Chinese Websites

China
Links to articles and websites that assist in research in China.

Useful Websites

 * Helps for Reading Chinese Genealogies (in English)
 * Chinese Genealogy - Trace Your Family Tree in China - about.com
 * Miscellaneous China and Chinese Websites:Chinese Genealogical Resources
 * Free China Genealogy Search Engines at Ancestor Search
 * Jiapu. Surname index operated by Ancestry, largely in Chinese.
 * Jewish Communities of China
 * BYU Research Guide for East Asian Researchers

Overseas Chinese whose ancestors emigrated from the SiYi (SeiYap) 四邑 "Four counties" area of the Pearl River Delta 珠江三角洲 of Guangdong province 廣東省

 * Siyi wikipedia
 * zh-yue Siyi 四邑
 * zh ancestory 四邑民系
 * Baike Baidu Siyi 四邑
 * Him Mark Lai Digital Archive
 * Siyi Genealogy Forum
 * Name list of Chinese buried in the Los Angeles cemetery
 * Bancroft Library, Chinese in California 1850-1925
 * Online Archive of California, Guide to the Chinese in California Virtual Collection
 * Overseas Chinese Affairs of Guangdong

Of the SiYi (SeiYap) 四邑 "Four counties" area above, those emigrating from Taishan (Toisan) 台山 were most prevalent. Here are some additional links for Taishan.

 * wikipedia zh Taishan 台山市
 * Baike Baidu 台山_百度百科
 * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taishan
 * Toisan (Taishan) Village Database
 * Ancestral Village  Research, Chinese Family History Group of California
 * Taishan villages – Guangdong
 * Taishan Area Map

Other useful links to Chinese ancestral research

 * Convert Chinese dates
 * House of Chinn
 * 中国家谱网  China Jiapu in Chinese
 * Family Tree Relationships (video)
 * Chinese Family History Group of Southern California
 * U.S National Archives, Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
 * Chinese-Americans, U.S National Archives
 * 中华寻根网  National Library of China "International Chinese Genealogy Online"
 * Information about China's Tangs 堂号 in Chinese
 * A list of China’s Tangs (堂号) in Chinese.
 * Chinese Exclusion Act
 * Edward Bing Kan: The First Chinese-American Naturalized after Repeal of Chinese Exclusion

Hong Kong
Links to articles and websites that assist in research in Hong Kong.
 * ChinaGenWeb Hong Kong
 * BYU Research Guide for Hong Kong
 * BYU Research Guide for East Asian Researchers

Taiwan
Links to articles and websites that assist in research in Taiwan.
 * Taiwan GenWeb
 * Taiwan FindAGrave
 * Taiwan Geneanet
 * WWII records
 * Taiwan genealogical societies
 * Taiwan genealogical societies records
 * Taiwan Genealogy Records (Forebears)
 * Research Outlines for Asia-Taiwan