Celebrating Our Roots
Journey from China to Kauai: A Family's Heritage
Discover the inspiring story of Chock Chin’s journey to save his family in China and build a new kind of life in the lush island Kingdom of Hawaii in the early 19th century.
Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, Vision, and Grace
The Chock/Zhuo family: royal lineage
In mid-January 2019, I contacted a Chinese genealogist and research specialist named Louise Skyles. She had been of great assistance to our friend, George Huang, helping him trace his genealogy back hundreds of years, and she was highly recommended by him. My two...
What a Jia Pu is, and Why we are so Lucky to Have One
As a society that practices ancestor veneration, the Chinese have traditionally kept genealogies. These include: zongpu (general genealogies) zupu (clan genealogies) jiapu (extended family genealogies) shipu (branch genealogies) jiacheng (family records or annals) Our...
The Rollover
In 1991 I was employed at a job in Ft Collins, Colorado as a Printed Circuit Board designer and programmer. I also had a teaching job at the Denver Business College as an AutoCAD instructor. During this time I was driving a red Toyota Corolla hatchback and really...
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