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Genealogy
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one could trace one's ancestors to one of either Chinese or European lineage,
one usually finds it hard to pindown on one's origin to any degree of accuracy
especially if one comes from a pure line of the dusunic tribe such as this
writer does. In such a situation, one has to be satisfied with the say-so
of the elderly who unfortunately are becoming rare with
time. Furthermore, in my case at least, some of those
I managed to lay hands on were quite 'amnesiac' and so a lot
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Before becoming one myself, let me just record
my gratitude to several key people who have been of much
help towards the gatherng of the data. Especially instrumental in
mooting this venture was Gundohing Moilis Masampung. It was through his
urging that this genealogy project started. He proved to be quite
gifted with sharp memory for names of great-great grand
uncles and their relationships with those who are cur- rent. During the
course of my research, he showed me a 555- notebook with a long-hand record,
written in the early 60s, of those he quoted . I am also grateful to Zandi
Jelina Tiwol, his daughter-in-Law who also proved to be very gifted with
very sharp memory for names of members of several families whom she
had heard of by word of mouth. Other elders whom I took time to interview
were my own daddy, Kutai Sintik Dagul, who took the easy way out of categorizing
every-one he knew as a relative, Gundohing John Jambun, Zandi K.K. Jouyis
Manjal, the youngest in my mom's family whom my mom quite rightly described
as a walking encyclo- pedia of family records and Zandi Amoi Chin
of Kg. Kobusak, Nosoob who gave me some feedback
on the notes submitted by Charles Masuil also of Kg. Nosoob
to whom my gratitude is also
due. |
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The
sources of my inform- ation are by no means limited to the above. Several,
too many to name here have in fact vo-
lunteered bits and pieces
of information in the areas that they were quite familiar with during the
course of my discussion which spanned a period of over three years The
result is a family index which I think is at least 90% accurate with the
10% comp-
rising mainly of those who
were not named in the index but are otherwise traceable through those who
are listed. |
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I hold an electronic record of the complete 'Family
Index". Anyone who desires a copy may contact me directly or e-mail me
at louvai-soluoi
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