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Top 10 things I learned at SLIG 2020 Top 10 things I learned at SLIG (the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy) 2020
Chinese Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

Top 10 things I learned at SLIG (the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy) 2020

January 30, 2020 wanderernolonger10 Comments

I spend a week at my first ever intensive genealogy conference and live to tell the tale.

Past Presence Top 10 blog posts of 2019 Reader’s choice – the top 10 list for 2019
Chinese Genealogy · Family history stories · Genealogy How Tos · Photo History · Photo scanning

Reader’s choice – the top 10 list for 2019

December 31, 2019January 7, 2021 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

I look at my top 10 best read blog posts and reflect on what made them the best.

https://past-presence.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_0622-727192746-1572983581960.jpg Travels in China – the tech
Chinese Genealogy · Photo History

Travels in China – the tech

November 12, 2019November 5, 2019 wanderernolonger2 Comments

I can hardly remember now what it was like to travel without tech. A journal and a pen! Post restante mail! It's like the Dark Ages - listen up kids, let me tell you about the time I had to line up for my mail... For this trip I spent a lot of time and money choosing, buying,… Continue reading Travels in China – the tech

Photo of Majianglong Village. Travels in China – the Heritage of Cantonese Migration Tour, 2019
Chinese Culture · Chinese Genealogy

Travels in China – the Heritage of Cantonese Migration Tour, 2019

November 10, 2019February 17, 2020 wanderernolonger2 Comments

FAQs about the Heritage of Cantonese Migration Tour, 2019

Travels in China – introducing Dr. Henry Yu, UBC
Chinese Culture · Chinese Genealogy

Travels in China – introducing Dr. Henry Yu, UBC

November 4, 2019November 12, 2019 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

I introduce you to professor Henry Yu, and share some of his work on Chinese Canadian history.

Photo of Linda Yip, Kaiping, China Travels in China – the beginning
Chinese Culture · Chinese Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

Travels in China – the beginning

November 1, 2019November 14, 2020 wanderernolonger7 Comments

Part 1 of my multipart series on travelling to Sze Yup, Guangdong, China to find my family roots.

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