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This library guide accompanies UC Berkeley’s Arts + Design Initiative and Future Histories Lab's "A Year on Angel Island" by presenting selected resources from the UC Berkeley Libraries and beyond.
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!
"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."
Ancestry Library Edition provides almost all of the document reproductions and functionality available in the personal-subscription Ancestry.com product. However, some Ancestry.com materials are absent from Ancestry Library Edition, including e-books from the Families and Local Histories Collection, city directories, and historical newspapers.
Off campus access via VPN only. My China Roots is a family history database for the Chinese diaspora that includes millions of searchable ancestors in America and Southeast Asia.
The database includes thousands of clan books (zupus), immigration registers, burial and obituary records, and overseas Chinese business directories and association records. Surnames or village names are searchable. Most Chinese documents are full-text viewable online.