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Celebrating Chinese Canadian Immigration
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Emily Butler Oldroyd
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June 29, 2023
Have you ever wondered about the Chinese immigrant experience in North America? Why they left their homeland? Where they settled? What they …
Tracing your Chinese Australian Genealogy
By
Sunny Jane Morton
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June 7, 2020
More than 1.2 million people of Chinese descent live in Australia today. While many are first-generation immigrants, others have deeper root…
Ellis Island: Sorting Fact from Fiction
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David Nielsen
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October 28, 2024
Although Ellis Island is now a mere relic of the past, its facts, figures, and myths continue to fascinate people today. This fascination is…
United States Immigration in the 1920s: An In-Depth Guide
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Sunny Jane Morton
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October 14, 2024
During the 1800s and early 1900s, millions of people immigrated to the United States. The mostly unrestricted “open door” policy slammed shu…
Finding Your Ancestor’s Hometown Using Immigration Records
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David Nielsen
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November 20, 2019
You’ve been working hard on your family tree. You’ve traced your family line back through your grandparents, maybe even your great-grandpare…
Coming Together to Remember 9/11
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Laurie Bradshaw
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September 6, 2022
The September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America shook the world. These attacks, which targeted the World Trade Center in …
African American Heroes from History Everyone Should Know
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Alison Ensign
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February 1, 2024
African American heritage comes with a complex history of injustices that continue to influence people today. However, it also comes with a …
History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Sunny Jane Morton
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July 19, 2019
The transatlantic slave trade was responsible for one of the largest forced migrations in recorded history—and for dooming millions of peopl…
400 Years of Slavery: When International Slave Trade Reached Mainland North America
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Sunny Jane Morton
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November 2, 2019
In 1619, a group of kidnapped Africans forcibly disembarked from ships on the shores of colonial Virginia. They were not the first people to…
New Free Historical Records from 47 Countries | January 2025 Update
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FamilySearch
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January 3, 2025
Recently, FamilySearch added more than 88 million new records to its free online archives from Italy, the Philippines, the USA, and more!
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