Cindy Kim Thomson was born in Hawai`i and is descended from Korean immigrants who arrived there in 1904. Her childhood interest in family stories morphed into an obsession with genealogy (particularly over the past 15 years) and annual visits to repositories, cemeteries, plantations, and churches (as well as family) in Hawai`i. She is a board member of the California Genealogical Society and is a member of NGS. Reflecting the roots of her multi-ethnic extended family, her research has focused on immigrant sugar plantation workers in Hawai`i, East Asian immigrants to Hawai`i and California, and Japanese American World War II incarceration. She has a BA and MA from the University of California, San Diego, and is a retired Commerce Department economist.
Course
- 2025 – Course Six- Japanese Genealogy: From Japan to the Americas
