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This multimedia session offers key resources to help you find and explore your China roots and access Chinese American research tools. Showcased are the struggles and assimilation of a Chinese American immigrant family through oral histories of hardship, poverty, segregation, discrimination, and a city’s formal apology—80 years in the making—came to life. Unsure of where your ancestral village is in China and how to find your jiapu (ancestral lineage book)? Learn how 150 generations of family genealogy was documented in China. You’ll receive a checklist of research resources – where to ask live and virtual questions, and details on attending a paid three-day Chinese American Genealogy Conference or joining the free Bay Area Chinese Group. Can’t read Chinese? No problem using a Chinese to English translation tool. Discover how the National Archives in San Bruno can help uncover your Chinese ancestors’ interviews at the Angel Island Immigration Station, where 175,000 Chinese immigrants entered the U.S. between 1910 and 1940.
What you will learn
- Research tools and resources to discover your China roots.
- Oral histories of a Chinese American family’s struggles
- How 150 generations of family genealogy was found
- ChiAm checklist of online, live and local genealogy groups
- Interviews from Angel Island Immigration National Archives
- Experience a visit to a Chinese ancestral village
Ron Chan, an experienced genealogy lecturer and published author, sharing innovative storytelling methods. He is Founder of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group, who preserves ancestral stories, while co-founding the Chinese American GI Project to honor veterans' legacies. Learn from Ron how to capture and share family history for future generations.
Sponsored by Friends of the Redwood City Public Library
More Information
Contact: Roz Kutler
Phone: (650)780-7058
Email: rkutler@redwoodcity.org
