"Family Legacies" in Philadelphia, May 6th.

[baksha]

Jeanie Low, author of China Connection, has been invited to present "Family Legacies:Genealogical Resources for Chinese Americans" for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Monday, May 6 from 6 PM to 7 PM. It will be held at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Independence Branch located in Chinatown at 18 South 7th St.

It is a free presentation and open to the public. They'll need a Registered RSVP as they can only accommodate 30 visitors.

see: hsp.org/balch-institute/calendar/family-legacies-genealogical-resources-for-chinese-americans or www.hsp.org. Click on Events for May 6st.

[baksha]

Hi Reader,
In preparing for my presentation in Philadelphia, I searched the International Chinese Business Directory, 1913. It was compiled by Wong Kin, 1913. I found a few pages for Philadelphia businesses one hundred years ago. here was a Chinese mission, a few restaurants, dry goods, and laundries. the businesses were listing bilingually, the address...meaning that if you had the city, country, and a business name that your ancestor owned for 1913, you too could look up and print a copy. If you are doing a study on the Chinatowns, that directory would indicate the size of various Chinatowns. In my Internet search under the title, there's a copy of the rare directory to download.

[baksha]

Hi Again,

Here is the link to see pages of the entire book "International Chinese Business Directory of the World compiled by Wong Kin (San Francisco: International Chinese Business Directory of the World, 1913) through a digital library:

babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b440600;view=1up;seq=1