{"id":579,"date":"2019-12-30T07:41:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:23:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T23:23:03","slug":"dougs-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/dougs-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug’s Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Doug\u2019s links. to be organized later<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/freepages.rootsweb.com\/~chinesesurname\/family\/hundred.html<\/a> The Hundred Families Surnames<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.chinese-tools.com\/tools\/ime.html<\/a> Chinese Input Method Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.mdbg.net\/chinese\/dictionary?page=chardict<\/a> MDGB Character Dictionary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/<\/a> Chinese Genealogy Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/villagedb.friendsofroots.org\/search.cgi<\/a> Friends of Root Village DataBase<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.chinesefamilyhistory.org\/<\/a> Chinese Family History Group of Southern California<\/strong> https:\/\/www.chinesefamilyhistory.org\/guide.html<\/a> A GUIDE FOR RESEARCHING YOUR CHINESE FAMILY HISTORY<\/strong> 2nd edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/pages.ucsd.edu\/~dkjordan\/chin\/china.html<\/a> David K Jordan, China Resource Page<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.pinyin.info\/readings\/texts\/moser.html<\/a> Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard,<\/strong> David Moser, University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.mandarintools.com\/family.html<\/a> Chinese Family Titles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.oac.cdlib.org\/findaid\/ark:\/13030\/kt5p3019m2\/dsc\/<\/a> Guide to the Chinese in California Virtual Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/convertio.co\/ocr\/chinese\/<\/a> Chinese Simplified and Traditional OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Online & Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/hawaiichinesehistorycenter\/<\/a> Hawaii Chinese History Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/orq.mychinaroots.com\/searchTool\/zupu<\/a> My China Roots Find your Family Tree Book<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/search\/image\/index?owc=https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/service\/cds\/recapi\/collections\/1787988\/waypoints<\/a> China Collection of Genealogies, 1239-2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1IFY5ViXJLsgPJvl4wrGmpZpRwzlte9aX\/view?usp=sharing<\/a> Philip Tan\u2019s http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/user\/252<\/a> worksheet translating Chinese Imperial Calendar to Gregorian Calendar<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Beware of the Elixir of NARA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The immigration files on our ancestors at the NARA (National Archive & Record Administration https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/ ) offer the Chinese American family historian a treasure trove of data. Especially precious are the large number of well preserved Angel Island documents from the first half of the 20th century.These papers have the authenticity and stamp of approval of the US Government. With transcriptions, translations, and witnesses, these documents provide a unique paper trail at the moment of entry to the USA. This was a critical juncture point for our ancestors, because refusal of US entry would be economically disastrous and socially embarrassing (loss of face). Some applicants committed suicide rather than be forced to return to China.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These circumstances were brought about by the Chinese Exclusion Act and the destruction of immigration records by the 1906 SF Earthquake. This began the paper son industry, when the Chinese living in the US prior to the earthquake could not be challenged to their claim of American citizenship. These early Chinese-Americans were able to sell the title of a citizen\u2019s offspring to non related men desiring to come to America (paper sons). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the beginning Chinese family historian, a portion of the NARA information must be looked upon with suspicion. The information should always be considered inaccurate until confirmed by other sources. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many reasons the beginning Chinese family historian quickly embraces the NARA data. The interviews represent the lost opportunity to have recorded our ancestors\u2019 stories . The difficulty of the Chinese language is bypassed by the translators and transcriptionist employed by the government.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who have not seen their ancestor\u2019s NARA information from the Exclusionary period, the data is divided into an objective and subjective section. The objective information contains the biometric information commonly recorded before the widespread use of fingerprinting. It would have the height, weight, distinguishing characteristics, and photographs. Observations like the English fluency and literacy were noted.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second subjective part involves the interrogations and interviews. The interrogation is meant to discover and deport paper sons trying to illegally enter the US. Also in this section will be attempts by the applicant to embellish the number of their offspring for future profit and the potential sale of paper son titles. The interrogators will inquire about the (paper son) applicant\u2019s memory of the layout of their villages to compare with the description with the paper father. This was one of the government’s methods of discovering the paper son.