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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">H</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ere ya go</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Michael</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Korean Studies members,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Recently I received a request for help from a person wishing to learn their family heritage by tracing and translating the direct line in their chokpo</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I><FONT COLOR="#4C4C4C" FACE="Times New Roman">Quote: I'm reaching out in hopes of some direction on how I can get my family's genealogy. I will pay for help. My ancestry comes from aristocracy (for real) and can be found readily I understand but I do not speak or read Korean. Can you please help?</FONT></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I></I></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Of course, this takes a very specialized person or group of people with expertise in classical Chinese, plus some amount of time to commit to the project. Thus I turn to the study group.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I know there has been an up-swing in interest and courses taught</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in reading and translating classical Chinese, with attendant work on translating various ancient documents. I wonder: does anyone know of any persons or offices willing to undertake such a project</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">—</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to trace and translate family lines? </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hildi K</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ang</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Family Lineage Records as a Source of Korean History</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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