Related Resources
- Chinese Clan & Family Histories - "Duk Poo" or "Jia pu," also known as Zupu, is a record of a clan's history, lineage and an ancestral biography.
- Friends of Roots - Roots and Roots Plus offer you the opportunity to discover the roots that link you to the past and place you in the present … to journey back to ancestral beginnings, to explore the land and lives of those who shaped your heritage, and to relate your family’s history to the totality of the Chinese American experience.
- "Chinese names blend traditions, drama" by Cindy Chang, LA times Sept 11, 2013 - "For generations, the reporter's family had relied on a Chinese poem to provide names. This time, it had to sound proper in Korean as well." A column describing the importance of using the family generational poem.
- Chinese Family History Group of Southern California Website - The Chinese Family History Group is affiliated with the Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS), located in Burbank, California, exists to foster interest in family history and genealogy, preserve genealogical materials, and provide instruction in accepted and effective research techniques.
- "The Dancun Dialect of Taishan" by Anne O. Yue-Hashimoto, 2005 Language Information Sciences Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Cummulative and comprehensive work on the Dancun dialect of Taishan in Guangdong Province. Her work features interesting and extensive discussions of the linguisitic history of the most prominent group of early emigrants to North America, and their language, including unusual features such as grammatically conditioned tonal variations which are unique among Chinese dialects, and a carefully annotated vocabulary of more than 4,500 words and expressions. Taishanese provides a unique vantage point for research in Chinese dialectology as well as enthnolinguistics and socialinguistics. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Yue-Cantonese dialect and the Chinese language in general. Suggested reading for those that are serious about linguisitics and may be challenging for lay persons.
- DaZhongHua Family Tree Development Association, referred to as DAZUPU - The mission of DAZUPU is to provide an electronic platform to users for the development and investigation of Chinese genealogy. DAZUPU collects and maintains databases of Chinese family trees and allows members to upload and search the databases. Such a platform allows the connection of members not only from within one family, but between families so that roots can be found for mankind. The aim of DAZUPU is to create awareness that all Chinese people share roots, and to achieve worldwide peace and harmony.
- FamilySearch - FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch, historically known as the Genealogical Society of Utah, which was founded in 1894, is dedicated to preserving the records of the family of mankind. Its purpose is to help people connect with their ancestors through easy access to historical records. The FamilySearch resources available to the public for free include records of names exceeding 4 billion collected worldwide (much of it available online), the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (hailed by genealogists as the top research and collections library in the world), and almost 5,000 FamilySearch Centers worldwide. They have many satellite centers all around the country to help with your genealogy research.
- Zhou Lineage - Zhou (Joe, Jue, Chow, 周) from Zhongshan (中山), 龙头环(龍頭環)村 Long Tau Wan Village, Wang Sek (橫石村) village, and Shek Gong Lay (Shi Jiang Li 石江里) village.
- Hoisanva English Dictionary 台山話英文字典 - Gene’s Phonetic System (GPS) American English Romanization. The pronunciation of all characters is as used by natives in the capital of Hoisan (Hoiseng; Táichéng in pinyin). Hoisanva is a spoken language. Not all of the spoken language have corresponding Chinese characters or words. All Hoisanva characters are monosyllabic. There have two parts to each syllable: an initial part and a final part. In addition to the two parts, all characters have a tone, without which would render the character/word meaningless.
- "The House of Liu" by Elizabeth Lew, Published by The Lew Press, 13465 Basal Court, Lathrop, CA 95330 - Compelling account of Chinese American history by a woman who reflects on her life at the age of 87. Elizabeth Lew has done an incredible job with her Liu/Lew family saga in the backdrop of Chinese immigration to America. The book contains 547 pages of individual stories making history come alive beginning with the Han Dynasty genealogy dating back over 5000 years to the journey to America by Elizabeth Lew's grandfather and her family genealogy.
- Lung Kong Association - This is an association of four surnames that trace themselves to four blood brothers, Chew, Cheung, Lau, and Quan
- nciku - Good online English Chinese dictionary with a great writing pad feature for figuring out Chinese characters and the correct sequence of writing strokes.
- Roots Village Database - Index of Clan Names By Villages published by the American Consulate General in Hong Kong in the 1970s
- Yutopian - A good website for origins of Chinese Family Names (Surnames or Last Names)
- SiYi Genealogy - This site is devoted to the genealogy of Chinese families from an area of Guangdong, China commonly known as Siyi or four counties. The counties are Xinhui, Taishan, Kaiping, and Enping.