Shipping Lists - Chinese Genealogies - Zupu

[helen]

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Digital images of Chinese genealogies from the Feng Ping Shan Library collection at the Hong Kong University.

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Source Information

Feng Ping Shan Library Chinese Genealogies. Index and Images. FamilySearch Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China. Chinese genealogies. FHL microfilm. Family History Library. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Collection Time Period

Records in this collection contain information between the Qing dynasty and the Republic era (1700s to early 1900s), even though some preface material includes earlier dates.

Collection Description

The records are mostly about families who have lived in Guangdong province for several generations. Some of the records contain information about only the most recent few generations. Some of the records are hand-copied, while others are published records in standard format. Most of the records are written in traditional Chinese characters. Most of the records are easily readable, although some have damages due to age, water, and tight bindings.
General Description & Background:


This collection contains Chinese genealogy titles from Hong Kong University’s Feng Ping Shan Library. Microfilms come from four acquisition projects from the Hong Kong University. Other record types in these projects, such as cemetery records and local history records, are excluded from the current collection. The records are not always complete and may not contain information that would normally appear in traditional Chinese genealogies, such as ancestral burial ground descriptions, family mottos, or generation poems, and so on.

[helen]

New Zealand Shipping 1885- 1973

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[geoff]

Helen,

Have you found any passenger arrivals using NZ shipping 1885-1973?

[helen]

Hi Geoff - How are you? I looked up some Wongs and Chan, from early late 1880s. None of them are mine. I think they are still working on this list. Remember to put the "Wong" as the first name, as that is where you'll find them.

[helen]

The Chinese Genealogy looks interesting - zupus - pity I can't read Chinese. I hope the Toishan people have a bit of luck with them.

[geoff]

Helen,

I think you might be right that they are still working on this list. No luck here so far.

[Doug 周]

Jan 2, 2011 19:21:31 GMT -5 helen said:

www.familysearch.org/....This collection contains Chinese genealogy titles from Hong Kong University’s Feng Ping Shan Library. ....

To correctly view Chinese characters please select <View>, <Encoding>, and <Unicode> option from the browser <Menu>.

Thanks Helen for posting this site. I think they just came out of beta last month and like geoff said, are changing and adding more content. It seems like there are more images than the last calendar quarter.

As others surmise, this is a Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints site, which has always been on the forefront of genealogy. I think current plans are to add the Salt Lake City archives. It would be nice if and when they could add the Shanghai and Guangzhou library collections. FamilySearch.org Website Changes - updated<=click

For those who have difficulty navigating, Chinese Genealogies-Family Name (姓氏)<=click will take you directly to the zupu/jiapu site. Make sure you have Adobe Flash enabled.

Doug

[helen]

Thanks Doug - I was excited to see the Zupus - and hope some of us find something of value there.

[Doug 周]

Jan 3, 2011 16:12:55 GMT -5 helen said:

.... hope some of us find something of value there.

To correctly view Chinese characters please select <View>, <Encoding>, and <Unicode> option from the browser <Menu>.

I am looking for and found two Xie(謝) booklets from Panyu(番禺). I just need to show my relative the jiapu. My problem is that I cannot copy the whole jiapu in one click. I need to copy each individual page. It is only about 200+ pages total, but my fingers cramp up. The last I inquired 3 months ago with the help desk (and they responded quickly) was that they were still in beta and that particular function was not high on their to-do list.

Fortunately I have a Family History extension in my little home town and will try to order a download from there.

I have to admit that the LDS people are very efficient.

Doug

[helen]

Jan 2, 2011 21:23:24 GMT -5 geoff said:

Helen,

Have you found any passenger arrivals using NZ shipping 1885-1973?

Geoff, may be worth just throwing in some name, and the looking at the record. Here's one that may interest you - Wong Fat - shows names of crew and passengers HK to Sydney/ Melbourne/ Picton.

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New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973 for Wong Fat

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Name: Wong Fat
Event: Passenger
Event Date: 31 Aug 1856
Event Place: New Zealand
Gender:
Age:
Marital Status:
Origin:
Occupation:
Estimated Birth Year:
Shipping Company:
Ship : multiple ships
Ship's Departure Port: Hong Kong
Departure Port: Hong Kong
Departure Date:
Ship's Arrival Port:
Arrival Port: Auckland (inwards)
Arrival Date: 1886
Digital Folder Number: 4413360
Image Number: 00174

[ziqing]

Ah, so close, I thought I found my family name in the ZuPu listing.

Interesting though, I noticed that in the Death Registration record, both parents and spouse, where available, are included.