Content
Welcome
1m 34s
Speaker's Introduction
51s
Introduction
7m 1s
Matai
8m 48s
Samoan Perspectives
10m 4s
Historical Context
6m 51s
Cultural Protocol
5m 22s
A Few Pointers
8m 18s
Resources
2m 59s
Announcements / prizes
6m 33s
Questions / answers
19m 17s
About this webinar
For small communities like Samoa, a tiny group of islands in Polynesia, genealogy is preserved and fiercely protected through oral tradition as they are intrinsically linked to land and chiefly titles. The validity of these genealogical narratives have not been immune to at least two waves of mass population loss that coincided with the arrival of Europeans, coupled with political interference towards colonisation. With today's advancement of technology, family historians can now access and salvage never seen before documents and photos, and decipher DNA tests and some of the findings are not supporting versions of traditional genealogy. How should Family Historians approach this sensitive subject?
\nAbout the speaker
Andrew Peteru is a Samoan who is researching his maternal Samoan and European ancestors and analysing historical documents, genealogical records and DNA matches. He is currently a PHD candidate at Auc...
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Comments (1)
A fascinating and important presentation. So important to preserve our family information.\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of great information to help with Samoan family history.\n\nExcellent webinar. Thanks so much Andrew. \n\nFascinating\n\nI am SO glad I attended. He gave insights that I would never have thought of.\n\nIt was a great presentation. It showed respect for traditions. It is good to see things from a perspective where a Genealogist and History Keeper is a ... profession. There was so much good information in here that beginners like me will have to watch it at least twice. But to teach less would have been to miss out on how to show proper respect. Even those like me with no Samoan ancestors it was a good lesson to learn. Thank you.\n\nlearned way more than I thought, very detailed, thank you\n\nVery enjoyable. Thank you\n\nvery interesting\n\nVery interesting information about a subject that I knew nothing about. Thank you. And, thank you for the door prize as well.\n\nVery interesting!\n\nWonderfully kind and thoughtful presentation