Monday - Session 1B11:00 am - 11:45 am
Angel Island and Documents
that You Can Find about its Immigrants from 80 Countries, 1910-1940
Presented by Grant Din
Asian Pacific and Eastern European Ancestor Research.
Session Handout: Click here.
About Grant Din:
Grant Din has conducted genealogical research for over thirty-five years, currently serves on the board of the California Genealogical Society and consults on genealogical and nonprofit projects. He served on the staff of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation for eight years and was involved with Immigrant Voices website with over 220 stories of West Coast immigrants from throughout the world. He was also co-curator of Taken From Their Families, a permanent exhibit about the wartime internment of Japanese immigrants on the island. Grant's interest in genealogy 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). His research has taken him throughout California, China, and Japan to research his and his family’s journeys.
Grant holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University, an M.A. in public policy analysis from Claremont Graduate University, and a B.A. in sociology with emphasis on urban studies from Yale University, and has traveled throughout 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 who survived the Titanic. He has close to forty years of experience in the Bay Area non-profit sector and lives with his family in Oakland, CA.
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