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the euphoria of receiving ancestor information, it is important to initially withhold sharing your ancestors alleged family tree as described in the transcription (at least until you verify it independently). The reason is that the privilege to take an oral history from your Chinese relatives is fraught by not only language issues, but the clannish, inscrutable, and secretive nature of elderly Chinese living in a hostile foreign country. You have to earn the privilege to interview your relatives. Stating as fact the incorrect number or existence of offspring based on the NARA data is a way to have your family severely limit your oral history-taking opportunities. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The description of the village details, while exciting, is probably not related to your ancestors actual home. A description of Village Life in China by Arthur H Smith is available via Project Gutenberg <\/span>http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/33485<\/span><\/a>  . You only have to get past his Western and religious chauvinism popular during the time it was published in1899.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chinese family historian should celebrate the information in the NARA files. However, he\/she should look at this data as family stories, but not as genealogy. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMHO<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

You’ve traced your lineage to Huang Di (the yellow emperor \u7687\u5e1d)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

Him Mark Lai click<\/sup><\/a> brought clarity. As excerpted from <\/span>his digital archives click<\/sup><\/a> in a 1991 treatise, taken from <\/span>THE GUANGDONG HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION pp 88-89 click<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

From the point of view of the genealogical research, this (Guangdong) history also provides some guidance for evaluating information on one’s ancestral tree. Although it is probably true that the remote ancestors of many Guangdongese can be traced to North China and perhaps even to the Yellow Emperor, another fact, obvious from Guangdong history, is that the native Yue and their heirs once formed a significant part of the Guangdong population and have left an obvious physical and cultural imprint on the (Cantonese) people. Yet, one finds very few Guangdongese claiming them as ancestors. One suspects, however, they may have more descendents in Guangdong than is generally acknowledged in the genealogies, since many Guangdong genealogist, in seeking social status and prestigious and respectable ancestral trees, may have been tempted to make claims, often unsubstantiated, to remote ancestors of northern, and hence Han Chinese, as opposed to \u201csouthern barbarian\u201d origin. It should be noted that women, at least some of whom were not of northern Han Chinese origin, are excluded from genealogical considerations when tracing lineages. Also over the centuries there have been numerous changes of surnames for various reasons so that the possession of a certain surname does not necessarily ensure descent from the alleged progenitor of that clan. All these considerations point to the fact that it is not an easy task to do historically rigorous genealogical research. A few family have a reliable genealogy reaching back many centuries. For example the genealogy of the descendants of Confucius is probably one of the few authentic ones since so much attention had been focused on the family during the entire course of Chinese history. For others the historically reliable part would not extend beyond the progenitor of the local lineage identified with his clan village of origin. In still other cases, the situation falls somewhere between the two extremes. In all cases, including the genealogy of Confucius’ family, a point is eventually reached beyond which the information is not subject to rigorous historical analysis and can only be considered part of a tradition. Tradition, as long as one recognizes the limitations, of course can continue to be a source of pride and strength in the particular individual and his family.<\/b> (emphasis my own)<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nstart – ChineseRootsWiki<\/title>\n\n\n\n<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"DokuWiki\">\n\n\n\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\">\n\n\n\n<meta name=\"date\" content=\"2012-12-04T10:00:46-0500\">\n\n\n\n<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"start\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"search\" type=\"application\/opensearchdescription+xml\" href=\"lib\/exe\/opensearch.php\" title=\"ChineseRootsWiki\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"start\" href=\"index.html\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"contents\" href=\"dokud0c3.html?id=start&do=index\" title=\"Sitemap\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"Recent Changes\" href=\"feed.php\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"Current Namespace\" href=\"feed8be0.php?mode=list&ns=\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"edit\" title=\"Edit this page\" href=\"doku6f41.html?id=start&do=edit\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text\/html\" title=\"Plain HTML\" href=\"dokuce9f.html?do=export_xhtml&id=start\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text\/plain\" title=\"Wiki Markup\" href=\"doku0206.html?do=export_raw&id=start\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"doku81aa.html?id=start\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"screen\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"lib\/exe\/cssd96e.css?t=monobook&tseed=1299025675\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"all\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"lib\/exe\/css8467.css?s=all&t=monobook&tseed=1299025675\">\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"print\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"lib\/exe\/cssd5f9.css?s=print&t=monobook&tseed=1299025675\">\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\nvar NS='';var JSINFO = {\"id\":\"start\",\"namespace\":\"\"};\n\/\/--><!]]