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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

• Chinese Genealogy Basics at FamilySearch
• Find your Family's Jiapu 家谱 (Clan Books) - Research Wiki article
• Online Learning - video classes

Chinese Research Strategies - Place Specific

• 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

• Dates and Calendars - Wiki article
• Asian-Gregorian Calender Converter at FamilySearch
• Convert Chinese dates
• 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. FS Catalog book 951 D4i; At various libraries (WorldCat); Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books

==Chinese Genealogical Word Lists

• Chinese Genealogical Word List
• Chinese Jiapu and Gravestone Character Guide at FamilySearch

Further Chinese Research

• ChinaGenWeb
• Taiwan GenWeb
• Taiwan Geneanet