Names, places, memories
Family accounts and historical records can lead to villages, households and changing spellings. We want to understand the people behind each detail.
Pereira's of the Pacific
FAMILY · PLACES · STORIES · TOGETHER
House of Pereira
TALOFA TELE LAVA
Many journeys, one family story.
A welcoming place for our global family where family & friends are encouraged to connect to be a part of our continuing story.
You may recognise a place or a surname. You may be looking for someone, or simply curious. Wherever you are beginning, we would like this to be a place where a conversation can start.
The House of Pereira Family reconnection and research
THE PLACES IN OUR QUESTIONS
Across the Pacific, stories connect us.
Our family research includes memories, records and connections associated with Samoa and Tokelau, as well as relatives and family stories further afield. These places are research starting points, not a claim that everyone with the Pereira name shares one lineage.
Connections across islands
Our enquiry also follows family connections through Tokelau. The stories of individual branches deserve their own context and careful treatment.
Families have travelled
Reconnection is not limited to one island or country. A family conversation may begin far from the place an older record names.
FAMILY HISTORY IS AN OPEN QUESTION
A name is a beginning, not the whole story.
Genealogy takes listening as well as searching. Family memories, photographs, handwritten notes and surviving records may help clarify an account, but one source does not always tell the whole story.
We distinguish what is documented, what is remembered and what is still being investigated. Our public pages offer an introduction. The family Portal remains a separate, verified experience.
Explore our research approachTWO WAYS TO BEGIN