Goal 1: Learn about Tongan research and records.
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ALearn about Tonga research.
- Get Started: Read these articles to learn about getting started with research in Tonga.
FS—Wiki: Tonga Customs and Research Ideas
Taking a Look at Tongan Genealogy - 2016 - Pacific Islands: Learn about doing research in the Pacific Islands.
FS—Wiki: Pacific Island Guide to Research - Oral Traditions: Learn how oral traditions can help you find research clues.
FS—Wiki: Tonga Oral Family History
FS—Wiki: Register of Tongan Oral Histories
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for research resources. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore additional resources for research.
- Forebears.io: Explore the
Forebears.io site for research records. - Find A Grave: Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- BillionGraves: Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- Facebook: Visit the Asia, Africa, Pacific Genealogy Research Community on Facebook.
- Jewish: Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in Tonga.
- Surnames: Search the Geneanet site for Tongan surnames.
- Help: Get help at a FamilySearch center in Tonga.
- Get personalized help from a research volunteer at the Family History Library.
- Request scans or indexes from catalog records available at the Family History Library.
CExplore Tonga map resources.
- Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of Tonga.
- Explore the David Rumsey collection of Tonga maps.
- Explore the Old Maps Online site for Tonga maps.
- Explore the Atlas of Tonga on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore the Old Maps of Tonga on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Tonga.
- Explore a directory of Tonga cities, towns, and regions in the Falling Rain site.
DLearn about Tonga newspapers.
- Search Tonga newspapers in the onlinenewspapers.com site.
- Search Tonga in the world-newspapers.com site.
- Search Tonga newspapers in the ABYZ News Links site.