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The objectives of Chinese genealogical research has tremendously changed over time. Researchers are now studying Chinese genealogies as a supplement to other research areas, such as social economic history, geographical history, history of law, population history, religion and culture, history of overseas Chinese, inheritance practices, and biography of historical figures. | The objectives of Chinese genealogical research has tremendously changed over time. Researchers are now studying Chinese genealogies as a supplement to other research areas, such as social economic history, geographical history, history of law, population history, religion and culture, history of overseas Chinese, inheritance practices, and biography of historical figures. | ||
===Histories of Chinese Surnames in Wikipedia=== | |||
Wikipedia has a number of very useful articles about Chinese surnames, detailing their origins, histories, and distribution in Present-day China and sometimes beyond. You can view this example to see what one of the articles may have in it. | |||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_(surname) | |||
To find another article about a different surname, do the following: Type the URL above, but substitute the surname that you are searching for information about where Yuan is above. Do not remove the parentheses. The article about the desired surname will show if it exists. If none exists you will see some other possible hits, but some of those may not contain the desired information about the surname. There will be no specific genealogical data in those articles. | |||
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