><\/script>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"lib\/exe\/js33d6.php?tseed=1299025675\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<link rel=\"shortcut icon\" href=\"lib\/tpl\/monobook\/user\/favicon.ico\">\n\n\n\n<div id=\"globalWrapper\">\n\n <div id=\"column-content\">\n <div id=\"content\">\n <a name=\"top\" id=\"top\"><\/a>\n <a name=\"dokuwiki__top\" id=\"dokuwiki__top\"><\/a>\n <div id=\"bodyContent\">\n <div class=\"dokuwiki\">\n <!-- start main content area -->\n \n <div id=\"siteNotice\" class=\"noprint\">\n\n<p>\nJust a reminder that by editing any pages in Chinese Roots Wiki you agree to license your content under the following license: <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CC Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported<\/a>. 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And because of this diversity, no one person is knowledgeable enough to be an expert on all facets of Chinese culture. This wiki is a vehicle to pool knowledge from multiple persons and sources and make it easier for anyone interested in studying Chinese family heritage.\n<\/p><p><\/p><div class=\"noteclassic\">To correctly view Chinese characters please select <strong>View<\/strong>, <strong>Encoding<\/strong>, and <strong>Unicode<\/strong> option from the browser <strong>Menu<\/strong>.\n<\/div><p><\/p>\nThe Chinese Roots Wiki is a compilation of information by an eclectic group of world wide overseas Chinese family heritage enthusiasts searching for their roots, both personally and via the English language <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chinese Genealogy Forum<\/a>. Whereas the forum was initially started in 2004 by descendants from the <a href=\"dokub760.html?id=references:maps:index\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:maps:index\">SiYi or Sze Yup (\u56db\u9091)<\/a> area of the <a href=\"dokud845.html?id=history:migration_pearl_river_delta\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"history:migration_pearl_river_delta\">Pearl Delta Region (\u73e0\u6c5f\u4e09\u89d2\u6d32)<\/a> of China, the focus has advanced to include all expatriate Chinese discovering for their heritage. Of course, see the <a href=\"doku0749.html?id=wiki:disclaimer\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php?id=wiki:disclaimer\" rel=\"nofollow\">disclaimer<\/a>. Furthermore, Chinese language skills are <strong>NOT<\/strong> a requisite for you to research your heritage (Click <a href=\"dokuc7d3.html?id=techniques:chinese_characters\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:chinese_characters\">here<\/a> for my rationale).\n<br>\n\n<br>\n\nPlease post questions about your research obstacles on the <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chinese Genealogy Forum<\/a>. Finally, click <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=suggestions&action=display&thread=1307\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=suggestions&action=display&thread=1307\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> to post questions or comments about this wiki.\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"secedit editbutton_section editbutton_1\"><form class=\"button btn_secedit\" method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php\"><div class=\"no\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"do\" value=\"edit\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rev\" value=\"1354633246\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"[Welcome to the Chinese Roots Wiki] \"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"section\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"range\" value=\"11-1846\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"start\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit\" class=\"button\" title=\"Welcome to the Chinese Roots Wiki\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sectionedit2\"><a name=\"village_database\" id=\"village_database\">Village Database<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n\n<p>\n\nFor years the Chinese Cultural Center in San Francisco (CCCSF) had made available villages and surnames of Zhongshan (\u4e2d\u5c71), Xinhui (\u65b0\u6703), Taishan (\u53f0\u5c71), and Haiping (\u958b\u5e73) to online Chinese genealogy researchers. Though the information is published by the <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=maps&action=display&thread=1421&page=2\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=maps&action=display&thread=1421&page=2\" rel=\"nofollow\"> US government and in public domain<\/a><sup><a href=\"#fn__1\" name=\"fnt__1\" id=\"fnt__1\" class=\"fn_top\">1)<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"#fn__2\" name=\"fnt__2\" id=\"fnt__2\" class=\"fn_top\">2)<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"#fn__3\" name=\"fnt__3\" id=\"fnt__3\" class=\"fn_top\">3)<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"#fn__4\" name=\"fnt__4\" id=\"fnt__4\" class=\"fn_top\">4)<\/a><\/sup> digitalization required many hours of labour by Dominic Yu. As of June, 2011, this invaluable resource has not always been available on the sponsoring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/villagedb\/about.html\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/villagedb\/about.