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The Know Your Records program consists of free events with up-to-date information about our holdings. Events offer opportunities for you to learn about the National Archives records through ongoing lectures, monthly genealogy programs, and

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The Know Your Records program consists of free events with up-to-date information about our

  • holdings. Events offer opportunities for you to learn

about the National Archives’ records through

  • ngoing lectures, monthly genealogy programs, and

the annual genealogy fair. Additional resources include online reference reports for genealogical research, and the newsletter Researcher News.

www.archives.gov/calendar/know-your-records

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all the documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%–3% are determined permanently

  • valuable. Those valuable records are preserved and are

available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.

www.archives.gov/calendar/know-your-records

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May 10, 2017 Although the search for a Chinese Exclusion Act case file may be difficult and challenging, the rewards can be great for the family and social

  • historian. Presented by the National Archives at

Seattle Director Susan Karren in recognition of the Chinese Exclusion Act’s 135th anniversary.

www.archives.gov/calendar/know-your-records

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Susan Karren

Director National Archives at Seattle, WA

Susan Karren is the Director of the National Archives at Seattle. She has been with the National Archives for 30 years, 27 of them in Seattle. She has also worked in Washington, DC and in Chicago. Sue received her M.A. in history from Brigham Young University.

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Chinese Exclusion Acts Case Files at the National Archives & Records Administration

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Who? Where? When?

  • Any person of Chinese ancestry, whether

U.S. citizen or alien, entering or re- entering the U.S.

  • Ports from San Francisco to New York
  • 1884–1943

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What? How many?

  • Photos, interrogations, forms
  • Almost half million individual case files

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Where do I look for these?

  • Exclusion files were kept by the district

that created the first file even if later travel occurred through different districts

  • Immigration and Naturalization Service

(INS) records are held by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facility that serves the state in which the port, district or city is located

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Soong Ching Ling 1907 Madame Sun Yet Sen Soong May Ling 1907

  • Dr. Sun Yet Sen

Madame Chiang 1910 Kei-shek

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Even the most American of professions. . .

Actress Anna May Wong

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Photos included in files can also show :

Changes in fashion over time Americanization of the person Family portrait styles Interiors and exteriors of

Chinese businesses

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1893 (1 year old) 1899 (7 years

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with father) 1906 (14 years old with sister) 1914 (22 years old)

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Chinese-American Families

San Francisco, February 1914

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Chinese-American Families

San Francisco, May 1914

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Chinese-American Families

1922

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Interrogations

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Forms also give personal glimpses into family life

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. . . and show that INS didn’t even always understand the laws

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How do you prove you are who you say you are?

  • Interrogations often focused on identification
  • f family members in photos and descriptions
  • f places the person was supposed to know.
  • Hand drawn maps by parent and child

used for comparison

  • Fill-in-the-blank maps for persons who

were returning to a city in which they claimed to have formerly lived

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Interrogations

  • Information varied depending on a person’s situation but

usually included

  • name(s), age, place of birth, marital status, place of

marriage, occupation

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  • names of parents and siblings and where they live
  • number and names of children
  • travel history
  • descriptions of cities, towns and villages

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Merchant? Laborer?

  • Files contain documentation to help

support and reject a person’s status

  • Photos provide an interesting

glimpse of 20th century business life in the U.S.

  • Can be used to show the

development of business districts

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Olympia, WA - 5th and Columbia

ca.1903

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Tuck Tung Co., Seattle, WA ca.1905 gambling establishment?

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513 Congress Ave. Austin, Texas

  • ca. 1904

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Chinese businesses

Lee Bing business

  • Mt. Holyoke, MA ca.1904

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Chinese businesses

Lace House Dry Goods Company 1517 Market St.

  • St. Louis, MO (ca. 1909)

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U.S. Cities - Seattle

Seattle, 1890

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A view of post-fire Seattle, 1903

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Tw o maps, one village - father’s, w ith annotations

Village map

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How do I locate a file?

A case file number is gold!

  • do you have any documents the person left

behind – you may already have what you need

  • Have you located a file for another family

member – check for a cross-reference sheet

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Certificates of Identity

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Indexes

  • Not all are easily accessed but we have our ways
  • INS created indexes (a few)
  • NARA created indexes (not all electronic)
  • some on-line

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How else?

  • Gather information from other family

members

 when and where did the person first arrive or leave?  who were they traveling with?

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  • INS used information from other files to

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Good Luck!!

Remember -

  • Gather documents
  • Get creative and
  • Ask an archivist!

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Thank you for attending!

www.archives.gov/calendar/know-your-records