{"id":371,"date":"2024-06-19T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:05:42","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"webinars\"><strong>Prior recordings of our webinars &amp; meetings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/new-year-2020\/\">Jan 15, 2020 What Your Parents Didn&#8217;t Tell You about Chinese New Year <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by David Lei<\/mark><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/bacgg-digital-town-hall-meeting-march-2020\/\">March 2020 BACGG Digital Town Hall Meeting <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/march-20-2020\/\">May 20, 2020 Family and District Associations; Six Companies and Tongs Explained <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by David Lei<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/22\/video-chinese-night-clubs\/\">July 15, 2020 Chinese Night Clubs<em><sup> click <\/sup><\/em><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Calvin Fong<\/mark><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; margin-left: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/miscellaneous-information-july-15-2020\/\">We have posted the answers to the many questions<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a> asked during Chinese Night Club webinar. Thanks to the hard work of Ron, Gail, and Jeannie with 2 hours of interviewing Calvin, Cynthia, and Coby, let alone the hours of collating the data!<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2020\/09\/04\/operation-wwii-chinese-american-g-i-webinar-youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aug 29, 2020 Operation: WWII Chinese American G.I.<\/a><\/mark><\/span><em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Montgomery Hom<\/mark><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; margin-left: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caww2.org\/cgm-recipients\">Link to view your elder&#8217;s name on the list of having received the CGM (Congressional Gold Medal)<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a> <\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/census-research-and-vital-records\/\">December 2 &amp; 16, 2020. Census Research and Vital Records <\/a><\/mark><\/span><em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Kelly Summers \u590f\u958b\u7406<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/3717-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Feb 5, 2021 Chinese New Year of the Ox<\/mark><\/span><\/a><em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Rosemary Gong<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/confessions-and-online-family-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">May 27, 2021 Family Tree <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Doug Joe <\/mark>and Confession Program<\/mark><\/span><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Jeannie Young<\/mark><em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/tsung-tsin-association-hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Aug 14 and 21, 2021 Tsung Tsin Association Hawaii<\/mark><\/span><\/a><em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Brian Dillon, PhD <\/mark><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">This is a two part YouTube series presented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/tsungtsinhi\/Tsung-Tsin-Association-Honolulu\">Tsung Tsin Association of Hawaii <em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em><\/a>, a fraternal organization supporting the Hakka culture of Hawaii. It is cosponsored by both our Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group and the <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesefamilyhistory.org\/\">Chinese Family History Group of Southern California <em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em><\/a> . Many American Born Chinese (ABC) are unfamiliar with the Hakka and Punti (Cantonese) ethnicities. Beginning family historians barely understand the cultures of the Sze Yi, Zhongshan, and Sam Yup Cantonese speakers. Dr. Dillon, having married into an Hawaiian Hakka family, has done much original research and carries the tradition of academic methodology from his father Richard Dillon. His family is embedded in the history of the American west. The lectures have an abundance of references from his two articles in the California Territorial Quarterly. The first video is about the Hakka and their diaspora to Hawaii. It is a good treatise about the ethnic group. The second video is about the Chinese American experience in California. With sadness and shock, balanced by Dillon&#8217;s excellent lecture style, we are reminded of the vitriol against our ancestors and people during the 19th century. <em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);font-size: 8pt;\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2021<\/mark><\/em><\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/west-vs-east\/\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Nov 17, 2021 West vs East &#8211; Chinese <\/span><\/mark><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Herbal Medicine. <\/mark><\/span><\/a><em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Calvin Fong&#8217;s recollection of his father&#8217;s Chinese herbal practice in Oakland, CA and organized medicine and government&#8217;s assault on the business.