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">CCCSF website<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nSome members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chinese Genealogy Forum<\/a> have volunteered to undertake the project of recreating a <a href=\"dokud4d5.html?id=references:villages:village_database\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:villages:village_database\">Chinese Roots Wiki Village Database<\/a> of these four Pearl Delta Region (\u73e0\u6c5f\u4e09\u89d2\u6d32) plus other counties. We want to 1) restore a surrogate search function currently missing in the CCCSF Village Database and 2) allow users to update the historic database with current information.\n<\/p><p><\/p><div class=\"noteclassic\">Click to access the <strong><a href=\"dokud4d5.html?id=references:villages:village_database\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:villages:village_database\">CRW Village Database<\/a><\/strong>.\n<\/div><p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>\nAdditionally, the CCCSF’s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/education\/roots\/\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/education\/roots\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">In Search of Roots<\/a><\/em> program has produced a separate <em>Roots Village Database<\/em> on the villages the interns have visited. The site can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/rootsdb.org\/\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/rootsdb.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roots Village Database<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"secedit editbutton_section editbutton_2\"><form class=\"button btn_secedit\" method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php\"><div class=\"no\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"do\" value=\"edit\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rev\" value=\"1354633246\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"[Village Database] \"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"section\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"range\" value=\"1847-3687\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"start\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit\" class=\"button\" title=\"Village Database\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sectionedit3\"><a name=\"ancestral_and_family_history\" id=\"ancestral_and_family_history\">Ancestral and Family History<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n\n<p>\nChina has a particularly rich <a href=\"doku40c6.html?id=history:ancestral\" class=\"wikilink2\" title=\"history:ancestral\" rel=\"nofollow\">ancestral<\/a> and <a href=\"doku6394.html?id=techniques:how_to_start\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:how_to_start\">family<\/a> history. The lineage of every Chinese clan is thousands of years old, most dating back to the middle of the Zhou Dynasty (\u5468\u671d), approximately 2,500 years ago. In fact, most current Chinese surnames<em><sup>examples???<\/sup><\/em> originated during this period. However other clans<em><sup>examples???<\/sup><\/em> go back even further, all the way to the Yellow Emperor (\u9ec3\u5e1d) and the dawn of Chinese written history 5,000 years ago. \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nWhile we can trace one’s clan lineage back thousands of years, family histories generally go back only a few hundred to one thousand years. Many familial records (<a href=\"dokub697.html?id=references:documents:jiapu\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:documents:jiapu\">jiapu \u5bb6\u8b5c<\/a>) have since been damaged, destroyed, or lost to wars and natural disasters. \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nAn important tool in genealogy research is visiting <a href=\"doku352b.html?id=references:cemeteries\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:cemeteries\">cemeteries<\/a>. Tombstones, especially Chinese tombstones, contain a wealth of information including dates of birth and death, maiden name, and place of origin. Some even have the time of death.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nThis wiki exists to help you understand how to fill in gaps in your personal heritage research.\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"secedit editbutton_section editbutton_3\"><form class=\"button btn_secedit\" method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php\"><div class=\"no\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"do\" value=\"edit\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rev\" value=\"1354633246\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"[Ancestral and Family History] \"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"section\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"range\" value=\"3688-4906\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"start\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit\" class=\"button\" title=\"Ancestral and Family History\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sectionedit4\"><a name=\"topics\" id=\"topics\">Topics<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n\n<p>\n<strong><em>Click<\/em><\/strong> on the title links below to view the contents.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"table sectionedit5\"><table class=\"inline\">\n\t<tbody><tr class=\"row0\">\n\t\t<th class=\"col0 centeralign\"> Current Active Wiki Topics, Pages, Sections, or Headings <\/th><th class=\"col1 centeralign\"> Newly Contributed Pages, Sections, or links <\/th><th class=\"col2 centeralign\"> Newly Acquired Links to be Categorized <\/th><th class=\"col3 centeralign\"> To Be Written (hopefully) <\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row1\">\n\t\t<td class=\"col0\"><div class=\"box\" style=\"width: 99%; \">\n <b class=\"xtop\"><b class=\"xb1\"><\/b><b class=\"xb2\"><\/b><b class=\"xb3\"><\/b><b class=\"xb4\"><\/b><\/b>\n <div class=\"xbox\">\n<div class=\"box_content\"><ul>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"doku6394.html?id=techniques:how_to_start\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:how_to_start\">How