chow young village; where is it??

[chinesenewyorker]

Hello to all. New member. I just found this website. I am a 3rd generation Chinese whose parents are from toisan. My parents are in their 80s and wish to visit their home town this year before they pass away. They haven't been to China in over 50 years. My father tells me that the mailing address of our cousin who lives there is:
Mr. Louie Kwok Hor
Chow Young Village
Hong Doy Area
Tai Gong District
Toy Sun County
Kwang Tung Province

We are planning a tour there in September and dad wants to visit his house there. Any help with be appreciated. Thanks.

[helen]

Welcome to this board. Can you father write the chinese characters of the address, and of his name? There will be others who can help you further, once you have the Chinese characters.

If your father knows te characters - look here:

www.c-c-c.org/villagedb/search.cgi

Search under the name Louie

or search for the village name starting with "Tai" - Is this is

大崗舊 / Tai Kong Kau / Dà Gāng Jiù / daai6 gong1 gau6 / 1129-1511-5283 (雷 / Louie / Léi / leoi4 / 7191)

Happy hunting

[Doug 周]

chinesenewyorker,

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Doug

[laohuaqiao]

I think the village Chow Young is Chaoyang 朝阳村. Village surname is Louie or Lei 雷. It is in the town Dajiang (Dai Gong or Tai Gong) in Taishan. Hong Doy area may refer to a neighboring village Tangdi 棠棣.

Address is
Guangdong province, Jiangmen City, Taishan City, Dajiang Town, Xin Datang Village Administration, Chaoyang Village 529259.

广东省江门市台山市 大江镇 新大塘村委会 朝阳村 529259

It is found in Google Map by the latitude, longitude coordinates, enter "22.387, 112.809" search text and click search, Chaoyang village is pointed by the green arrow.

Louie or Lei 雷 belongs to the family association Soo Yuen Benevolence Association 朔源公所. The New York City branch is at
68 Mott Street
New York City, New York. 10013
Tel: [phone]

The association may provide some information, or able to link up with association headquarters in Taishan.