<\/mark> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OxHI50pLyv4\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mar 23, 2022 Chinese Lion Dance in the American Context<\/span><\/mark><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"> <\/mark><\/span><\/a><em><sup> site <\/sup><\/em> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">David Lei&#8217;s treatise on the Chinese Lion Dance in the USA<\/mark> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sept 14, 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fnwwQNL6qt4\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fnwwQNL6qt4\">Facing Challenges and Limitations: Where Do Organized Chinese Associations Get Respect? <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g-1b2cXcLyc\">PIONEERS IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES &#8211; THE CHINESE FISHERMEN OF OLD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December 3, 2024, Chinese Surname Search Symposium: Chan Family Case Study\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HF4AjC-aejk?feature=shared\">Welcome \/ Chinese American Research Resources<\/a>, Ron Chan, 21 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/n0vIZWnr7j8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Getting Started With My China Roots<\/a>, Huihan Lie, 55 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iiCn6itt4WA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chan Chronicles<\/a> Summary, Dr Kenneth Chan, 1 hour 20 minutes (See &#8220;All things Chan&#8221;, #10 for complete chapters)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xRKapRrVIKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Getting to Know Your Family<\/a>, George Chin and Bayard Fong, 1 hour 10 min Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group 12\/3\/2024 (Zoom audience not pictured)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2394-edit-1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2394-edit-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2394-edit-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2394-edit-768x377.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2394-edit-1536x754.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2394-edit-2048x1006.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_2394-edit-1320x648.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">First row, center, speakers George Chin, Ron Chan and Dr Kenneth Chan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All Things Chan (\u9673)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/chan-surname-sig\/\">Chan Surname Special Interest Group (BACGG) <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190414114917\/http:\/\/www.houseofchinn.com\/index.html\">Archive of Al Chinn&#8217;s now dark <strong>House of Chin<\/strong> (\u9673) <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinfamilytree.com\/index.html\">Huang Village Chin (\u9673) Family Tree (Gene Chin) <em><sup>click to view<\/sup><\/em><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> <\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Ch%C3%A9n-M%C3%B3-%E9%99%B3%E8%AC%A8-124-83-36-1G\/6000000003225199627\">Public Geni family tree (\u9673) curated by Philip Tan <em><sup>click to view<\/sup><\/em><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> dj 2023 <\/mark><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Site considered progenitor of Chen clan into Guangdong. <\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/chan-surname-sig\/\">Chan China Roots Journal by Ron Chan<\/a> <em><sup>pdf<\/sup><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VksGEBUT7Ps&amp;ab_channel=KennethChan\">Chan Clan Night Before Christmas Video Xmas Card<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/xslo961h0dw2rh0lzhvh0\/AAO2HCTZTqbZPSTVoLKJ5do?rlkey=t7d0tydbdl9iwnpc4pef9bczd&amp;st=r3ro7z0b&amp;dl=0\">101 Chan Icons and Logos<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See webinars and meetings (above), item 14, for &#8220;Chinese Surname Symposium&#8221; for Chan case studies and Chronicles Summary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QhpfNM_0Nnc&amp;ab_channel=KennethChan\">Chan Clan Chronicles Highlights<\/a> (23:09)    A synopsis of the most important aspects of Chan Family history, abstracted from the comprehensive, 15 volume, Chan Clan Chronicles video library (see below #10). It includes information about the Chan\/Chin\/Chen\/Chun surname, the most important family ancestors, the clan ancestral home, and the clan place of origin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chan Chronicles, by Dr Kenneth D. Chan &#8211; The Chan Clan Chronicles \u2013 Middle Kingdom to Gold Mountain \u2013 A Visual Compendium of Chan Family History. A kaleidoscope of Chan Family history, mythology, culture, ancestral roots, and family stories with pictures. A reference and resource for Chan Family historians and genealogists researching their Chan Clan roots.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chapter 0: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KSMB_tEgKeI?si=X17mkvi5FqnNBlcw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Chan Chronicles \u2013 Prologue, Table of Contents, and Introduction&nbsp;  <\/a> (11:04)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uulrj0eKFIc\">Origins, History and Facts <\/a>(13:50)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/j0H2FcCUbMI\">Primer of Chinese Names<\/a>  (12:52)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BIVqojgYauo\">Chan Clan Family Tree<\/a> (12:20)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 4:<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JqhQRNRo1Ls\"> Pre-dynastic Beginnings<\/a> (16:35)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RcRx8u2gsSU\">Biographic Sketches<\/a>  (32:13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qucza4eTVWs\">Geography and Chan Ancestral Home in Taishan and Guangdong  (13:43)  <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ezG9DnL4oG0\">Chan Migration<\/a>  (28:31)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WF2G8soJUx0\">Journey to America<\/a>  (14:25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 9: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/99gwzQnUyMY\">Exclusion Act<\/a>  (11:46)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 10: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ODS84KRXbcw\">Temples<\/a>  (11:0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 11: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wRBl7GYWW5k\">Oroville Temple and Museum<\/a>  (25:44)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 12: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ELcCGtFZCiw\">Chan