to Start Your Chinese Family Heritage Research<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"doku91fe.html?id=references:cemeteries:project\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:cemeteries:project\">The Cemetery Project<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"dokub760.html?id=references:maps:index\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:maps:index\">Maps<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"doku981c.html?id=history:migration\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"history:migration\"> Migrations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"doku5fbb.html?id=references:names\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:names\">Links for Surnames, Given Names, and Family Titles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"doku0014.html?id=techniques:technology_and_genealogy\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:technology_and_genealogy\">Techniques in Studying Heritage Roots: Technologies Old and New<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"dokuc53a.html?id=techniques:genealogy_software:general\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:genealogy_software:general\">Software Criteria to Study Chinese Family Heritage<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"dokuc7d3.html?id=techniques:chinese_characters\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:chinese_characters\">Using Chinese Characters in Family Heritage Studies without Chinese Language Skills<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> <a href=\"dokue127.html?id=references:chinatowns:index\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:chinatowns:index\">Chinatowns and current Chinese Communities<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <b class=\"xbottom\"><b class=\"xb4\"><\/b><b class=\"xb3\"><\/b><b class=\"xb2\"><\/b><b class=\"xb1\"><\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<\/td><td class=\"col1 leftalign\"><div class=\"box\" style=\"width: 99%; 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You should see a page stating: <strong><em class=\"u\">This topic does not exist yet<\/em><\/strong>. Click on the top tab <strong>‘Create this page’<\/strong>. Then just start typing. Remember to click <strong>‘Preview’<\/strong> and <strong>‘Save’<\/strong> at the bottom of the page. Someone will be notified of this new page and can help with the formatting. If you are logged in, click signature at the top icons and we can communicate with you regarding suggestions. Later you can delete your signature.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> Go to the Search Box on the top left. Type a name for your new article. If that name does not exist, then you will be sent to a page which at the top has a link labeled: <strong>‘Create this page’<\/strong>. Click on that link and <strong>start typing<\/strong>. Remember to <strong>‘Preview’<\/strong> and <strong>‘Save’<\/strong> at the bottom.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"level1\"><div class=\"li\"> Create a link in a document you are writing in – <pre class=\"code\">[[folder name:your article name]]<\/pre>\n\n<p>\n. The <strong><em>‘folder name’<\/em><\/strong> inside the double square brackets in front of the colon <strong>:<\/strong> sign is the name of the folder where file <strong><em>‘your article name’<\/em><\/strong> will be kept. Three currently available <strong><em>‘folder names’<\/em><\/strong> are <strong>history<\/strong>, <strong>references<\/strong>, and <strong>techniques<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>\n\n<em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em><em class=\"u\"><\/em>_\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"secedit editbutton_section editbutton_6\"><form class=\"button btn_secedit\" method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php\"><div class=\"no\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"do\" value=\"edit\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rev\" value=\"1354633246\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"[How to create a new page or edit an existing page] \"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"section\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"range\" value=\"7081-8549\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"start\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit\" class=\"button\" title=\"How to create a new page or edit an existing page\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sectionedit7\"><a name=\"navigation_tricks\" id=\"navigation_tricks\">Navigation Tricks<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n\n<p>\nTo go back to the home or <strong><em>start<\/em><\/strong> page, click on the brown Chinese Roots Wiki logo on the top left. 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title=\"http:\/\/lccn.loc.gov\/66061043\" rel=\"nofollow\">Library of Congress catalog record for Toishan Index<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"fn\"><sup><a href=\"#fnt__2\" id=\"fn__2\" name=\"fn__2\" class=\"fn_bot\">2)<\/a><\/sup> \n<a href=\"http:\/\/lccn.loc.gov\/89831452\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/lccn.loc.gov\/89831452\" rel=\"nofollow\">Library of Congress catalog record for Chungshan Index<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"fn\"><sup><a href=\"#fnt__3\" id=\"fn__3\" name=\"fn__3\" class=\"fn_bot\">3)<\/a><\/sup> \n<a href=\"http:\/\/lccn.loc.gov\/84110427\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/lccn.loc.gov\/84110427\" rel=\"nofollow\">Library of Congress catalog record for Hoiping Index<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"fn\"><sup><a href=\"#fnt__4\" id=\"fn__4\" name=\"fn__4\" class=\"fn_bot\">4)<\/a><\/sup> \n<a href=\"http:\/\/lccn.loc.gov\/89831453\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/lccn.loc.gov\/89831453\" rel=\"nofollow\">Library of Congress catalog record for Sunwei 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This section contains information on <a href=\"doku3b8c.html?id=wiki:about_us\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"wiki:about_us\">Chinese Roots Wiki<\/a>, how to <a href=\"doku3f2a.html?id=wiki:contact_us\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"wiki:contact_us\">contact<\/a> us, <a href=\"dokuaf26.html?id=wiki:formating\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"wiki:formating\">formating<\/a> articles, and <a href=\"doku0749.html?id=wiki:disclaimer\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"wiki:disclaimer\">disclaimer<\/a>. \n\n<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <!