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Post by 0palkay on Jan 17, 2015 19:52:28 GMT -5
Dear Philip. I am sorry it has taken so long to get back to this forum: we have a business in Far North Queensland and have been busier than usual for this time of year. Thank you for your reply and the advice. I will scan the images our family has and post these soon. I have two daughters living in Brisbane, so I also spend a bit of time there. A cousin's son who also lives in Brisbane is planning to produce a documentary following our search for our Chinese origins, and it was with him in mind that I contacted you. I'll be in touch again. Cheers, Kay.
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Post by 0palkay on Jan 17, 2015 19:54:12 GMT -5
Dear Doug, Thank you also for your reply and advice. I will do a bit more digging and get back to you. Cheers, Kay.
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Post by xccidentally on Feb 20, 2015 6:36:10 GMT -5
Hi philip,
I am very interested in looking into my family roots and i just read that you have information about the Lim clan from Anxi. I heard from my father that my grandfather(Lim Kim Thoy) was from anxi, fujian. Can you help me out here? Based in Singapore and if you have any location about where i can get my jiapu from. If you need my great grandfather's name, it will be Lim Boon Chun.
I will appreciate it if you could help me out on this.
Thanks, JiaAn
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Post by philiptancl on Feb 23, 2015 11:34:14 GMT -5
Dear JiaAn,
Surname Lim/Lin(林) is the 2nd most populous in Anxi (安溪) County and the most in the neigbouring county of Yongchun (永春). I have the surname reference books for both counties that provide the number of Lim in villages in both counties and other relevant information that could assist you in tracking down your ancestral records. For the Lim in Anxi, there are around 35 different Lim clans; each one having their own ancestral records (zupu/jiapu) and having the own sets of generation names/poems. I have done only one of the Lim clan from Anxi. He is the brother-in-law of my first cousin once removed. His set of jiapu is the one I had used to trace out his pedigree line. Unless you belong to the same Lim clan, you would not find your ancestry therein. I wish I have all the Lim jiapus from Anxi so that I could share with you. Jiapu of each clan is not publication one can buy in bookshops.
In your case, unless you can find a Lim in Singapore, here or elsewhere from the ancestral village in China as you, belonging to the same Lim clan, and already has a set of the jiapu, you have to source your ancestral records from your Lim clan in your ancestral village. So the next step for you is to find out the name of your ancestral village in Anxi. There are a number of ways that could help in tracking that down as outlined below:
1. As you are in Singapore your older relatives may be able to tell you the name of your ancestral village. Write it down in Chinese characters. Therefore do ask around.
2. Check out any old correspondences with relatives in Anxi that your parents/grandparents/relatives had written before.
3. Is there any address books/note books that your ancestors had kept and left behind. They may have written the ancestral address, the generation poem, and the Lim clan that you belong to.
4. Look at the gravestones of past ancestors or relatives. The ancestral village could be written thereon. Does anyone within your relative circles kept obituaries of relatives published in Chinese newspaper? The ancestral village could be mentioned there.
Do you know the generation poem(s) of your Lim clan? If you do, I could check it against those given for the various Lim clans in my surname reference book of Anxi to see which clan you belong to and the various updates done to your ancestral records.
Philip
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Post by shemahlim on Mar 21, 2015 4:46:31 GMT -5
Well actually I'm also finding my ancestors. My late grandfather told my dad that their family or clan scattered around the Philippines. I am Lim also. I just want to know who are my relatives here in the Philippines whose Chinese. I hope you can help me.
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Post by Doug 周 on Mar 25, 2015 10:35:34 GMT -5
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Post by Patrick on Aug 2, 2015 9:07:46 GMT -5
Hello !
My Chinese ancestor has been in New Zealand. Then, he sailed to New Hebrides (Inieuc Island) with captain James Paddon. They finally settled in New Caledonia.
Can anyone help ?
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Post by suelim on Nov 27, 2015 7:41:47 GMT -5
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Post by lachinatown on Nov 27, 2015 8:41:13 GMT -5
Can you take a better resolution photo to see the Chinese character? The photos are very hard to read.
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Post by suelim on Nov 27, 2015 10:39:07 GMT -5
lachinatown, Unfortunately, these are the only ones I have. The graves were exhumed for redevelopment about 10 years back.
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Post by limsoonhoe on Nov 27, 2015 11:02:02 GMT -5
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Post by philiptancl on Dec 1, 2015 0:15:18 GMT -5
Hi Suelim, I would think "西河” could be the ancestral hall for your Lim clan (林氏). See this Facebook posting for Lim Clan for Xi He Ancestral Hall (林氏西河堂) below. Get someone to translate what the contents are all about. www.facebook.com/notes/%E5%A2%BE%E4%B8%81%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83/%E6%9E%97%E6%B0%8F%E8%A5%BF%E6%B2%B3%E5%A0%82/159570091343“永光” inscribed on the gg grandfather gravestone could be the name of the ancestral village in Fujian (福建 ). See attached Google map with “永光” marked. If that is correct, it would be in the city of Quanzhou (泉州) As Lachinatown had pointed out, it is not possible to guess the smaller details inscribed on the gravestone. They provide a wealth of information regarding the dates of death and details of his descendants and may contain the generation he is in. You said the grave had been exhumed. I remember coming across records of graves exhumed in Singapore. Try searching that out. As Limsoonhoe said, try out posting in the Facebook of Bukit Brown. Since you are in Singapore join the group there in their regular outings regularly organized in exploring and recording the graves there.
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Post by dingdonglimjarales on Dec 23, 2015 10:45:44 GMT -5
Dear Sir,
Hi! My name is Dingdong Lim Jarales from Philippines. My grandfather's name is Lim Quiok Soy Uy and he came from Amoy china and went to Ilo-ilo City, Phil. After Ilo-ilo, He went to Pagadian City with my grandma and stayed there until his death. Until now, we can't really trace his family (origin). So sir, please help me. Thank you so much.
Your friend,
Dingdong
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Post by showlin on Jan 17, 2016 10:32:52 GMT -5
hello i am from canada born and raised im looking for info on my grandfather. he came to canada in the early 1900s his name was woo lim he never remarried ive heard he had a wife in china if you can find any info would be very Appreciated thank you
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Post by tlim on May 24, 2016 14:32:36 GMT -5
Hi! I'm looking for the hometown where my ancestors originated to find out the generational name for my kids. An aunt said that according to her grandparents, we came from a small town near Amoy. The people there were described to be a group of intellectuals. She is not sure how it is written in Chinese but mentioned that it sounds like Shangchiew or Xiangchiew in Hokkien. She doesn't know how it is pronounced in Mandarin. My great grandfather was Lim Siong Tiu, who migrated to the Philippines as a child. The next generation was Kai and the following generation was Duan (短) . I don't know if my generational name, Ren (仁), is part of the family poem. I hope someone can tell me where the hometown is and also post a copy of the family poem. Thanks!
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