I celebrate my 100K visitor with a retrospective on Past Presence, with a look behind the curtains, some stats, and lots of thank yous.
The Saskatoon Fire Fighter Memorial
This is a post about the Fire Fighter Memorial, the men that are memorialized there, and the stories of those fires.
Last thoughts: Planning a genealogy legacy
This post is about letting your family and friends know what you most value, why it's valuable, and to whom you'd like to leave it. I'm going to talk about a subject that we genealogists both love and hate: passing on family history.
9 Reflections on 2020
I ask myself nine questions and reflect on 2020: the most memorable year of my life.
Do you have a Chinese Immigration certificate?
When I was young, I found my father's Chinese Immigration certificate in his desk. I was confused: I knew he was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada, but the document said Department of Immigration and Colonization. Was he an immigrant? Why was he an immigrant? For pity's sake, my grandfather was born in Vancouver too. If… Continue reading Do you have a Chinese Immigration certificate?
Disenfranchised: Having, losing, and regaining the vote, a quick look at the laws 1872-1948
Come with me as I look at the exact wording of the disenfranchising laws for the Chinese from 1872-1948, including 16 links to finding original Acts and legislation in Canada.
We shall never forget – 12 posts on war and family history
My collection of a dozen posts and stories for Remembrance Day
Book review: In search of your Asian roots by Sheau-yueh J. Chao
In this post, I review the book "In search of your Asian Roots" by SJ Chao and ask: what genealogy problems can this book help solve?
Ah Yih, Ah Tat, Ah Tom – what is the Chinese name “Ah”?
In this post I explore the Chinese name "Ah" and discuss the implications for genealogy.
19 historic directories for Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Saigon, Manila, Bangkok, & other Asian destinations: 1850-1922
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