-- start rendered wiki content -->\n \n\n\n<h1 class=\"sectionedit1\"><a name=\"welcome_to_the_chinese_roots_wiki\" id=\"welcome_to_the_chinese_roots_wiki\">Welcome to the Chinese Roots Wiki<\/a><\/h1>\n<div class=\"level1\">\n\n<p>\nThis wiki is designed to help people of Chinese heritage discover their ancestral roots. This can be complicated because China is a huge melting pot country with a culture that reflects an array of ethnic and local customs. And because of this diversity, no one person is knowledgeable enough to be an expert on all facets of Chinese culture. This wiki is a vehicle to pool knowledge from multiple persons and sources and make it easier for anyone interested in studying Chinese family heritage.\n<p><div class=\"noteclassic\">To correctly view Chinese characters please select <strong>View<\/strong>, <strong>Encoding<\/strong>, and <strong>Unicode<\/strong> option from the browser <strong>Menu<\/strong>.\n<\/div><\/p>\nThe Chinese Roots Wiki is a compilation of information by an eclectic group of world wide overseas Chinese family heritage enthusiasts searching for their roots, both personally and via the English language <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chinese Genealogy Forum<\/a>. Whereas the forum was initially started in 2004 by descendants from the <a href=\"dokub760.html?id=references:maps:index\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:maps:index\">SiYi or Sze Yup (\u56db\u9091)<\/a> area of the <a href=\"dokud845.html?id=history:migration_pearl_river_delta\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"history:migration_pearl_river_delta\">Pearl Delta Region (\u73e0\u6c5f\u4e09\u89d2\u6d32)<\/a> of China, the focus has advanced to include all expatriate Chinese discovering for their heritage. Of course, see the <a href=\"doku0749.html?id=wiki:disclaimer\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php?id=wiki:disclaimer\" rel=\"nofollow\">disclaimer<\/a>. Furthermore, Chinese language skills are <strong>NOT<\/strong> a requisite for you to research your heritage (Click <a href=\"dokuc7d3.html?id=techniques:chinese_characters\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:chinese_characters\">here<\/a> for my rationale).\n<br\/>\n\n<br\/>\n\nPlease post questions about your research obstacles on the <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chinese Genealogy Forum<\/a>. Finally, click <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=suggestions&action=display&thread=1307\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=suggestions&action=display&thread=1307\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> to post questions or comments about this wiki.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class='secedit editbutton_section editbutton_1'><form class=\"button btn_secedit\" method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php\"><div class=\"no\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"do\" value=\"edit\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rev\" value=\"1354633246\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"[Welcome to the Chinese Roots Wiki] \" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"section\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"range\" value=\"11-1846\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"start\" \/><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit\" class=\"button\" title=\"Welcome to the Chinese Roots Wiki\" \/><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sectionedit2\"><a name=\"village_database\" id=\"village_database\">Village Database<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n\n<p>\n\nFor years the Chinese Cultural Center in San Francisco (CCCSF) had made available villages and surnames of Zhongshan (\u4e2d\u5c71), Xinhui (\u65b0\u6703), Taishan (\u53f0\u5c71), and Haiping (\u958b\u5e73) to online Chinese genealogy researchers. Though the information is published by the <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=maps&action=display&thread=1421&page=2\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=maps&action=display&thread=1421&page=2\" rel=\"nofollow\"> US government and in public domain<\/a><sup><a href=\"#fn__1\" name=\"fnt__1\" id=\"fnt__1\" class=\"fn_top\">1)<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"#fn__2\" name=\"fnt__2\" id=\"fnt__2\" class=\"fn_top\">2)<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"#fn__3\" name=\"fnt__3\" id=\"fnt__3\" class=\"fn_top\">3)<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"#fn__4\" name=\"fnt__4\" id=\"fnt__4\" class=\"fn_top\">4)<\/a><\/sup> digitalization required many hours of labour by Dominic Yu. As of June, 2011, this invaluable resource has not always been available on the sponsoring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/villagedb\/about.html\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/villagedb\/about.