Find Your Roots: An Asian-American Genealogy Workshop with Grant Din

Join us at the Museum to learn tips from genealogist Grant Din on researching your Asian-American ancestry. This free workshop is presented in partnership with the Petaluma Old Chinatown Memorial Park Ad Hoc Committee.

Grant Din has conducted genealogical research for over thirty-five years and 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. 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. He has close to forty years of experience in the Bay Area non-profit sector and lives with his family in Oakland, CA.

Free admission: Reservations recommended here.

Download - Program flyer in PDF / PNG

The Petaluma Old Chinatown Memorial Park Ad Hoc Committee is a grassroots initiative, bringing together Chinese American scholars, genealogists, culinary artists, filmmakers, healers, students, and local residents.

Support for Petaluma Chinatown Unearthed and related programming is generously provide by:

• City of Petaluma
• Asian American Alliance of Marin
• Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition of North Bay
• Japanese American Citizens League
• Minami Tamaki LLP
• NBC Bay Area
• Von Chan DDS
• Frank Chong
• Petaluma River Park Foundation.

Chinese Pioneers is an exhibit by the California Historical Society and touring through Exhibit Envoy. 
Institutional support provided by San Francisco Grants for the Arts and Yerba Buena Community Benefit District.
The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation supported the first 6 bookings of this exhibition.