Looking for my great grandfather and his family

[angordy]

Hi there! 

I'm looking for more information about my great grandfather Chan Chin, born 15 February 1883 in Kanton, China. He immigrated to Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I believe he did in 1922 (at least he arrived in Rotterdam then, I don't know if he has been to some other places before). And I've found that he was an accountant in Rotterdam, but I don't know if that was his profession in China too. My father told me that his family was rich and that my great grandfather fled from China, but he is not sure why. 

That's all I know of him. I hope that someone could provide me ways to find more information about him or his family. I would like to know where I come from. 

Thanks! 

[Doug 周]

You will need more information to share with us. Please start with what you know best: your extended family. Only interviews with your extended family can discover his siblings. Documents, annotations on offspring’s photos, and tombstones will help with great grandfather’s ancestral village and names. Finally, you need to know the surname of your ancestor. Both names you listed can be surnames. Only your family will know. If he was wealthy, then there might be company records in the Netherlands. You might try a genealogy forum that emphasizes his adopted country.