Chinese Websites
China
Links to articles and websites that assist in research in China.
Useful Websites
- Helps for Reading Chinese Genealogies (in English)
- Chinese Genealogy - Trace Your Family Tree in China - about.com
- Miscellaneous China and Chinese Websites:Chinese Genealogical Resources
- Free China Genealogy Search Engines at Ancestor Search
- Jiapu. Surname index operated by Ancestry, largely in Chinese.
- Jewish Communities of China
- BYU Research Guide for East Asian Researchers
Overseas Chinese whose ancestors emigrated from the SiYi (SeiYap) 四邑 "Four counties" area of the Pearl River Delta 珠江三角洲 of Guangdong province 廣東省
- Siyi wikipedia
- zh-yue Siyi 四邑
- zh ancestory 四邑民系
- Baike Baidu Siyi 四邑
- Him Mark Lai Digital Archive
- Siyi Genealogy Forum
- Name list of Chinese buried in the Los Angeles cemetery
- Bancroft Library, Chinese in California 1850-1925
- Online Archive of California, Guide to the Chinese in California Virtual Collection
- Overseas Chinese Affairs of Guangdong
Of the SiYi (SeiYap) 四邑 "Four counties" area above, those emigrating from Taishan (Toisan) 台山 were most prevalent. Here are some additional links for Taishan.
- wikipedia zh Taishan 台山市
- Baike Baidu 台山_百度百科
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taishan
- Toisan (Taishan) Village Database
- Ancestral Village Research , Chinese Family History Group of California
- Taishan villages – Guangdong
- Taishan Area Map
Other useful links to Chinese ancestral research
- Convert Chinese dates
- House of Chinn
- Family Tree Relationships (video)
- Chinese Family History Group of Southern California
- U.S National Archives, Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
- Chinese-Americans, U.S National Archives
- 中华寻根网 National Library of China "International Chinese Genealogy Online"
- Information about China's Tangs 堂号 in Chinese
- A list of China’s Tangs (堂号) in Chinese.
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Edward Bing Kan: The First Chinese-American Naturalized after Repeal of Chinese Exclusion
Hong Kong
Links to articles and websites that assist in research in Hong Kong.
- ChinaGenWeb Hong Kong
- BYU Research Guide for Hong Kong
- BYU Research Guide for East Asian Researchers
Taiwan
Links to articles and websites that assist in research in Taiwan.
- Taiwan GenWeb
- Taiwan FindAGrave
- Taiwan Geneanet
- WWII records
- Taiwan genealogical societies
- Taiwan genealogical societies records
- Taiwan Genealogy Records (Forebears)
- Research Outlines for Asia-Taiwan