Aloha e, Cousins!

For the first time in nearly three years of publishing, I’m writing you a personal (ish) letter about what’s been going on here at The McCorristons of Molokai.

The Moorhead family of Honolulu (also: Moorehead, Morehead) was a small contingent of relatively unknown residents of the Hawaiian Islands originally from Ireland.

As the year comes to a close, we’re now looking ahead to what we want to explore, learn, continue, and finish at The McCorristons of Molokai in 2020.

Part of the mission of The McCorristons of Molokai is “to share our moʻokūʻauhau—our genealogy” with descendants of Hugh and Daniel McCorriston. As we also declaimed, “the narratives sometimes change as new information comes available.” In our first year of publishing, more of the story of the McCorristons in Hawaiʻi has become available, thanks to research, DNA testing, and more.

The first article on The McCorristons of Molokai, Daniel McCorriston, 1840-1927, was published on December 17, 2018, to little fanfare. Since then, our visitor base has grown by over 14,000%, we’ve reached readers from all of the major English-speaking countries, and we’ve shared our little slice of Hawaiʻi with history buffs, extended family members, and a few unwitting people who stumbled onto our site by accident.

Elizabeth McCorriston (June 9, c.1875-June 1, 1931) was a school teacher and principal on the Island of Molokai during the early 20th century.