Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Hawaii County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- A Setta (Hilo, Hawaii)1903-1921
- Hawai Shokumin Shinbun = the Hawaii Shokumin Shinbun (Hilo, T.H.)1909-1913
- Hawaii Daily Post (Hilo, Hawaii)1917-1917
- Hawaii Herald (Hilo, Hawaii)1896-1923
- Hawaii Post (Hilo, Hawaii)1916-1917
- Hilo Daily Tribune (Hilo, Hawaii)1917-1923
- Hilo Tribune (Hilo, Hawaii)1895-1917
- Hilo Tribune Herald (Hilo, Hawaii)1895-????
- Hilo Tribune-Herald (Hilo, Hawaii)1923-1964
- Hiro Shinpō = the Hilo Shimpo (Hawai-Tō Hiro-Shi)1898-1912
- Ka Hoku O Hawaii (Hilo, Kalana O Hawaii, T.H.)1906-1948
- Ke Kilohana O Ka Malamalama (Hilo, Kalana O Hawaii, T.H.)1907-1919
- Ke Ola O Hawaii (Hilo, Hawaii)1916-1919
- Kohala Semi-Weekly Midget (Kohala, Hawaii)1916-1917
- Kona Shūhō = the Kona Weekly (Kealakekua, Kona, H.T.)1915-1920
- Main Street (Honokaa, Hawaii)1950-1951
- O Facho (Hilo, Hawaii)1906-1927
- Philippine Press (Hilo, Hawaii, T.H.)1934-19??
- The Daily Post-Herald (Hilo, Hawaii)1917-1923
- The Hawaii Mainichi (Hilo, Hawaii, T.H.)1913-1941
- The Hawaii News (Hilo, Hawaii)1925-194?
- The Hawaii Press (Hilo, Hawaii)1928-19??
- The Kohala Midget (Kohala, T.H.)1908-1913
- The Kojyo (Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii)1939-194?
- The Kona Echo (Holualua, Hawaii, T.H.)1897-1951
- The Kona Pickle-Jar (Holualoa, Hawaii, T.H.)1916-1916
- The Midget (Kohala, Hawaii, T.H.)1913-1917
- Today's News (Hilo [Hawaii])1907-1917
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Hawaii County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the Bureau of Conveyances and the circuit courts.
- The Bureau of Conveyances
Hawaii records land statewide, in one office in Honolulu, not by county.
- The circuit courts
Probate, divorce and court cases, by judicial circuit.
- The Hawaii State Archives
In Honolulu: government records of the Kingdom, Republic and Territory, including land, court and immigration records.
- Hawaii State Archivesfree
The state archives in Honolulu, with records of the Kingdom, Republic and Territory of Hawaii: land, court, vital and immigration records.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Hawaii, Hawaii" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: East Hawaii County (extinct), West Hawaii County (extinct)
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1905, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Most Hawaii records are kept statewide, not by county, so start with the State Archives and the State Department of Health for births, marriages and deaths.