Daily Archives: May 3, 2021

Facebook Friends

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Brian Beesley

I know many of you will say: “I’m not on Facebook” or “I don’t want to be on it!” and I’ll admit it has it’s pitfalls. That said, if one is reasonably careful, as you should be visiting any website … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Public Records and more

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Brian Beesley

The Hong Kong Government has a wonderful site that is also very user friendly. A simple search query will bring up three tabs as shown. The main two I use are the archives and the “Carl Smith Collection”. The latter … Continue reading →

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 Going Dutch

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Brian Beesley

Back in January of 2020 I received a message through Ancestry.com from a DNA match in the Netherlands. My contact is the adoptive mother of a Chinese girl, born in 1996. Her daughter was adopted as an infant and has … Continue reading →

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 I think they loved me!

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Brian Beesley

As I’m mentioning my family members so much and just because I have this, I thought I’d add it to the blog. It was filmed by my aunt Nora Hunter in Hollywood, California about 1946. The lady is my mother … Continue reading →

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