Finding Chinese Railroad Worker Files in the U.S.

Grant Din
May 31, 2023
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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Railroad Workers in the Census
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Not Just the Transcontinental
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Railroad Worker Deaths
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Railroad Stories
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Railroad Resources
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
26m 38s

About this webinar

There is little documentation about Chinese railroad workers who built the Transcontinental and many other railroads in the U.S. starting in the 1860s. This webinar will describe some of the materials that do exist and other sources to use to learn more.

About the speaker

About the speaker

Grant Din has conducted genealogical research for over thirty years and currently serves on the board of the California Genealogical Society. He served on the staff of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation for eight years and currently v
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  1. CA
    Carolyn Atkinson
    10 months ago

    So very interesting. This is a subject I have always been interested in. I am not Chinese, but the history of the early west has always fascinated me, and these people who came over and then went back home to get a bride and come back were fascinating to me.

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  2. JT
    Jean Tempke
    10 months ago

    Fascinating topic and presentation! I don’t have any Chinese ancestry but am always interested in learning about areas outside of my own ancestry. Thank you to Legacy for providing such a broad range of topics and to Grant for a really interesting presentation.

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  3. TH
    Teresa Hill Mays
    10 months ago

    I enjoy learning more about other ethnicities and today’s presentation did not disappoint. Thank you for the diversity!

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  4. TM
    Thomas Mathews
    10 months ago

    Grant should develop a talk on paper sons.

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  5. CM
    Cheryl Mapes
    10 months ago

    Very enjoyable webinar

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  6. JW
    Julie Wilson
    10 months ago

    Very Informative.

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  7. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    10 months ago

    Interesting and very informative

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  8. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    10 months ago

    Fascinating presentation.

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