In their over 175 years in this country\, Asian Americans have faced many obstacles to their immigration\, employmen t\, and livelihood. The silver lining is that these laws resulted in many documents that can help researchers track these pioneers as they sought to overcome these barriers. Learn how these and other materials can help you r research from genealogist Grant Din.
\nGrant Din has conducted gen ealogical research for over forty years and currently serves on the board of the California Genealogical Society and has presented workshops to many national and local genealogical societies\, libraries\, and universities. He has worked with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and ot her Bay Area nonprofits and government offices. Grant's interest in geneal ogy started at a wedding reception in his youth\, where a relative showed him a page from a family tree showing he is in the 36th generation of the Gong family (he's also a 24th generation Owyang). Grant holds a Certificat e in Genealogical Research from Boston University\, an M.A. in public poli cy analysis from Claremont Graduate University\, a B.A. in sociology with emphasis on urban studies from Yale University\, and has traveled througho ut the U.S.\, China\, and Japan for his research. Grant was a part of the research team for \;The Six\, a film about the Chinese seamen who surv ived the \;Titanic.
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