Directory of Members

Grant Din has been researching his family's history for over thirty-five years, and helping others research theirs for over twenty years including while working on the staff of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. He has conducted research for individuals, families, attorneys, storytellers, nonprofit and government organizations, and many others, including being a part of the research team for the film about the Chinese seamen who survived the wreck of the Titanic,  called The Six.

Grant has spoken at the conference of the National Genealogical Society and to organizations such as the California Genealogical Society, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, classes at the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University, museums, and many local genealogical societies and libraries. He served as a board member of the California Genealogical Society for six years and is an advisory board member of the Chinese Family History Group. Grant also moderates an informal Chinese American family researchers email group.

B.A., sociology, Yale University
M.A., public policy analysis, Claremont Graduate University
Certificate in Genealogical Research, Boston University

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, Spirit of Angel Island Award 2025; Nichi Bei Foundation, Appreciation Award for researching Nikkei (Japanese American) history at the Angel Island Immigration Station barracks, 2018.
"Local Hero," KQED/Union Bank, 2005
Gerbode Fellow, Gerbode Foundation and University of California at Berkeley, 2005

Asian American
Chinese American
Japanese American
West Coast immigration
Angel Island immigrants
Chinese railroad workers

Chinese Railroad Worker Files from the Mid-19th Century
Angel Island and its Immigrants from 80 Countries
Chinese American Research - Challenges and Discoveries
The Joys and Challenges of Asian American Research
Stories from the Sacramento River Delta
Oral History Interviewing Tips and Examples
Japanese World War II experiences on Angel Island

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GRIP (for the National Genealogical Society) in June 2025 (Coordinator of Chinese American course), Petaluma Historical Library and Museum (2025), National Genealogical Society conference (new Angel Island, Chinese Railroad Workers, and Asian American genealogy talks)
California Genealogical Society (Angel Island immigrants)
California Historical Society (Chinese American genealogy panels)
Family Tree Webinars (Chinese American, Angel Island immigrants), Many local genealogical societies on the topics listed above.