19+2 directories for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Siam, the Straits Settlements, the Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Phillipines and other 19th century destinations
Author: wanderernolonger
Genealogist & historian, writer and storyteller with www.past-presence.com. Volunteer & entrepreneur with www.theadmingap.com.
Legacy Tree Webinar: Finding Genealogical Data in the Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files (free)
Don't miss the free webinar by Trish Hackett Nicola on Chinese Exclusion Act Case files. Register by Monday, Sep 14.
The cemeteries of New Westminster, BC, from the BC Pen to Woodlands, and the ones under the high school
This is a post about the various cemeteries serving historic New Westminster, including the ones under the high school, and those used by hospitals and prisons: Essondale, Woodlands, BC Pen, Oakalla.
Announcing: the Summer contest winner
Announcing the winner of the Past Presence August contest: an AncestryDNA kit!
Chinese Immigration Act Case Files: Finding aids at LAC
In this blog, I explore the finding aids for Chinese Immigration Act Case files at Library and Archives Canada
Ancestry’s Ask an Expert with Linda Yip – Facebook LIVE today
I'm going LIVE on Ancestry Canada's Facebook Page. Join in the fun!
From China to Canada: a story of modern day migration
Not all genealogy migration stories are historic. Here is the story of Ran Ju, of Calgary, AB, a guest blog post by Taryn Kildare.
Testing the MyHeritage photo ehancing feature (a video)
In this brief video, I test the new MyHeritage photo enhancing features and show you what happens in real time.
Finding the Chinese names of my family: 葉
In this post, I learn how to type Chinese on a computer, and then find out the meanings of my family's names. Then I show you how I did it so you can do it too.
How to tackle your first big photo scanning project – my collection of 5 blogs about scanning
This is a collection of blog posts about photo scanning gleaned from my experiences from 2013 to today scanning and archiving 35K+ images.