What's available for Chinese genealogy on Ancestry? I look at the records and show you how to navigate them.
Category: Genealogy How Tos
Top 10 things I learned at SLIG (the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy) 2020
I spend a week at my first ever intensive genealogy conference and live to tell the tale.
What’s on in January
January is heating up with events! Genealogy planning - Genealogy with a Canadian Twist, 9 January, 8:00-9:00 pm EST (Webinar) On Thursday, January 9th, I participated in my first-ever webinar hosted by Kathryn Lake Hogan, with panellists Lianne Krüger, Christine Woodcock, and Kaye-Prince Hollenberg. The topic was genealogy planning: what's on your To Do list,… Continue reading What’s on in January
Reader’s choice – the top 10 list for 2019
I look at my top 10 best read blog posts and reflect on what made them the best.
Travels in China – the Overseas Chinese
One of the more startling revelations from the trip was learning about the Overseas Chinese - that's us. We folk of Chinese origin, we whose ancestors migrated from Sze Yup/Wuyi, China from about 1850-1949, we who are Chinese-something, be it Chinese Canadian, Chinese Hawaiian, Chinese Malay, Chinese South African, Chinese Thai, Chinese Singaporean and about 100… Continue reading Travels in China – the Overseas Chinese
Travels in China – Introducing Dr. Selia Tan
I introduce you to one of the two experts on the tour, Dr. Selia Tan, and share some of her work.
Travels in China – the beginning
Part 1 of my multipart series on travelling to Sze Yup, Guangdong, China to find my family roots.
The uncle I didn’t know I had – finding Yim
I uncover the story of my unknown uncle Yim, through a variety of sources from original documents to the BC archives
Genealogy gold part 3: More tips on prairie local histories
I thought you might enjoy the fantastic tips and advice on prairie local history I have received since posting Genealogy gold part 1. On prairie local histories From Beverley: ...they are a great resource and those of us who live on the Prairies have long used them. One caution, if your relatives did not submit… Continue reading Genealogy gold part 3: More tips on prairie local histories
Genealogy gold part 2: finding local histories using Family Search & Facebook
How to use FamilySearch, WorldCat and Facebook to find a local history book, with a guest post from Jan Pennington