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Do you have a veteran in your family? Do you know someone who has a veteran in their ...
Read More Member Event-Breaking Down the Tower of Babel
In this “Digging Deeper series” chat, Patrick will take some of his previous talk material from “Why Can’t ...
Read More Family Ties 2.0 – A Virtual Workshop
In collaboration with the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles, the Chinese Family History Group of Southern California ...
Read More Y.C. Hong: Advocate for Chinese American Inclusion
Based on primary source materials from the Hong Family Papers at The Huntington, “Y.C. Hong: Advocate for Chinese ...
Read More Michael Ho began with a short segment especially designed for our donors and members about Chinese names. He ...
Read More Bo-Gay Salvador and Brian Yee shared their personal experiences in genealogy research in this session especially designed for ...
Read More Researching the World of Chinese Documents
Many involved in Chinese genealogy research are familiar with the Chinese jiapu/zupu and perhaps local gazetteers. Tony King ...
Read More Qīngmíng (also known as “Tomb-sweeping Day”) 2021 occurred on April 4th; it’s a “festival” when many ethnic Hàn ...
Read More Family Ties – Adventures in Finding My Family Stories
In collaboration with Chinese American Museum Los Angeles, moderator Michael Ho interviewed panelists Marisa Louie Lee, Bo-Gay Tong ...
Read More Zachary Wilske discussed the history of US immigration laws and its impact on Chinese American women focusing on ...
Read More Two time James Beard Award winner and globally acclaimed Chef Martin Yan wove personal stories from his childhood ...
Read More Kevin Kwan shared intimate stories and photos about his family tree ranging back to the year 946. Born ...
Read More Filmmakers Katie and Gregg Porter discussed their process of documenting "We Are American Soldiers." They shared their research ...
Read More Researching Military History and Records
Filmmakers Katie and Gregg Porter share their journey in documenting Katie's maternal grandfather's life and military service in ...
Read More Why Can’t I Understand Auntie?
Linguist Patrick Chew provided a basic introduction on Chinese dialects, focusing primarily on the Pearl River Delta of ...
Read More Michael Ho gave an overview of Chinese naming conventions and practices that family history researchers may encounter in ...
Read More How The Chinese Exclusion Act Impacted My Family
Patti Dung, Steve Kwok and Shirley Chu-Ng shared how the Chinese Exclusion Act impacted their family members. Login ...
Read More Visiting Our Ancestral Villages
Kitty L. Lew shared her journey to three of her four ancestral villages in Taishan, Donguan and Zengcheng. ...
Read More Trae Nicholson shared her varied approaches to identifying "mystery people" in family photographs. After finding her father’s box ...
Read More Jiapus and Family Genealogical Books
Steve Kwok discussed family ancestral books (jiapu and zupu) including: how to find them; how to make sense ...
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