China Connection
By Jeanie W. Chooey Low |
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Learn to interview relatives for family history!
How to gather information for family history!
Where to obtain records, such as Angel Island immigration interviews and Chinese mortuary records!
Read background about: the early immigrants, "paper names," the amnesty program, immigration policies, Angel Island, ancestral tablets and Chinese cemeteries and gravestones!
How to translate Chinese gravestones!
How to recognize Chinese numbers!
Resources, calligraphy, charts and illustrations to make family history easier!
Panelist, "The Repeal and Its Legacy", A Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, November 12-14, 1993. Sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America and Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University.
Jeanie is currently in business management. Member of: Chinese Historical Society of America and the California Genealogy Society.
Formerly, Chinese Methodist Church, Primary teacher; Hip Wo Drum Corp.; and the Flying Eaglettes.
Book Description from the Back Cover
A compact guide for those interested in doing Chinese family history and those interested in Chinese Americans in the United States.
Background on Jeanie W. Chooey Low
Jeanie W. Chooey Low is a second generation Chinese-American and a native San Franciscan. Graduate of Hip Wo Chinese Academy, Elementary Division. Holder: A.A. Degree in Library Technology from City College of San Francisco and a B.A. Degree in Chinese Studies from San Francisco State University. Employed by the University of California, San Francisco Medical Library.
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