Learning about the history of Angel Island may be a first step to recovering forgotten family histories. Researching your family history is called genealogy and is often quite different from scholarly research. Visit the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation website for a guide to researching family history. You can even submit your own family story to their growing archive of personal stories!
Access to this resource will be discontinued effective 06/30/24 due to library budget cuts. Please use Family Search as an alternative resource. "Includes approximately 4,000 databases including the U.S. Federal Census images & indexes from 1790 to 1940; historical maps; vital statistic records, military records, immigration records, Federal Slave Narratives, and much more."
My China Roots is a family history database for the Chinese diaspora that includes millions of searchable ancestors in America and Southeast Asia.