Kauai County, Hawaii and the Pacific:
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Projects

• Kaua'i County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kauai County, Hawaii GenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kauai County, Hawaii GenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Honolulu County, HI  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Kauai County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Kauai County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Kauai County, Hawaii      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Holy Cross Catholic Chuch Cemetery      (Source: USGenWeb Hawaii Archives)
• Kauai County  Hawaii Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Kauai County  Hawaii Cemetery Project     (Source: USGenWeb Hawaii Archives)
• Kauai County Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Kauai County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes

• Kauai Co. Census Records      (Source: Census Online)
• Kauai County Federal Census Index      (Source: us-census.org)

• 1900

  • 1900 Federal Census  Kauai County, Hawaii Territory     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • United States Census, 1900  Kauai County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• 1910

  • 1910 Federal Census  Kauai County, Hawaii     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1920

  • 1920 Federal Census  Kauai County, Hawaii     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1930

  • 1930 Federal Census  Kauai County, Hawaii     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • Kauai County on Reel 2636      (Source: 1930 United States Census on Internet Archive)

• 1940

  • 1940 Federal Census  Kauai County, Hawaii     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • National Archives Official 1940 Census Website  Kauai County, Hawaii     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)

Court and Legal Records

• Kauai County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Estate Records

• Hawaii Wills and Probate Records, 1822-1962  includes Kauai County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• The 1924 Filipino Strike on Kaua'i 
• German Immigration in the 1880's  Kaua'i, Hawaii

History

• Kauai County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Kauai County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Kauai County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• Kauai County, Hawaii      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Koloa  An Oral History of a Kaua'i Community

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • The 1924 Filipino Strike on Kaua'i 
  • Kaua'i Island, HI Hurricane Iniki, Sept 1992      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Kauai County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Kauai County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Kauai Island, HI Bomber Crashes Off Shore, Dec 1955      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Kauai, HI Dam Failure, Mar 2006      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lihue, Hawaii Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Lihue, HI Navy Plane Crashes On Island, June 1983      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lihue, HI Tour Helicopter Crashes, June 1998      (Source: GenDisasters)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Kauai Co. Migrations 

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Hawaii locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kauai County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Kauai County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hanalei Hawaii Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kaua'i Museum 
• Kauai County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kauai Hawaii Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kekaha Hawaii Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kokee Natural History Museum 
• Library Directory for Kauai County, Hawaii      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Kauai County, Hawaii     (Source: Find My Past)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Hawaiian Roots  Kauai
• Hawaiian Roots  Niihau
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• HIKAUAI Hawaii County genealogy

  • HIKAUAI Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• 1878 Kauai Island Map      (Source: Maps of the Past)     ($)
• Individual County Chronologies  Kauai County     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Kauai County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Kauai County Map      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kauai County Post Offices 
• Kauai County Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)

Military Records and Histories

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Kauai County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Kauai      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Kauai County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Kauai County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Garden Island  Lihu'e, Hawaii     (Source: Newspapers published in English in Hawaii, 1862-1923)
• The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, H.T.  1911-1922     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Historical Lihue Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Lihue Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Search Lihue Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Hawaii, Kauai County, Obituaries  1982-2010     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lihue, Hawaii Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary search includes Garden Island  Lihue, HI     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The Garden Island  Lihue     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Kauai County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kauai County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kauai County Courthouse 
• Kauai County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Kauai County, Kauai  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kauai District  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kauai Postcards 

School Records and Histories

• Kapaa School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lihue School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Kaua'i Historical Society 
• Kaua'i Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• The Kauai Historic Preservation Commission 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname

• Biography of James McKinney Alexander  The Presbyterian Ministerial Directory, 1898     (Source: Google Books)
• Obituary of James McKinney Alexander, 1911  Necrological Report of Princeton Theological Seminary     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Thorvald Brandt  Who's Who in Finance, Banking and Insurance, 1920-1922     (Source: Google Books)
• Descendants of Captain Robert Brown 
• Biography of Daniel Dole  History of Bowdoin College     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Thomas Lafon Gulick  The Presbyterian Ministerial Directory, 1898     (Source: Google Books)
• Carlotta Stewart Lai (1881-1952)  African American History in the West Vignette
• Gustave Schock Family  Germany, Hawaii & Washington
• Carlotta Stewart Lai (1881-1952)  African American History in the West Vignette

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Kauai County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Kauai County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Kauai island airfields      (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• Kekaha Sugar Company      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)
• The Koloa Sugar Company Mill      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)
• Lihu'e Sugar Plantation      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Old Koloa Sugar Mill      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)
• Patents  Kauai County, Hawaii     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Hawaii Genealogy Indexes  includes Kauai Island Marriages (1826-1929)     (Source: Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library)
• Hawaii Genealogy Indexes  includes Niihau Island Marriages (1840-1856)     (Source: Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library)
• Hawaii, Various Islands, Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1849-1915      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kauai County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

• Kauai County, Hawaii Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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