Portrait Gallery<\/a>  (8:08)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 13: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rdcQq1IGLUU\">Epilogue, Final Thoughts<\/a>  (9:02)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter 14: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EE8ATuUfe5w\">Reference&#8217;s, Resources and Notes<\/a>  (6:53)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dM8bZ3Ci1GA?si=o-lDohkdRgJrjYv6\">Chan Clan Chronicles &#8211; Ancestral Pilgrimage Walking in the Footsteps of our Fathers <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-351\" style=\"width: 40px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/camera.png\" alt=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/group-photographs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pre-Pandemic Group Photos demonstrating how the group grew <sup><em>click to view <\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-351\" style=\"width: 40px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dvd.png\" alt=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinesefamilyhistory.org\/guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Beginning Genealogy Resources from Chinese Family History Group of Southern California&nbsp; <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research Tips<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>I. Handling and Studying Chinese Characters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/research-tips\/\">How to Capture Chinese Digital Characters<sup><em> link <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Tom Loui<\/mark><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.rootsweb.com\/~chinesesurname\/family\/hundred.html\">100 Chinese Surname by Ron Young <em><sup>site<\/sup> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/mark><\/em><\/a><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Beginners: a site to find your surname. [<strong>select<\/strong>][<strong>copy<\/strong>][<strong>paste<\/strong>]into your files. Fairly complete IMHO<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinfamilytree.com\/hed\">Hoisanva English Dictionary 2023 by Gene Chin <em><sup>click to view<\/sup><\/em><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> by Gail Chong <\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames\">List of Common Chinese Surnames<em><sup> wiki <\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/mark><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Another site to find your surname, frequently referred to by <a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/references-for-about\/#tom-usa-conference\">Henry Tom<sup><em> link <\/em><\/sup> <\/a><\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yAGRG55mENB_4wo9oQoGjCmEPX7Yddqu\/view?usp=sharing\">Reading Chinese Gravestones by Doris Yau-Chong Jones Nov 2001<sup><em> pdf <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> dj 2020 <\/mark><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Nice treatise from Australia on interpreting tombstones. Remember, the dead don&#8217;t lie<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tony_King_-_Research_Methods_for_Overseas_Chinese.pdf\">Research Methods for Oversea&#8217;s Chinese, by Tony King <em><sup>pdf<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>     7. <a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Presentation_Chinese-American-Research.pdf\">Chinese American Genealogical Research, by Richard Li <sup><em>pdf<\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. <a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Presentation_Ancestors-in-China.pdf\">Chinese Family History Research, by Richard Li <sup><em>pdf<\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. <a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/05_SFPL-Genealogy-Databases.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/05_SFPL-Genealogy-Databases.pdf\">Access to San Francisco Public Library Genealogy Databases, by Richard Li <em><sup>pdf<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. <a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MyChinaRoots-Genealogy-101.pdf\">Genealogy 101, My China Roots <em><sup>pdf<\/sup><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames\">Wikipedia List of Common Chinese Names<\/a> <sup><em>link<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@chinafetching\">YouTube site with multiple 3 minute videos of various Chinese surnames<\/a> <sup><em>link<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>II. Media Management<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/1245-2\/\">Scanning Tips with Epson V600 <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/resources\/colorize-bw-photos-myheritage-free-to-4-22-2020\/\">Colorize B&amp;W Photos Free for a limited time <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em>\/<\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/photo-restoration-scanning-and-retouching\/\">Photo Restoration \u2013 Scanning and Retouching site <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nchsoftware.com\/videopad\/index.html\">VideoPad<sup><em> link <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span> <\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Full featured video editor. Free for 1 month. Older interface, similar to Microsoft Movie Maker . Beware as it seems like they install nagware on your computer. Mar 2021: they are very aggressive about you paying for updates. To prevent that, back up your program. Email me for details.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 6pt;\"><em>as of Jun 25, 2021, I cannot recommend this program without significant work-around<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irfanview.com\/\">Irfanview<sup><em> link <\/em><\/sup> <\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span> <\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Free full featured image manipulator<\/span><\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/\">Audiacity<sup><em> link <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span> <\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Free full featured sound manipulator which VideoPad can also do with sound, but cost money.