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Chinese Community Records

Chinese community records

Research use: Family linkage material, family place of origin, gives original Chinese characters.

Record type: Family history, vital data, memorabilia, immigration, name adoption, Chinese temple and association data.

Time Period: 1750-present.

Content: Birth, marriage and death information, ancestral tablets, genealogies, family origin data, relatives, memberships. May include census and immigration data.

Location: Chinese community associations.

Population coverage: 5%.

Reliability: Good.^[1]

Resources

References

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Myanmar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Myanmar,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2001.

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