http://angkan.com/wp Connecting families worldwide Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:16:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have stories to share with other members, why not join our community. Send them in. You can post them as comments in the Message Board or in other comments box where others can find them. To join us, please click here. If you need to have a special ... http://angkan.com/wp/join-our-community/ This website is sponsored by way of advertisements and email sponsorships. Sponsoring members create an email address using their family name (see list below) using an email service provided by Gmail / Google. As at 4 February 2010, we provide each email address an allocated 7411 MB space just like other ... http://angkan.com/wp/email-sponsorships/ We had some minor disruptions in our services during the last two days, and we do apologize for the inconvenience caused. One thing good that usually results from this type of incident is that it gives us the opportunity to revisit what we have. And see if a new look would ... http://angkan.com/wp/we-are-back-to-restore-angkan/ A friend who also hails from the province of Tarlac and also now based in Sydney gifted me The Tarlac Book 2007, Yesterday's History, Today's Legacy put together by a kababayan, Virgilio Buan, a freelance photojournalist. Going over its pages, I thought the book looked impressive. It is just like an ... http://angkan.com/wp/my-family-name-has-historical-and-demographic-contradiction/ You are free to use to use this message board to post news or stories about birthdays, weddings, reunions, or anything which will help everyone connect and re-connect with each other. http://angkan.com/wp/miscellaneous-announcements/ Up to now, I'm still wondering what my family name means. Am I related to Mr So-and-So? Or, to this famous music composer? I'm not sure. I haven't ventured into tracing my family tree. Should I undertake a genealogical study of my family name's origin. After reading Mr Renato Perdon's account of ... http://angkan.com/wp/the-origin-of-filipino-family-names/ What is Internet in Tagalog? We mentioned to all emanila.com members and users that our online translation service is not in Tagalog but in Filipino (Pilipino). It has now become obvious from Mr Renato Perdon's "The Making of a National Language" why it is so. While Tagalog is the basis of the ... http://angkan.com/wp/the-vibrancy-of-filipino-as-a-language/ In case you're wondering what "angkan" is, yes it can be translated as "clan" or group of families in English. We started this site more than a year ago, but we did not get the chance to put it to high priority. Hopefully, 2010 would be different. http://angkan.com/wp/angkan-is-family/ Angkan is now on Facebook. The first family name we have set up as a group is Cayabyab. We hope to set up more family names and follow this with a campaign. Angkan on Facebook is in beta, but is functional and ready to accept fans. Why not visit and join us ... http://angkan.com/wp/angkan-is-now-on-facebook/ Site getting to be more interesting. There are also a number of Cayabyabs posting queries about the origin or meaning of their family name in The Origin of Filipino Family Names. Hope we can expand this to hear from others with different family names. Can we hear from the Aquinos, ... http://angkan.com/wp/reaching-out-and-finding-our-roots/