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China  Finding Your Chinese Genealogy 家谱 on Familysearch.org

Using English find your family's Jiapu 家谱 by following the procedure below.

1.    Click on Search

2.    Click on Record

3.    Research by location - Click on map of Asia

4.    Click on China

5.    China indexed Historical records appears - Scroll to bottom for Chinese  Image Only Records

6.    Click on Chinese Collection of Genealogies, 1239-2014

7.    Click on Browse through 13.2 million images

8.    Family name list of Chinese surnames appears, find your surname and click on it.

9.    Country click China

10.  Choose the correct province

11.  Choose the correct county

12. Select the appropriate genealogy for study

Using Chinese find your family's Jiapu 家谱 in Familysearch.org by following the procedure below.

1.   Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on English, choose 中文.

2.    Return to the top of the page and Click on 搜尋，then 紀錄.

3.    Select 中國, 族譜收藏 1239-2014年2015年5月13日 by clicking on the blue 瀏覽影像

4.    Under Family Name select your family surname 性.

5.    Under Country select China 中國

6.    Under Province 省 select your province

7.    Under County 县 select your county

8.    Select the appropriate genealogy for study

'''Using the FamilySearch Catalog method to find a Chinese genealogy. '''

1.  Click on Search

2.  Click on Catalog

3.   Click on Surnames,

4.   Place your cursor in the Surname field.

5.   Change the language to Chinese by clicking EN in the lower right corner and selecting CH Chinese (Simplified, PRC).

6.  Type your surname. Select the correct character for your name.

Learning to read Chinese Genealogies 家谱
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Traditional Chinese
All documents linked below are in Traditional Chinese.

Many records are in Traditional Chinese regardless of where the record was created. Simplified Chinese was only introduced in the mid 20th Century. today traditional Chinese characters are only used in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and expatriate areas in other countries.

Simplified Chinese
All documents listed below are in Simplified Chinese.

Simplified Chinese appears on modern records since the mid 20th Century. That was when the Chinese government (Peoples Republic of China) made it official. It is the most common form used there today although there are still many who know traditional Chinese. Simplified Chinese is not as widely used in expatriate areas, or areas like Hong Kong or Macau. Outside of the immediate area of China itself, it is only officially used in Malaysia.