The Mahele database includes the first legal documents written across the Hawaiian island chain (1848-1853) of 14,500 records. Awards given by the Land Commission gave legal title to land in fee ownership.
About | Go Search | IndexesThe BC database are the 600+ records of the Boundary Commissioners (1868-1915) whose task was to determine boundaries for ali`i lands and government lands, if not known.
About | Go Search | IndexesThe RP database are the 8665+ records of the final step of the Kingdom/Government (1847-2000 and beyond) to document the metes and bounds for Mahele and Boundary Commission records, and whereby the Government signs off its interest in the property. This series of records is still on-going.
About | Go Search | IndexesThe LG database (1846-1922 and beyond) includes 14,000+ records. LGs differ from the records of the first three databases, because they are not contingent on the Mahele records. Instead these document the land sales of the Kingdom, the Territory, and today the State of Hawai‘i. This series is also on-going.
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