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Post by eb on Jan 20, 2019 14:20:30 GMT -5
Hello, I want to visit my Grandfather's village and have found his papers from when he immigrated into the USA. However, I cannot find village information anywhere. I have checked RootsVillageDB. Surname is Lee. From his paperwork it states that he was from Lung Hing Shar Village in Sun Wui District. He also stated that he was from the Ai Lim Hong ("Hueng"?) section of the Lung Hing Shar Village. He said it was a ten minute walk from the city wall. I have discovered that the city wall was torn down somewhere between 1949-1964 to build a road. Lots of changes around that time, but hoping someone is familiar with this village. Thank you! Erin
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Post by Doug 周 on Jan 21, 2019 19:58:44 GMT -5
Using local phonetic spelling of your Chinese village based on Taishan dialect written by locally educated westerners is very difficult. Try to get Chinese characters from the documents or even better yet images of the tombstones of your grandfather.
What immigration document are you referring? If you are using USA documents during the Exclusionary period, was your ancestor a paper son? You don’t want to go through a lot of steps on inaccurate information.
Please share with us what other information you have.
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Post by eb on Jan 22, 2019 4:59:28 GMT -5
Hi Doug, thank you so much for your quick reply. I will see if I can find anything with Chinese characters. I'll post as soon as I can find anything. Thanks again!
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Post by Doug 周 on Jan 22, 2019 7:24:13 GMT -5
Are your documents from NARA (National Archives and Record Administration)? Does oral histories indicate a paper son? Besides tombstones, search for Chinese characters from front and backs of photographs, letters, and heirlooms. Post images here and the Chinese literate Forum people will help. With Chinese characters, our map people are amazing.
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Post by eb on May 16, 2019 15:20:45 GMT -5
 Hi Doug, I was able to get this photo from my aunt. Gravesite with chinese characters. I cannot read the characters. Does this help identify the family village?   |
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Post by tyuti1668 on May 16, 2019 16:59:40 GMT -5
A Moy 梅 from 端芬 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duanfen , Taishan 台山, Guangdong 廣東 It didn't say which hamlet / village but 梅 is a dominant surname in there. |
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Post by eb on May 16, 2019 17:39:09 GMT -5
Thank you so much, tyuti1668!!
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