Mahele records

Our database includes awarded and unawarded claims.

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07057
island:Hawaii
district: Kona, South
ahupuaa: Honaunau
awarded: Yes
RP: 1
misc: Napahi, school teacher 
 
$32.00
05451
island:Maui
district: Wailuku
ahupuaa: Waiehu
awarded: No
 
 
$32.00
04515
island:Maui
district: Wailuku
ahupuaa: Waiehu
awarded: No
misc: complaint, not a claim 
 
$32.00
00066
island:Oahu
district: Kona
ahupuaa: Honolulu
awarded: Yes
RP: 1
 
modified: 11/30/2010 
$32.00
10385
island:Hawaii
district: Kona, South
ahupuaa: Keei
awarded: No
misc: Napahi, school teacher 
 
$32.00
00000Mo45
island:Molokai
district: Kona
ahupuaa: Kalamaula
awarded: No
misc: no number located 
 
$32.00
10448
island:Hawaii
district: Kau
ahupuaa: Waiohinu,Hionaa
awarded: No
misc: 5 hau groves, government road 
 
$32.00
06620
island:Maui
district: Lahaina
ahupuaa: Kuholilea
awarded: Yes
RP: 1
 
modified: 9/24/2010 
$32.00
03902
island:Molokai
district: Kona
ahupuaa: Keawanui
awarded: Yes
RP: 1
 
 
$32.00
00000Mo10
island:Molokai
district: Kona
ahupuaa: Kalamaula
awarded: No
 
 
$32.00
island:Oahu
district: Kona
ahupuaa: Honolulu
awarded: Yes
RP: 0
 
modified: 4/13/2011 
$32.00
01997
island:Oahu
district: Kona
ahupuaa: Waikiki
awarded: No
misc: 2 mo`o patches plus 10 lo`i 
 
$32.00
00573
island:Oahu
district: Ewa
ahupuaa: Waikele
awarded: No
misc: See award 22 
 
$32.00
02202
island:Maui
district: Lahaina
ahupuaa: Waiokama
awarded: No
misc: surrounded by ponds,lot occuied by negro and wife (one of Queen's retainers);large Puhala standing on lot 
 
$32.00
10535
island:Oahu
district: Kona
ahupuaa: Waikiki
awarded: Yes
RP: 1
 
 
$32.00

About the Mahele database

There are more than 14,500 records for all islands

The Waihona `Aina Mahele database includes awarded and unawarded claims. There are more than 14,500 records for all islands except Kaho`olawe. Some 40,000 documents are included in these records, which contain claimant names, those of family members, neighbors, place descriptions, land usage accounts, house sites, boundaries, trees, cultivated plants, birds, fishponds, salt ponds, roads, canoe sheds, dams, burials and geological features, such as cliffs and rivers.

In the Mahele Database the claims are organized numerically: all documents pertaining to a specific number are included, so that Native Register, Foreign Register, Native Testimony and Foreign Testimony documents are together. Thus, the researcher avoids some problems found in original texts, where there are non-indexed documents and where numbers and names may differ, where data includes property on several islands or where data is incomplete. A report compiles a composite of claims for any query. Every user will save time.

Approximately five percent of the original archive claims claims had been assigned incorrect numbers. These documents have been placed in correct records by Waihona 'Aina.

When awardees died prior to an award affidavit, testimonies may list heirs; records note if land reverted to a konohiki. Other early maps, probate records and Tax Map Keys (note) can be consulted for more ownership information.

Please note that approximately five percent of the original Land Commission Awards(LCA's) on the Tax Maps are also incorrect, make sure to cross-check your information.

Claimants' names and place names occur with variant spellings. The letters "u" and "n" are routinely transposed in the typed testimony, i.e. Peekauai and Peekanai. Names beginning with Ma- /Na-, or Ka- /Ke-, are shown in any or all variants, sometimes within one document, i.e., the family name "I" appears as "I", "Na I", or "Nai" in the documents of one record. These variants are listed in the alternate name field.

The original texts contain errors and variant spellings. These are corrected when found. Subsequent transcriptions and translations also contain some errors. Waihona `Aina's compiler has undoubtedly added other errors. Researchers with questions about apparent erors are encouraged to e-mail Waihona `Aina with the mail button for verification and correction where pertinent.

Our Structure

Three asterisks (***) appear where information is missing or needs to be double checked. Wai Hona `Aina compiler comments are placed between square brackets: […]. Translators’ comments occur within slash marks: /…/; or parentheses: (…). Question marks within brackets or parentheses indicate difficulty in deciphering the text. Bracketed information includes corrected numbers, words, and/or editorial comments, i.e. when a Royal Patent Number or TMK is known they are added in final editorial comment for each record. This database separates multiple island awards to one person into a separate records for each relevant island with an asterisk and the letter of the island added to the record number, i.e. 7713*H,(for Hawaii), 7713*K (for Kauai), 7713*M (for Maui), 7713*Mo for Molokai, 7713*O (for Oahu). The full documentation occurs within each one but the information in search fields pertains only to that island.

Key to Abbreviations and Modifications

// translator’s comments
( ) translator’s comments
"" ditto marks removed and text filled in
*** our marks for information not located
ap. ‘Apana’ (section of land)
rod = 5 ½ yards or 16½ feet
rood = a square measure usually ¼ acre or 40 square rods
N.E.S.W. have been replaced by North, East, South and West
V. Pres. Replaced by Vice President
Commr = replaced by Commissioner
D. Sir replaced by Dear Sir
Excy replaced by Excellency
Govr, Governr replaced by Governor
Govt, Govermt replaced by Government
Sw replaced by sworn
Tes, Test, Tes.y, Testy replaced by Testimony
Clmt, Claimnt, Clt, replaced by claimant
Clm replaced by claim
Kam I replaced by Kamehameha I
Kam II or III replaced by Kamehameha II or III
Is. replaced by Island
Secy replaced by Secretary
Unct, Unctd replaced by uncultivated
Doct, Doctr replaced by Doctor
Ap. replaced by apana
H.E. replaced by His Excellency
Mr. P. replaced by Mr. Pease
Evc replaced by evidence
Meetg replaced by meeting
Inst. Replaced by Instant [meaning current, i.e. current month]

Measurements used in surveying Found in Hawaiian Archival Land Documents

Degrees and minutes for North/South and East/West orientations
Acre equal to 160 square rods or 4,840 square feet
A Rod is 5.5 yards and also approximately 30 square yards.
Rod (squared rod) is 1/40 of a Rood. There are 40 rods in a rood and 4 roods in an acre
A Rood - A measure of land equal to 1/4 acre, or 40 square rods (0.10 hectare).
Fathom unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.83 meters)
Chain is equal to 100 feet (30.5 meters)
Perch is a synonym for rod (Hawaiian perka or peka)

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