{"id":6012,"date":"2026-08-30T18:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?p=6012"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:57:51","slug":"seminar-finding-your-taiwanese-chinese-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/seminar-finding-your-taiwanese-chinese-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar &#8211; Finding Your Taiwanese &amp; Chinese Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: Save The Date: November 15, 2026. Foster City Library. 2 &#8211; 5. Registration details to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V12-Final-Save-The-Date-1024x822.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V12-Final-Save-The-Date-1024x822.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V12-Final-Save-The-Date-300x241.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V12-Final-Save-The-Date-767x616.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V12-Final-Save-The-Date-1319x1059.jpeg 1319w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/V12-Final-Save-The-Date.jpeg 1511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you Taiwanese American, or Chinese American, and ever wondered where your family came from \u2013 and how to find out? Are you one of the 15,000 who attended Taiwan\u2019s Love Boat Program between 1967 and 2013, and wondered the same? \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This special genealogy seminar will show you how resources in the United States, Taiwan, and China can help uncover your family history. Through records, databases, archives, and real-life case studies, you\u2019ll learn how to trace your ancestral village, plan a visit to your family\u2019s homeland, and preserve your family history for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether your family has been in Taiwan for many generations, or they came to Taiwan from China \u2014including those from the 1949 Civil War-\u2014this seminar is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/Tinyurl.com\/loveboatstory\">Tinyurl.com\/loveboatstory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About the Speaker &#8211; Ron Chan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ron Chan<\/strong>&nbsp;is a passionate storyteller, educator, and nationally recognized leader in Chinese American genealogy. As Founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group (BACGG), Ron inspires people to discover their family roots, preserve their heritage, and ensure the stories of those who came before them are never lost. A seasoned lecturer and published genealogy author, he brings genealogy, history, technology, and storytelling together to make family history engaging and accessible. Ron is also co-founder of the Chinese American GI Project, preserving the stories of Chinese American veterans. In 2026, Ron received the prestigious National Genealogical Society Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Save The Date: November 15, 2026. Foster City Library. 2 &#8211; 5. Registration details to come! Are you Taiwanese American, or Chinese American, and ever wondered where your family came from \u2013 and how to find out? Are you one of the 15,000 who attended Taiwan\u2019s Love Boat Program between 1967 and 2013, and &#8230; <a title=\"Seminar &#8211; Finding Your Taiwanese &amp; Chinese Roots\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/seminar-finding-your-taiwanese-chinese-roots\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seminar &#8211; Finding Your Taiwanese &amp; Chinese Roots\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-com-ann-et-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6012"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6042,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions\/6042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}