🌟RootsTech🌟 Documenting Underrepresented Family Stories
Are you getting excited about the upcoming RootsTech event? If you haven't registered yet for this FREE event on 3-5 March, you can do that here: https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/next/
You still have access to last years' classes/videos as well! Here is one that might interest you.
Description:
Have you thought about sharing your family history with the world but don't know how to start? After hearing the dynamic husband-wife duo of Baldwin Chiu and Larissa Lam talk about their family’s discoveries, you’ll be inspired to share underrepresented family stories so future generations will benefit from this history.
Many families, especially those of Asian descent, are reluctant to discuss the past due to cultural barriers and generational trauma. As a result, there’s a lack of documentation and representation of those family stories in general historical narratives.
In this session, learn how Baldwin Chiu uncovered his family history after starting with only a photo of his grandfather’s grave site and documented his journey in the award-winning film Far East Deep South. Baldwin’s search for answers about his Chinese roots led to an unlikely place, Mississippi, where his ancestors ran a grocery store in the Jim Crow era. Discover how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 left behind a paper trail of his family’s history at the National Archives . Learn simple, yet significant ways you can document and share your family’s history.