Guangdong, Chinese Genealogy

Guide to Province of Guangdong 广东 family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. China Online Genealogy Records FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups

History
During the Mongol Yuan dynasty, large parts of current Guangdong belonged to Jiangxi. Its present name, Guangdong Province was given early during the Ming dynasty. Since the 16th century, Guangdong has had extensive trade links with the rest of the world. European merchants coming northwards via the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea, particularly the Portuguese and British, traded extensively through Guangzhou. In 1952, a small section of Guangdong's coastline was given to Guangxi, giving it access to the sea. This was reversed in 1955, and then restored in 1965. Hainan Island was originally part of Guangdong, but it was separated as its own province in 1988. 

External Internet Links

 * Guangdong Province, city Macau Genealogy Research
 * Guangdang Provicne, city Macau: Vital Records
 * Find A Grave
 * Guandong Genealogy - We Relate
 * Chinese Genealogy Guangdong Province
 * Guangdong Province Genealogy
 * Guangdong Province: Ancestral Village Research - Chinese Family History Group of Southern California