1918 (O-Z)
Land Index – Place Names, 1838-1918 (A, E and U)
Name Index, 1790-1950 (A-Bonnier)
Subject Index, 1790-1970 (A-Airports, Molokai)
RECORDS
Certificates of Registration, National Register of Republic of Hawaii
Official Journals of the Legislature of the Republic of Hawaii, 1895-1898
Judiciary Records (Probate Case Files)
Mahele Book (PDF)
Photograph Collection
Tax Ledgers, 1847-1900 (Hamakua & Hilo)
Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 (Molokai, Niihau, Kauai, and Maui)
Vital Statistics Collection, 1826-1929 (Hawaii Island)
World War I Service Records
OTHER RESOURCES
Map and Library Catalog
