Written and photographed by: Harry Mok, Inthefray.com Columnist

Chinese Culture Center
http://www.c-c-c.org/
San Francisco
A non-profit organization created to foster the understanding and appreciation of Chinese and Chinese American art, history, and culture in the United States

Chinese Historical Society of America
http://www.chsa.org/
San Francisco
The first Chinese American historical society in North America

In Search of Roots
http://www.c-c-c.org/roots/roots.html
San Francisco
A yearlong program during which participants research their Chinese American family histories and genealogies

"Finding Roots in China's Soil"
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/01/21/MNL160221.DTL
By Harry Mok | San Francisco Chronicle | January 21, 2001
Another look at the Roots program

"Young Americans learn about selves, exploring ancestry"
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1999/10/24/NEWS121.dtl
By Andrea Woo | San Francisco Examiner | October 24, 1999
A look back at the 1999 Roots program