The Polynesian Genealogist

02/10/2026

This perspective shift changed my life. The ocean is our connector, the family is our map and navigation.

29/09/2026

Here’s a short tutorial on finding your Pacific Island oral genealogies on FamilySearch! Do you know about this collection? Have you found ancestors in here before? Let me know if you have any questions!

24/09/2026

Feeling my grandma nearby today. I know her prayers are still working on behalf of all her posterity 🤎

19/09/2026

Have you ever missed people you’ve never met before? Genealogy always has me in my feels and deeply desiring a connection with those I don’t know. Yet. But through family history, time and space collapse and I suddenly get to “meet” those I haven’t before.

15/09/2026

11/09/2026

Friday Reminder: Your beloved ancestors are always near. Maybe the spoken word is an a way for us to realize they are present with us. Always.

10/09/2026

If you’re a genealogist, this should matter to you. We talk all the time about finding our ancestors, but who makes sure the records we need are still here for us to find?

Archivists. Librarians. Preservation workers. Records specialists. PEOPLE.

Right now, workers at Archives New Zealand are on strike, and I want our genealogy community to pay attention.

These are the people caring for the records that hold our families’ stories, our communities’ histories, and the things that are precious and unique to our people.

Records don’t preserve themselves. People do.

If you care about genealogy, please care about the people doing this work, too. 🤎

09/09/2026

Do you know the difference between libraries and archives? Both are super important and amazing resources for genealogy work!

04/09/2026

I found a record of my ancestor saying he would be loyal to the US after the Overthrow happened. This is my story of how I confronted this uncomfortable family history.

If you’ve come across uncomfortable things in your ancestry, here’s what you can do:
1. Call it what it is.
2. Acknowledge your feelings.
3. Let the questions flow. Ask.
4. Search for the truth.
5. Doing family history well means knowing HISTORY. So, learn the history and context of what your ancestors lived thru.
6. Understand. Don’t excuse, but search for understanding.