Enjoy this free video short (25 mins) where I reflect on my latest three (four in practise) presentations given in British Columbia:
- Getting Started in Chinese Genealogy, 24 Feb 2026, Victoria Chinatown Museum, 2 pm and 7 pm.
- Finding the records for impossible genealogy – lessons learned from a Chinese Canadian genealogist – for genealogists who are researching historically excluded and difficult populations using examples from Chinese Canadian genealogy; featuring a discussion of archival records and how not everything is as it seems in archives, 26 Feb 2026, Cloverdale, BC, 2-3:30 pm
- Reconstructing Invisible Lives: A Genealogical Case Study in Evidence, Method, and Stubbornness, 2 Mar 2026, Kelowna & District Genealogical Society, webinar.
Thank yous
At the risk of missing important people, I would like to express my thank yous to my #genealogyisontour time in BC.
For my first stop in Victoria, thank you to sponsors Hotel Grand Pacific and Prime Real Estate, Remax Island Properties Victoria, to the Victoria Chinatown Museum Board, and to Charlayne Thornton-Joe and Phil Thornton, for their hospitality, generosity, and sponsorship during my stay and for my events in Victoria Feb 22-25, 2026. Thank you to Dr. Adam Con for our chats and the warm intros. Thank you to the attendees, too many to list, who honoured me with coming to Chinatown, and especially those of you who attended both my talks. You asked fabulous questions, shared memorable stories, and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience.
Thank you to the Cloverdale Library, Surrey Libraries, and to Kay and Kim of the Family History Team, for inviting me to speak. Thank you to the members of the British Columbia Genealogical Society, to my friends, to members of GFAC, for giving me my first sell out. You were a great audience and thank you again for all the lovely comments. Thank you to Susanne for a wonderful lunch, to Lisa for the ride outbound, and to Kim for the tea and ride to the station.
Thank you to Claire Smith-Burns for inviting me to develop a new talk, and to the audience including the Kelowna and District Genealogical Society. Thank you for the wonderful feedback on my case study. It was the first and it won’t be the last. Also thank you to Walter Quan, for the last minute print job, without which my talk would have suffered.
Thanks finally to the wider genealogical community, whose membership I appreciate always.