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Help finding villages
« Thread Started on Apr 17, 2011, 3:41pm »
I'm trying to get my husband's family information down for future generations. I am not Chinese but his family is; my husband was born here in Canada, so his Chinese is limited, and cannot read Chinese. So forgive me for my limited skills.
My mother-in-law recognized the name Fung Tung, in Hoiping, on the c-c-c.org village db , but none of the names listed look like the characters she wrote. It sounds like Gip Soy Lai. She is a Quan.

My father-in-law is a Ho, from Enping. His village sounds like Jook Wai.
He says Jook means bamboo.
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« Reply #1 on Apr 18, 2011, 9:20am »
Vicki,
Can you post an photo or scanned image of the village names your mother-in-law wrote? That would help a lot.

As to your father-in-law's village, I'm guessing Jook Wai is Zhuwai 竹圍村 (竹围村 in simplified Chinese) "Bamboo Enclosure". A quick search turns up 3 villages with that name in Enping. Unfortunately, c-c-c.org db does not include Enping village list.

广东省江门市 恩平市
圣堂镇区村村委会 竹围村 in Shengtang township

广东省江门市 恩平市
大田镇 朗底朗西管区 竹围村 in Datian township

广东省江门市 恩平市
恩城镇 江南米仓居民委员会 竹围村 in Enping City proper
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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #2 on Apr 21, 2011, 11:34am »
I've taken a picture of the names, but can't seem to paste them here. Any suggestions on how to get the photos here, or where I could email them?
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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #3 on Apr 22, 2011, 7:37am »
To post a picture, you must "Reply" to a thread (top or bottom right of the thread) or reply with "Quote" a specific post. This will bring you to a new reply page, equipped with a set of tools for posting a message. "Quick Reply" is for text only.

You can either "attach" a image file on your computer or follow the instruction given here:

http://siyigenealogy.proboards.com/index....play&thread=421
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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #4 on Apr 25, 2011, 2:12pm »
This is my mother-in-law's village.


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« Reply #5 on Apr 25, 2011, 2:13pm »
this is my father-in-law's village.


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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #6 on Apr 25, 2011, 6:14pm »
Vicki,

¿Have you've look at the hints on the Wiki in my below signature footer for digitizing your village names?

It is so much easier to archive digitized Chinese characters rather than analog photos. You can use them for searching on the Internet, enlarged and reprint them at will, learn their meanings and their origins, find the simplified versus traditional characters. Once they are digitized, there are literary tools from the most populous country in the world at your disposal via the Internet. It is great that we have the expertise of members like laohuaqiao to read Chinese for us. However, your self sufficient capabilities greatly increase if you can digitize the characters.

If the family member who wrote the pictured characters is still alive, they can confirm that you have the right digitized character. The calligraphy or penmanship (not to disparage your relative) sometimes leaves the interpretation of the character questionable.

Try this web site: http://www.nciku.com/ or this site: http://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/mouse.html to get the characters into the Unicode format.

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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #7 on Apr 26, 2011, 7:06am »
Vicki,
Mother-in-law's village is 急水濑村 Ji Shui Lai Village. I think it's been renamed as Ji Shui Li Village
急水礼村 or 急水禮村 in traditional Chinese. In mandarin the names are pronounced somewhat different , but in Kaiping dialect they are the same or very similar.

This is what's found in village address lookup
广东省 江门市 开平市
蚬冈镇南联管区 急水礼村
Guangdong province, Jiangmen City. Kaiping City
Xiangang township, Nanlian administrative district, Jishuili village

However, in google maps, Ji Shui Lai turns up. Search coordinates "22.2168, 112.4981" in map view of google map and zoom in on the location indicated by the green arrow.
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« Reply #8 on Apr 26, 2011, 7:14am »
Father-in-law's village is as I have guessed previously. There are 3 villages with the same name found in Enping, listed above, just have to identify the one with the surname Ho. Or, your in-laws may know which town is it near, Shengtang, Datian , or Enping City.
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« Reply #9 on May 24, 2011, 9:46pm »
Can anyone tell me if the attached envelope has the name of the VILLAGE in Taishan, Guangdong that this letter came from??

Many thanks to you for all of your help!

Trish
San Antonio, TX


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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #10 on May 26, 2011, 10:15am »
Trish,

laohuaqiao, one of our Chinese literate member, is away in China for the month and may not have internet access.

Hopefully another learned member can help. This late spring period (Northern Hemisphere) is a busy vacation time but someone with the requisite skills will answer back.

Please be patient.

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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #11 on May 27, 2011, 7:49pm »
This village: http://www.c-c-c.org/villagedb/display.cgi?level=Village&id=1465
Most "Fong" village in Subheung 沖雲鄉 when refering to http://www.cpdc.com.cn/postcdQueryAction.do?reqCode=gotoQueryPostAddr = Today's 广东省江门市台山市 三八镇冲云村委会 529254
Online map don't shows exact location of that 南龍 BUT this http://www.mapbar.com/search/#c=%E6%B1%9....n=1&rn=10&wf=ls is nearby villages in same subheung

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« Reply #12 on Oct 14, 2011, 2:40am »
Hi,

I am doing some research on my father's place in china. In his passport the birthplace is Toy Shan, Canton China. But I can only find Taishan on google map. Is Toy Shan the same as Taishan? My father's name is Lee Poy (May 1913 - Sept 1982), he came to the Philippines on August 1941 and never came back to china. I just want to connect with relatives. Any information is very much appreciated.

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Andy Lee

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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #13 on Oct 14, 2011, 3:02am »

Oct 14, 2011, 2:40am, fernan wrote:
Hi,

I am doing some research on my father's place in china. In his passport the birthplace is Toy Shan, Canton China. But I can only find Taishan on google map. Is Toy Shan the same as Taishan? My father's name is Lee Poy (May 1913 - Sept 1982), he came to the Philippines on August 1941 and never came back to china. I just want to connect with relatives. Any information is very much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Andy Lee



Hi,

Toy Shan is Taishan in Guangdong. There are many Lee villages in Toy Shan. Do you know which village your father was born in? This page may be helpful to you. http://chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net/dok....se:lee_taishan
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Re: Help finding villages
« Reply #14 on Oct 15, 2011, 11:59pm »
Hi,

Thanks a lot for that info. Wow, I saw it in google map Taishan near Macau I think this is it because when I was young my father used to be called by our neighbors as "macao" or macanese person. I don't know about the exact village. How do I know the exact village name? In his passport, the birthplace address only "Toy Shan, Canton China"

But the link is a great help. Thanks again.

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Andy Lee
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