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">CCCSF website<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nSome members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/siyigenealogy.proboards.com\/index.cgi\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chinese Genealogy Forum<\/a> have volunteered to undertake the project of recreating a <a href=\"dokud4d5.html?id=references:villages:village_database\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:villages:village_database\">Chinese Roots Wiki Village Database<\/a> of these four Pearl Delta Region (\u73e0\u6c5f\u4e09\u89d2\u6d32) plus other counties. We want to 1) restore a surrogate search function currently missing in the CCCSF Village Database and 2) allow users to update the historic database with current information.\n<p><div class=\"noteclassic\">Click to access the <strong><a href=\"dokud4d5.html?id=references:villages:village_database\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:villages:village_database\">CRW Village Database<\/a><\/strong>.\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nAdditionally, the CCCSF's <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/education\/roots\/\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/www.c-c-c.org\/education\/roots\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">In Search of Roots<\/a><\/em> program has produced a separate <em>Roots Village Database<\/em> on the villages the interns have visited. The site can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/rootsdb.org\/\" class=\"urlextern\" title=\"http:\/\/rootsdb.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Roots Village Database<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class='secedit editbutton_section editbutton_2'><form class=\"button btn_secedit\" method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php\"><div class=\"no\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"do\" value=\"edit\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rev\" value=\"1354633246\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"[Village Database] \" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"section\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"range\" value=\"1847-3687\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"start\" \/><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit\" class=\"button\" title=\"Village Database\" \/><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sectionedit3\"><a name=\"ancestral_and_family_history\" id=\"ancestral_and_family_history\">Ancestral and Family History<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n\n<p>\nChina has a particularly rich <a href=\"doku40c6.html?id=history:ancestral\" class=\"wikilink2\" title=\"history:ancestral\" rel=\"nofollow\">ancestral<\/a> and <a href=\"doku6394.html?id=techniques:how_to_start\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"techniques:how_to_start\">family<\/a> history. The lineage of every Chinese clan is thousands of years old, most dating back to the middle of the Zhou Dynasty (\u5468\u671d), approximately 2,500 years ago. In fact, most current Chinese surnames<em><sup>examples???<\/sup><\/em> originated during this period. However other clans<em><sup>examples???<\/sup><\/em> go back even further, all the way to the Yellow Emperor (\u9ec3\u5e1d) and the dawn of Chinese written history 5,000 years ago. \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nWhile we can trace one's clan lineage back thousands of years, family histories generally go back only a few hundred to one thousand years. Many familial records (<a href=\"dokub697.html?id=references:documents:jiapu\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:documents:jiapu\">jiapu \u5bb6\u8b5c<\/a>) have since been damaged, destroyed, or lost to wars and natural disasters. \n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nAn important tool in genealogy research is visiting <a href=\"doku352b.html?id=references:cemeteries\" class=\"wikilink1\" title=\"references:cemeteries\">cemeteries<\/a>. Tombstones, especially Chinese tombstones, contain a wealth of information including dates of birth and death, maiden name, and place of origin. Some even have the time of death.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nThis wiki exists to help you understand how to fill in gaps in your personal heritage research.\n\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class='secedit editbutton_section editbutton_3'><form class=\"button btn_secedit\" method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net\/doku.php\"><div class=\"no\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"do\" value=\"edit\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rev\" value=\"1354633246\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"[Ancestral and Family History] \" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"target\" value=\"section\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"range\" value=\"3688-4906\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"start\" \/><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Edit\" class=\"button\" title=\"Ancestral and Family History\" \/><\/div><\/form><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sectionedit4\"><a name=\"topics\" id=\"topics\">Topics<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"level3\">\n\n<p>\n<strong><em>Click<\/em><\/strong> on the title links below to view the contents.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"table sectionedit5\"><table class=\"inline\">\n\t<tr class=\"row0\">\n\t\t<th class=\"col0 centeralign\"> Current Active Wiki Topics, Pages, Sections, or Headings <\/th><th class=\"col1 centeralign\"> Newly Contributed Pages, Sections, or links <\/th><th class=\"col2 centeralign\"> Newly Acquired Links to be Categorized <\/th><th class=\"col3 centeralign\"> To Be Written (hopefully) <\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr class=\"row1\">\n\t\t<td class=\"col0\"><div class=\"box\" style=\"width: 99%; 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