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"oral-history\"><strong>III. Oral History<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/1504-2\/\">Transcribing Oral History<sup><em> click<\/em><\/sup><\/a> <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/10-steps-to-conducting-oral-history-interviews\/\">10 Steps To Conducting Oral History Interviews<sup><em> click<\/em><\/sup><\/a> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourapaheritage.com\/interviewresources\">How to Interview Your (APA) Parents and Grandparents shared by Grant Din on another Forum<sup><em> click<\/em><\/sup><\/a> <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 05\/2021<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Grant posted: I &#8220;met&#8221; online Stephen Lee, a Korean American who has been a reporter, lawyer, and prosecutor. He&#8217;s put together a website called Our APA Heritage, and offers great resources for those telling or researching their family stories, including interview tips, his family stories, and more. You can see his website above&#8230; He&#8217;ll even help you with an interview if you wish!<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"american-documents\"><strong>IV. Researching American Documents<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RG-85-Basic-Research-Steps-SF-HI-rev.-2021.pdf\">National Archives of San Bruno: Basic Steps For San Francisco and Honolulu Immigration Case Files<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/how-to-effectively-research-the-national-archives-portal\/\">How to Effectively Research the National Archives Portal site <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Marisa Louie-Lee<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1b1R76eHCyLLhx31zkQiF4n1XdG7fdINTLmWM7sd4fLs\/edit?authuser=1\">The A-Files (Alien Files) &#8211; Research and Access<sup><em> link <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Jeanie Low 2020<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2020\/08\/13\/resources-to-learn-about-angel-island-immigration-and-its-documents\/\">Resources to Learn about Angel Island Immigration and its Documents<sup><em> post<\/em><\/sup><\/a> <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Grant Din<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/dougs-links\/2\/\">Beware of the Elixir of NARA<sup><em> click <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span> <\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">This is my opinion meant for newbies when accessing their NARA files<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/NARA-SF-Asian-American-Records.pdf\">A Guide to Records of Asian Americans at National Archives, San Bruno<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfargohistory.com\/standing-up-for-chinese-merchants-in-the-1880s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Standing up for Chinese merchants in the 1880s <sup><em> click <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Grant Din via dj 2021<\/span><\/em><br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/embed?cid=91DD3A649BF752D8&amp;resid=91DD3A649BF752D8%2181188&amp;authkey=AP8DZz5lOE_l4m8&amp;em=2\" width=\"476\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chinese American Genealogical Resources (2023) by Grant Din <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ba267e8a-a1ee-42e1-b759-62a13898c867\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Chinese-American-Genealogical-Resources-January-2023.pdf\">Chinese American Genealogical Resources January 2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Chinese-American-Genealogical-Resources-January-2023.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ba267e8a-a1ee-42e1-b759-62a13898c867\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"chinese-documents\"><strong><strong>V. Researching Chinese Documents (Zupu \u65cf\u8c31)<\/strong> <strong>and Tombstones<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<page><ol>\n<li>Henry Tom&#8217;s 2019 How to study your Chinese genealogy<br>\n<p style:\"align-site:=\"\" center;\"=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7tjBBula_YY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B3BSlSrQ-MjBR00zWklMVFFqaVU\/view?usp=sharing\">Tracing their roots: genealogical sources for Chinese immigrants to the United States <em>by Sheau-yueh J. Chao<\/em><sup><em> pdf <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em>&#8216;<br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Janey Chau wrote this academic treatise on the zupu\/jiapu. She would be <strong>the <\/strong>expert on Chinese family tree documents this side of the International Date Line.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1iFDORwR2iOEnl4PtCuSBNNJtC3Ht-RHl7zZqNVs-k4U\/edit?usp=sharing\">Chinese Lunar and Gregorian Calendar Converter <em>by Philip Tan<\/em><sup><em> spreadsheet<\/em><\/sup> <\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Philip Tan wrote out the calculations and Chinese characters for converting the Chinese calendar with the Gregorian calendar in spreadsheet format.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/villagedb.friendsofroots.org\/search.cgi\">The Village Database <em>by Friends of Roots<\/em><sup><em> site<\/em><\/sup> <\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">The reincarnation of the Village Database done by the San Francisco Friends of Roots.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B3BSlSrQ-MjBZkJsQzE3Ymw5UUU\/view?usp=sharing\">Geography of Kwangtung Province for Hawaii Residents <em>by Francis Woo<\/em><sup><em> pdf <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Francis Woo has declared her document as an open source publication.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/dougs-links\/3\/\">If you&#8217;ve traced your ancestors to Huang Di <em>opinion<\/em><sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">The sentiment of Him Mark Lai, added to the genealogical principle of always sourcing your family tree.