Jul 2008 - Jun 2009
13 Sep 2008 @ History House in Macquarie Street
Stepping ashore: How to research your Chinese family history
Join family historians and researchers for a day to inspire and assist in researching your Chinese family history. Dawn Wong, great-granddaughter of Wong Sat, will speak about finding information in wills and probate documents and how to get the most out of an unexpected research discovery.
Historian Dr Kate Bagnall will explore some of the different and more unusual sources that can help with finding family connections to China.
Curator Karen Schamberger will provide some questions to ask and ideas on what to look for when examining your ancestors’ objects and photographs, and provide hints on how to look after them.
Historian Faye Young will introduce some of the interesting and perhaps surprising records that can be used to find out more about the Chinese Australians in your family or community.
When: Saturday, 13 September 2008 – 11.00am to 4.00pm
Where: History House,133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Cost: $20.00 members, $25.00 non-members. Lunch & afternoon tea included.
RSVP: By 6 September 2008 by phone or email. Let us know if you have any special dietary requirements.
Contact: 0416 510 923 or contact.cahs@gmail.com
Program What’s around the next corner? – Dawn Wong
As our ancestors stepped ashore in their new land, few of them knew what was around the next corner – and it’s a little like that for the family historians who try to track their steps many years later. Dawn Wong will focus on finding information in wills and probate documents, and then explore how to get the most out of an unexpected discovery.
Finding a family connection to China – Dr Kate Bagnall
Most of us doing Chinese family history research start in Australia, with what we know from our families and from Australian records. But the lives and journeys of Chinese ancestors began before they stepped ashore here. Kate Bagnall will think about how we can use Australian sources to find family connections back to China – from clues in how Chinese names were romanised to working out what’s written on a Chinese headstone – and what to do when the connection is made.
Talking heirlooms: what objects reveal about your family’s past – Karen Schamberger
Do you have a mystery photograph or an object handed down from your grandmother? Karen Schamberger will talk about how to look for clues and information in photographs and objects about your family’s history and some simple ways to preserve these items for your children.
Sources: Where else can I look? – Faye Young
In this session Faye Young will explore some unusual and less well-known sources which can be useful when researching Chinese Australian family and community history.
Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Join family historians and researchers for a day to inspire and assist in researching your Chinese family history. Dawn Wong, great-granddaughter of Wong Sat, will speak about finding information in wills and probate documents and how to get the most out of an unexpected research discovery.
Historian Dr Kate Bagnall will explore some of the different and more unusual sources that can help with finding family connections to China.
Curator Karen Schamberger will provide some questions to ask and ideas on what to look for when examining your ancestors’ objects and photographs, and provide hints on how to look after them.
Historian Faye Young will introduce some of the interesting and perhaps surprising records that can be used to find out more about the Chinese Australians in your family or community.
When: Saturday, 13 September 2008 – 11.00am to 4.00pm
Where: History House,133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Cost: $20.00 members, $25.00 non-members. Lunch & afternoon tea included.
RSVP: By 6 September 2008 by phone or email. Let us know if you have any special dietary requirements.
Contact: 0416 510 923 or contact.cahs@gmail.com
Program What’s around the next corner? – Dawn Wong
As our ancestors stepped ashore in their new land, few of them knew what was around the next corner – and it’s a little like that for the family historians who try to track their steps many years later. Dawn Wong will focus on finding information in wills and probate documents, and then explore how to get the most out of an unexpected discovery.
Finding a family connection to China – Dr Kate Bagnall
Most of us doing Chinese family history research start in Australia, with what we know from our families and from Australian records. But the lives and journeys of Chinese ancestors began before they stepped ashore here. Kate Bagnall will think about how we can use Australian sources to find family connections back to China – from clues in how Chinese names were romanised to working out what’s written on a Chinese headstone – and what to do when the connection is made.
Talking heirlooms: what objects reveal about your family’s past – Karen Schamberger
Do you have a mystery photograph or an object handed down from your grandmother? Karen Schamberger will talk about how to look for clues and information in photographs and objects about your family’s history and some simple ways to preserve these items for your children.
Sources: Where else can I look? – Faye Young
In this session Faye Young will explore some unusual and less well-known sources which can be useful when researching Chinese Australian family and community history.
Venue: History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
