by susansalgy | Apr 13, 2024 | Family Members, Hanalei
The year 2022 has turned out to be a tremendous year of connecting with Chock cousins. I originally created this site specifically for the purpose of finding my cousins. I thought that perhaps the children or grandchildren of my father’s siblings might someday...
by susansalgy | Dec 2, 2022 | C. Akeoni Store, Family Members, Hanalei, Lotus Pond
I have been to Hanalei several times and have looked around for anything that might once have been the famous lotus pond or lily pond. However, I had no real chance, because I didn’t actually know any of the relatives who once lived there and knew exactly...
by susansalgy | 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...
by susansalgy | 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...
by susansalgy | Aug 17, 2021 | Family Members, Family Photos
Having a shared family tree is a brilliant way to meet people you would never have been able to meet any other way. FamilySearch.org operates under the philosophy that it is better to work together on one shared tree, rather than having everyone build and maintain...
by susansalgy | Feb 19, 2018 | Chinese Festivals, Family Members, Family Photos
The Chinese New Year arrived on 16 February 2018. This is the 4715th Chinese year. According to the Chinese horoscope calendar, 2018 is the Male Earth Dog year. The color brown is associated with the earth, so another name for 2018 is the Year of the Brown Dog. ...