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yAGRG55mENB_4wo9oQoGjCmEPX7Yddqu\/view?usp=sharing\">Reading Chinese Gravestones by Doris Yau-Chong Jones Nov 2001<sup><em> pdf <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> dj 2020 <\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Nice treatise from Australia on interpreting tombstones. Remember, the dead don&#8217;t lie.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/post\/13680\/thread\">The purpose of the Zupu-Explanation on Chinese Genealogy Forum by user laohuaqiao<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">This formerly active participant on the Chinese Genealogy Forum explained the purpose of the zupu.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tuvalu.santafe.edu\/~bowles\/ClanCity.pdf\">The Clan and the City: Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe<sup><em> pdf <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Governance in China: How the Clan ruled villages in China compared to how guilds ruled villages in Europe. The reason Mao Zedong burned the zupus during the Cultural Revolution.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/thread\/1209\">How I recently obtained my zupu \u65cf\u8c31 (jiapu)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/thread\/1209\"><sup><em> link <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"> dj Jan 2010 <\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B3BSlSrQ-MjBQkc5Mmt3a3VqS2c\/view?usp=sharing&#038;resourcekey=0-ADzW6qpQ4U4zWYw4hXkc4A\">HELP FOR READING CHINESE GENEALOGIES <em>by Tony King<\/em> <em><sup>pdf<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Tony King has done an excellent job explaining how to interpret your jiapu\/zupu. Contact me if you need additional help with your Chinese family tree booklet, the &#8216;Holy Grail&#8217; of Chinese genealogy ! See item 11 below to view Tony King YouTube video &#8220;Interpreting Chinese Genealogy Books&#8221;.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Tony King&#8217;s Interpreting Chinese Genealogy Books<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TzoRQVbqGs8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li><br>\n<li>During <i>Lina Lee&#8217;s<\/i> <b>Chinese Burials and Tombstones<\/b> sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/\">Family Search<\/a> broadcasted Fall 2020, she shared helping people (including non-members of the LDS) translate\/digitize their Chinese words. The website is <a href=\"https:\/\/go.oncehub.com\/ResearchStrategySession\">Free Online Consultation<\/a>, the sessions are 20 minutes. You will need to upload an image of of your documents. Since the time limit is 20 minutes, this precludes translating pages of your zupu\/jiapu\/Chinese genealogy document. If you need help with uploading images, or are looking for other alternatives to digitizing your material, please click the <a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/about#contacts\"><b>About<\/b><\/a> section above and send an email to one of the planning committee members.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/page>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"culture\"><strong><strong>VI. Chinese Culture<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/what-ching-ming-means-to-me-2\/\">What Ching Ming Means to Me <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nCFRoILS1jY\">The Complicated Chinese Tree<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Cute YouTube video on Chinese family relationships<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.china-mike.com\/chinese-culture\/cult-of-face\/\">Having Face in Chinese Culture<em> by china-mike<\/em><sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">This site has helped me understand the Chinese concept of &#8216;face&#8217; as I compare with the American concept of face. I keep these lessons in the back of my mind as I converse with Mainland Chinese based genealogists.<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.china-mike.com\/chinese-culture\/guanxi\/\">Concept of Guangxi<em> by china-mike<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/em><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Another necessary lesson when networking with Mainlanders.<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menuism.com\/blog\/the-chinese-stomach\/\">The \u201cChinese Stomach\u201d: Why Chinese Travelers Prefer Bad Chinese Food Over Any Other Food <em>by David Chan<\/em> <sup><em>site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2020<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">I know understood why my parents always went to Chinese restaurants in other cities.<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TCiamiaZTO8?si=1Tvo9kzA92czKyvu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Mandarin Conquered China: the 100+ year battle for language unity <sup><em>site <\/em><\/sup><\/a>  <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 2025<\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Treatise on Mandarin and why Cantonese is spoken less and less.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"miscellaneous\"><strong>VII. Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.californiaschineseheritage.com\/\">California&#8217;s Chinese Heritage: A Legacy of Places <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Jeannie Young<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonschineseheritage.com\/\">Oregon&#8217;s Chinese Heritage: A Legacy of Places <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Jeannie Young<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/a-genealogical-to-do-list-while-you-keep-your-distance\/\">A Genealogical To-Do List While You Keep Your social distancing <em><sup>click<\/sup><\/em><\/a><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/free-chinese-genealogy-online-consultation\/\">Free Chinese Online Genealogy Consultation<sup><em> click <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Ron Chan<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3cB4kZ5bAyQ&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;mc_cid=60eeffae47&amp;mc_eid=2cc0b8e947\">Celebration of the End of World War 2<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em> YouTube <\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/chsa.org\/?mc_cid=60eeffae47&amp;mc_eid=2cc0b8e947\">CHSA<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/em> <em>Sep 26, 2020 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"genealogy-sites\"><strong>VIII. Members Online Genealogy Sites<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joeclan.com\/\">Our Family Jiapu \u5bb6\u8b5c\/\u5bb6\u8c31<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by dj2020<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slenwar.com.\/\"> Welcome to the Lew Family Genealogy of Slen War Lee (\u65b0 \u548c \u91cc) and Oong War (\u6771 \u548c)<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">by Tom Loui<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonaidin.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Welcome to Tonaidin.net!<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><em>by Grant Din<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/connect2families.info\/tree\/connect2families#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gabby Gail&#8217;s Combined Family Trees<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><em>by Gail Chong<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennethjhong.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hong Family: Recollections on Serving the Community<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><em>by Kenneth J. Hong<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IX. Book Review<\/strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> by dj2020 <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\" id=\"luckyones\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America<\/span><\/strong> <em>by Mae Ngai<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"> ISBN-10:0618651160<\/span><br>I highly recommend this book. Please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Lucky-Ones-Extraordinary-Invention-ebook\/product-reviews\/B003ZX8FDI\/ref=cm_cr_pr_fltrmsg?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=0&amp;sortBy=byRankDescending\">other 33 reviews on Amazon<sup><em> site <\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parallels the life of my ancestors and elders, the middle class of Chinese Americans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An excellent representation of the social, physical, and emotional environment of the turn of the 20th USA.<br><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">The text paints a picture of what my grandfathers had to endure in the early 1900&#8217;s.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Familiarity with the SF-Berkeley and Portland, Oregon region makes Ngai\u2019s descriptions more poignant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite claiming knowledge of racism against Chinese, I was awed by the amount and virulence of the anti Chinese sentiment. Even though it is an underlying and recurring theme, Ngai\u2019s style is subtle but effective.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrative is easy to read, novella-like. One might question its authenticity until the reader reaches the footnote section. A 2nd generation E book did not display the footnotes appropriately.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because of the extensive footnote section, this book could be a college level textbook. Such status would quadruple the price<br><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 08\/2020<\/span> <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"historical\"><strong>X. Historical Links of Interest <\/strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by dj2020 <\/span><\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Frequently as I research my family history, I look for context in Chinese (American and world) histories to get an idea of what my ancestors had to live through.<\/p><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"ww1\"><strong> A. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">China&#8217;s Contribution to WW1<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Labour_Corps\">Chinese Labour Corps<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> wiki<\/span> <\/em><\/sup><\/span> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/surprisingly-important-role-china-played-world-war-i-180964532\/\">The Surprisingly Important Role China Played in WWI<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">site<\/span> <\/em><\/sup><\/span> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.scmp.com\/ww1-china\/\">The forgotten army of the first world war &#8211; How Chinese labourers helped shape Europe<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> site <\/span><\/em><\/sup><\/span> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/14\/first-world-war-forgotten-chinese-labour-corps-memorial\">First world war&#8217;s forgotten Chinese Labour Corps to get recognition at last<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> site <\/span><\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net\/article\/labour_china\">1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War &#8211; Labour (China)<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> site <\/span><\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong> B. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">China&#8217;s Infrastructure<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowtechmagazine.com\/2011\/12\/the-chinese-wheelbarrow.html\">How to Downsize a Transport Network: The Chinese Wheelbarrow<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> site <\/span><\/em><\/sup><\/span><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">This has always been a favorite essay. I am familiar American wheelbarrows. This opened my eyes to Chinese innovation in their transportation network.