The progress is slow, even seem to be at a stand still at times. But we now have locations of Lee Association in the following countries: Burma 緬甸 Canada 加拿大 India 印度 Indonesia 印尼 Japan 日本 Malaysia 馬來西亞 Mauritius Mexico 墨西哥 Philippines ... »

Note 1. The commonly accepted where about of Ping Wong Xie is that he went to the South Pacific. Nobody knows the actual destination. We were told but unable to confirm that he started a family there. Der She Chow said he was convinced to board a South Pacific bound ship as a stowaway. I... »

The Chinese have been known for keeping detail genealogy records. It is generally accepted that the longest continuous Chinese genealogy record belongs to descendants of Confucius. It is not uncommon, however, for families and clans to have genealogy records extend over a thousand years or more. Amazingly enough, many of these invaluable records survived... »

This site is devoted to the genealogy of Chinese families from an area of Guangdong, China (中國廣東)commonly known as Siyi (四邑) or four counties. The counties are Xinhui (新會), Taishan (台山), Kaiping (開平), and Enping (恩平). The families in this area have much in common besides geographic location. The great majority trace their origin... »

In 214 BC the Qin Dynasty (秦) conquered Nanyue (南越) and divided the area into three quon (郡) or prefectures, Guilin (桂林), Namhoi (南海), and Cheung (象). Xinhui was part of Namhoi quon (南海郡). Things remained relatively unchanged until the Three Kingdom period (三國時代). In 222 AD, one of the Kingdoms, Wu (吳), established Wuyee... »

Our thanks to Washington Lee Tom of San Antonio, Texas and Henry Tom of Frederick, Maryland for providing the locations of the various United States branches plus locations in Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Canada 加拿大 Chau Luen Kon Sol 71 D’arcy St Toronto, ON M5T 1J9 416-977-2541 Chau Luen Society 325 Keefer St. Vancouver, BC V6A 1X9 604-254-8616 Hong Kong ... »

Taishan (台山縣) or Hoy Sun (Hoi Sun) in the local dialect was part of Xinhui (新會縣) until 1499 when Xinhui’s borders were redrawn resulted in the formation of a new county from the area on its southwest. The new county, Xinning (新寧), is generally accepted to be Taishan’s forerunner. However, one writer said this... »

Song An was born on 1382 and died in 1459 AD. He was the grandson of the first Chow ancestor to settle in the Lei-Ow area. However, just about all the Chow’s currently living in the area are descendants of his six sons. Since 1949 due to political reason his grave haven’t been tended to.... »

What is a generation name poem? There is no standard length nor format. Generally, however, it follows the traditional Chinese poem structures of grouping in 4’s, 5’s or 7’s. The correct grouping will lend meanings to the poem. Starting in sequent with the first character each denotes a generation. The poem tumbles over and... »

This is a listing of the spelling variations of some of Chinese surnames that we know of: 區 Au, Aun, Ou 歐 Au, Aun, Ou 白 Bai, Bak, Pak, Pek, Pack 費 Bei, Bi, Fai, Fay, Fei 薄 Bo, Bok 蔡 Cai, Choi, Choy, Toy, Tsai 曹 Cao, Chao, Cho, Tsao 陳 Chan, Chen, Chin, Chinn, Tan, Tran (Vietnam) 張 Chang, Cheung, Jeung,... »

Lee Yun (李淵 566－635) is the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝). There isn’t a whole lot one can say about the founder of one of China’s greatest dynasties. Unlike other founders he wasn’t ambitious and certainly no one can accused him of being capable. He, however, did fathered an extraordinary son, Lee... »

The Chinese first came to British Columbia (BC) from California with news of gold on the Fraser River. They arrived in Victoria and continued northward into the interior. However, the migration directly from China didn’t begin until the spring of 1859 when the first arrival from Hong Kong took place. By early 1860’s it... »