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Over the years visitors to our forums had contributed many maps of Siyi and the surrounding regionals. The biggest contributor, however, is Henry Tom, one of our moderators. The forums currently is unsearchable which makes referencing next to impossible and leads to much duplicated postings of the same maps. In these pages we’ll harness... »
Literature on Wuyi
Raymond Seid on his most recent trip to his ancestral village in Xinhui purchased three very interesting books on Wuyi. These books take the readers to different parts of Wuyi and give a glimpse of the area’s past as the pieces were written by different authors from different eras. Raymond is willing to share these... »
Search for family members in Penang, Malaysia
My family was originally from KwangTung, Taishan, Dong Hang, Taup Kirk. My grandfather (Lee Yee Hui) settled in Penang at the young age of 17 as carpenter. My father was born in Penang in 1906. His name was Lee Kam Mao. He was also known as Lee Ping Wah or Lee Wai Mao. My father... »
Chinese Genealogy
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... »
Taishan County
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... »
Chinatown Riot of 1887
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... »
Jiu Thue Loon 1903-1963
Mom was born in June 13, 1903 in Fausik (浮石), the second of three siblings and the only girl. It was a reflection of the Chinese tradition more than anything else that she was illiterate yet both of her brothers were educated, especially the older brother who was a teacher. She did learned to... »
Li Hong 1899-1962
Dad was born in 1899, the only child of Yin Chap (賢策) and Li Shi (利氏太夫人). Because of his father’s poor health, Dad, in 1916 at the age of 17, left the village (Tai Gang Tsun 大綱村) in Taishan, Guangdong, China boarded the Empress of Russia for Canada. According to his head tax paper... »
The Story of Lee Dong
Lee Dong is accorded the honour of being the first southward migrating ancestor. He was the eldest son of Lee Hay (李禧) who in turn was Lee Lun’s (李聯) eldest son. Here is a little historical background. In 1126 AD (靖康元年) when the Jins (女真金人), a northern nomadic tribe who were the ancestors of the... »
Need help translating this address
On July 19, 2009 at 10:09pm kwongj posted: Hello: I need some help translating the address above. I think it is: Guangdong, Taishan, Sanba, and Chong yun. The last part I can’t figure out. it suppose to be the street name? Some of my friends said this is not useful ( the street name) when translated but... »