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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.

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Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, Vision, and Grace

The Dynasties of China

by Susan Chock Salgy | March 29, 2025 | Cultural Revolution, History, Political History | 0 Comments

Understand the world inhabited by our ancestors, who each took their place in the family in a China being shaped and controlled by the dynastic ruler of their day. Starting with the first emperor, Yu the Great -- founder of the Xia Dynasty in 2070 BC (pictured here)...

Noteworthy Tang Ancestors

by Susan Chock Salgy | March 27, 2025 | Tang Clan | 0 Comments

Another famous Tang: Tang Shao Yi The Tang clan of Tang Jia Village was well known in the area. As Louise Skyles told me, "While most of the villagers in the area just barely survived and went overseas to make a living, the Tang clan sent their members overseas to...

Chock Chin’s Historical World

by Susan Chock Salgy | March 24, 2025 | Cultural Norms & Traditions, Hanalei, History, Migration | 0 Comments

To really understand Chock Chin, we must come to understand the world he lived in. His historical context helps us interpret the way he organized his family, the way he interacted with his community, his business practices, his dreams and ambitions, and ultimately the...

Meeting the Goo cousins in Laie, Hawaii

Feb 26, 2022 | Family Members, Gu/Goo Clan, Hee/Xu Clan of Pan Sha

We were privileged to meet several members of our extended Goo family in January 2022. I had been corresponding quite a bit with Gerry Goo Nihipali about her Goo/Gu pedigree and our common ancestors, since Louise Skyles connected the missing pieces and was able to...

Finding the Village of Aaron Hee’s Grandfather

Jan 18, 2022 | Family Members, Hee/Xu Clan of Pan Sha, Pan Sha Village, Zhuo Clan

The beautiful thing about having a lot of family records in the familysearch.org tree is that it provides the opportunity for people with similar surnames from similar places to find them and wonder if/how they might be related. That is how Aaron Hee made a crucial...

A Little History of the She Clan

Nov 6, 2021 | She Clan

The She clan has a long history in Guan Tang village, and intermarried with the Zhuo clan many times throughout the years. Louise has been researching them as part of our project to find the ancestral lines of the women who married into the Zhuo clan. As with most...

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