<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong> C. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Anthologies of Chinese and Chinese American History<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.ucsd.edu\/~dkjordan\/index.html\">Synopsis of Chinese History and Culture <em>by David K. Jordan Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, UCSD<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> site <\/span><\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/a><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Great multi-page site on Chinese culture, history, and language<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Chinese_Characteristics.html?id=CnyxtQEACAAJ\">Chinese Characteristics by Arthur H. Smith<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> site <\/span><\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/a>Over 150 years old, and an interesting read if you can look past the chauvinism of that period.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/himmarklai.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Archives of Him Mark Lai compliments of Chinese Historical Society of America <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><sup><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> site <\/span><\/em><\/sup><\/span><\/a><em> dj 05\/2021<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-align-left\" id=\"ww1\"><strong> D. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">YouTube Videos explaining China&#8217;s Century of Humiliation ~1840 to ~1949  <\/span><\/strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> by dj01\/2022 <\/span><\/span><\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\">Many of our families&#8217; ancestors emigrated during this period. In my research of family history, I look for explanations of historical reasons to understand what my ancestors lived through, and why they left their homeland to live in North America. I have tried reading many Wikipedia&#8217;s and endlessly trying to wrap my brain around this information. I (IMHO) found these video depictions by very useful. There is a lot of information, and take your time to wind press pause in order to comprehend the details. A trick I find useful is to increase the playback time and turn on auto-generated English subtitles. You can adjust this by clicking on the gear icon on the bottom right of the video.<\/p> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Video by Victor Historia <em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 05\/2021<\/span> <\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\"><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Road to the Asia-Pacific War: A Century of Tension and Skirmishes [1839-1941]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zNyflOw-vxY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Video by Time Ghost History <em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 01\/2022<\/span> <\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\"><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<page><ul><li>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TimeGhost Video by Time Ghost History <em> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">dj 01\/2022<\/span> <\/em><br><p style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt;margin-left: 20px;\"><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/page>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intro to Historical Chinese Geography<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JRh4LK5z41o?si=rZDyXORFKLc7CEfp\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"East-Asia in the interwar Years\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAVKxIzja0vSqJtTYL7WmDil\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"visiting\"><strong>XI. Places to Visit both physically and virtually<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click to see a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/museums-and-cultural-centers\/\">Museums and Cultural Centers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/ww2-rememberances\/\">Remembrances of relatives who served our Armed Forces <sup><em>link <\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-I-Want-You-Uncle-Sam-Customizable-Template-Made-with-PosterMyWall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2282\" style=\"width:298px;height:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-I-Want-You-Uncle-Sam-Customizable-Template-Made-with-PosterMyWall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Copy-of-I-Want-You-Uncle-Sam-Customizable-Template-Made-with-PosterMyWall-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/doug-joe\/#djww2\">Doug Joe <sup><em>click<\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/page\/653602485-alfred-chan\">Ron Chan <sup><em>click<\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/remembrance-from-leona-lau-of-her-relative-during-ww2\/\">Leona Lau<sup><em> click <\/em><\/sup> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/stanley-c-lee-1st-lt\/\">Susan Lee<sup><em> click <\/em><\/sup> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/janwyn-funamura-ww2-rememberances\/\">Janwyn Funamura<sup><em> click <\/em><\/sup> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/leland-wong-%e9%bb%83%e6%85%a7%e5%80%ab-1926-2013\/\">Justine Wong<sup><em> click<\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wilbert-s-l-chung\/\">Cathy Chung<sup><em> click<\/em><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior recordings of our webinars &amp; meetings First row, center, speakers George Chin, Ron Chan and Dr Kenneth Chan All Things Chan (\u9673) Pre-Pandemic Group Photos demonstrating how the group grew click to view Beginning Genealogy Resources from Chinese Family History Group of Southern California&nbsp; click Research Tips I. 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