This document provides information about genealogy and tips for researching one's own genealogy. It discusses why genealogy is important, especially for Hawaiian people, as it was used to determine royal rank. Tips are given for interviewing family members and collecting information like birth/death dates and places. The document instructs on properly documenting genealogy using given names rather than nicknames and distinguishing between maiden and married names for women. It introduces genograms as a way to visually represent family trees and provides a sample Chong family genogram using Hawaiian terms.