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Exploring My China Roots: A New Database for Researching

Chinese Ancestors

Join us for a FREE virtual program on October 8 at 2:30 p.m. ET!

Join Clotilde Yap, Global Collections Manager at My China Roots, as she introduces key challenges in Chinese genealogy and what resources are available on My China Roots, a platform for Chinese family history research available at the Allen County Public Library. Designed for individuals who don't read or write in Chinese, My China Roots features millions of historical records of Overseas Chinese communities from North America to Southeast Asia and the Caribbean, including jiapu (Chinese family tree books), exclusion records, directories, tombstones, and more. Participants will learn: How to find their Chinese surname; How to locate their ancestral home in China; How to search records of Chinese immigrant ancestors; How to find their jiapu (Chinese family tree book)