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Singapore Family History Center for so obligingly opening the facility for my use at times when it was supposed to be closed.
Another vote of thanks goes to my colleagues in the Humanities and Social Studies Education group in National Institute of Education, Singapore—Ananthi Chandra, Chee Min Fui, Wang Zhenping, Ang Cheng Guan, Kho Ee Moi, Kevin Blackburn, and Sandra Kumarasamy—for their encouragement and advice, especially when my time became increasingly torn between teaching duties, research, and writing. To Doris Choy as well, thanks for being a constant source of support.
Gratitude and appreciation goes to Toni Tan and her very efficient and helpful staff at Cambria Press. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewer of this manuscript for the many constructive suggestions offered for improvement of the manuscript.
Last but not least, to my family, I owe thanks for their patience and unstinting support. My husband, Thomas, has always been there since I embarked upon this journey many years ago. No thanks can ever be enough. Without the understanding of my parents and siblings, this journey would have been all the more arduous. To my children—Jonathan and Genevieve—I hope that they may one day read this book and realize what Mummy was up to all those days and nights she spent on the computer.
All errors remain my own.