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Research Tips and Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The Chinese Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for those doing Chinese research. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Chinese Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Chinese Genealogy Basics at FamilySearch
Find your Family's Jiapu 家谱 - Research Wiki article

Chinese Research Strategies - Place Specific[edit | edit source]

Subscription Databases and Free Electronic Resources at the Library of Congress - by location
Contracts and Other Old Documents as Sources for Family History and Genealogy in Taiwan
Research Guide for Asia-Taiwan
Research Guide for Hong Kong
Research Guide for East Asian Researchers

Chinese Calendars[edit | edit source]

Chinese Names[edit | edit source]

See Chinese Naming Customs for more information.
In Search of your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames, by Sheau-yueh J. Chao. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc, 2001. FS Catalog book 951 D4i; At various libraries (WorldCat); Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books

Further Chinese Research[edit | edit source]

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 <center><font size = "4"><br>'''Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page'''</font></center><br>
-<center>''The China Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for China. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br>
+<center>''The Chinese Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for those doing Chinese research. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br>
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-=== Chinese Research Strategies  ===
+== Chinese Research Strategies  ==
-*[[Chinese_Research_Helps|China Genealogy Guide]]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/chinese/research/ Chinese Genealogy Basics] at FamilySearch
-*[[Chinese Research Helps|Chinese Research Helps]]
+*[[Chinese_Research_Helps|Find your Family's Jiapu 家谱]] - Research Wiki article
-*[[Chinese Research Helps|Chinese Research help in Chinese]]
-===Chinese Research Strategies - Place Specific===
+==Chinese Research Strategies - Place Specific==
+*[https://guides.loc.gov/asian-eresources Subscription Databases and Free Electronic Resources] at the Library of Congress - by location
+*[[Contracts and Other Old Documents as Sources for Family History and Genealogy in Taiwan]]
 *[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Asia/Taiwan.pdf Research Guide for Asia-Taiwan]
 *[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Asia/HongKong.pdf Research Guide for Hong Kong]
 *[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Asia/Asia.pdf Research Guide for East Asian Researchers]
-===Chinese Calendars===
+==Chinese Calendars==
-*[[Dates and Calendars|Dates and Calendars]] Wiki page
+*[[Dates and Calendars|Dates and Calendars]] - Wiki article
 *[http://www.mandarintools.com/calendar.html Convert Chinese dates]
-*[https://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ Chinese and Western calendar conversion]
+*[https://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ Chinese and Western Calendar Conversion]
+==Chinese Names==
+*See [[Chinese Naming Customs]] for more information.
+*''In Search of your Asian Roots: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames,'' by Sheau-yueh J. Chao. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc, 2001. {{FSC|965592|item|disp=FS Catalog book 951 D4i}}; {{WorldCat|43377483|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDB|927478}}, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/%E5%B0%8B%E6%A0%B9%E6%BA%AF%E6%BA%90%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E5%A7%93%E6%B0%8F/t26Iv0Octa0C?hl=en&gbpv=0 Google Books]
+==Further Chinese Research==
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chnwgw/ ChinaGenWeb]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~twnwgw/ Taiwan GenWeb]
+*[http://doc.geneanet.org/?lang=en Taiwan Geneanet]
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