3/11/12 Christine Hitt Many emails that I receive are in regards to a hanai or adopted relative. Depending on whether it is a hanai adoption or a legal adoption with an agency, genealogy tactics will differ. Soon, I will follow-up this post with a case study of a hanai adoption I worked on. And, I [...]
By Christine Hitt March 8, 2010 I found this photo in the 1921 Paradise of the Pacific pages. It is not dated or does it explain where it was taken, but I assume that it was taken within the same year. Although many westerners were moving in during this time, it was still common to [...]
By Christine Hitt February 25, 2010 While looking through the 1921 archives of Paradise of the Pacific, I ran across an article by George Mellen titled “Deserted, Nameless and Forgotten.” It was about a deserted village that he had run across by foot between Makapuu and Waimanalo—there was no automobile access through this area at [...]
BY Christine Hitt February 19, 2010 I found this profile in the December 1920, Paradise of the Pacific (now HONOLULU Magazine) pages, so I thought I’d share it: Here is the real Grand Old Man of the Hawaiian Islands, Kiaaina by name. He was born on the island of Kauai a long, long time ago–so [...]
BY Christine Hitt January 28, 2010 As an employee of HONOLULU Magazine, I have the ease of perusing its extensive archives, which dates back to 1888, under its old title, Paradise of the Pacific. Occasionally, I will flip through the pages and find some interesting articles, or pictures. And, now I can share such finds [...]
