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Post by Henry on May 11, 2010 21:34:22 GMT -5
Hi Justin,
Yes, it sounds like you have been quite busy. We decided to forgo our trip to Texas. Instead, we are now in Phoenix house hunting.
Regards,
Henry
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Post by Gray on Dec 14, 2010 11:43:53 GMT -5
the Tom Genealogy site is down. any plans to bring it back?
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Post by laniyu42 on Jun 29, 2012 0:16:50 GMT -5
hi iam from the philippines and iam looking for a relatives in china which i lost contact for almost 18 years now. i want to know any information where i could keep a hold to any yu or yang family associations which my grandfather is chinese and his name yu shing tao. iam looking for wang chen hua he is my cousin.hope anyone could give me an info. thanks
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Post by Doug 周 on Jun 29, 2012 8:23:52 GMT -5
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Post by andytan on Jul 2, 2020 12:37:34 GMT -5
Hey, My name is Andy. My family was from 台山筋坑常興村 (Changxing Village, Jinkeng Township, Taishan, Guangdong Province, China) and 筋坑鄉聯興里 (Lianxingli, Jinkeng Township, Taishan, Guangdong Province, China). If there's anyone else from these two locations and has the family clan name of 譚, please respond to this message or write to me via tomguojie@gmail.com referencing this thread, because people within Jinkeng Township are usually within 1st to 8th cousins. And if you use Facebook, please feel free to add and message me via - www.facebook.com/andy.tan.77Best, Andy
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Post by mbtom on Oct 10, 2020 4:40:18 GMT -5
Hi. I have always been curious about my Chinese genealogy. I am born and raised in Philippines. From my knowledge, my grandparents are Chinese but my father was born and raised in Philippines. I would assume that they migrated here in the past. I was actually told that we were formerly Tam but my grandfather was adopted by an American so it became Tom. Many assume that it is an American last name. That is why this forum has really intrigued me. It is a very unique last name from what I know. It is hard to meet any other people with Tom as a last name aside from those of my immediate family members. Sadly, my father is the 13th child. My grandfather died before I was born and my grandmother was too old to recount where my grandfather was from before he migrated here.
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Post by Henry on Oct 10, 2020 12:42:57 GMT -5
mbtom,
Tom is just one of about 6 or 7 different romanizations for the Chinese surname "Tan"
If your grandfather has Chinese characters on his gravestone and you can take a clear photo to post - it will usually provide the information about his full Chinese name & the village, county & province in China that he originated from. Then, we may be able to help you trace your Chinese ancestry.
Henry Tom
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Post by andytan on Mar 17, 2021 18:51:28 GMT -5
Hello. I was wondering if anyone has any information about the 譚氏 funeral and burial traditions, ancestral worship, and Qing Ming traditions? Also, I'd like to ask if anyone is from Jinkeng Township around here, and could help me figure out what happened to my other 譚氏 family members?
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Post by siuwaai on Mar 17, 2021 23:37:22 GMT -5
Hello!
I am trying to trace my paternal side of the family. My dad has been gone for a while now and his parents (my grandparents) are gone too.
I pulled this info from my grandfather's headstone: 台山縣白水琴古村 (Hoisan, Bak Sui, Kum Ku)
His name is 譚錦齊. Tam Kam Chai.
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Post by Henry on Mar 19, 2021 12:11:18 GMT -5
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Post by Henry on Apr 14, 2021 10:18:55 GMT -5
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andytan
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Post by andytan on Apr 14, 2021 12:24:51 GMT -5
Hi, Henry. I was wondering if you've considered the possibility of publishing an ebook copy as well?
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Post by Henry on Apr 14, 2021 14:30:21 GMT -5
Andy,
After I recover the $20,000 I spend on researching this book in China with 3 trips & all the translations I paid for - I would make a PDF version and give it out for free.
Henry
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Post by Henry on Jun 5, 2021 10:02:24 GMT -5
Dear Friends,
This is what my old "Tom Genealogy" website looked like before I took it down in 2010 when I moved to the Phoenix, AZ area.
Henry
web.archive.org/web/20100304203033/http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepzaui/index.html
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Post by chansomvia on Jun 15, 2021 1:12:14 GMT -5
Dear Henry An absolute masterpiece of the hard work put in to produce such a learned article. My mother was a Tam from Haiyan and I managed to trace her step brother. Picture of the village grave during Ching Ming. No trace of my father's side. This is a dead end but stories abound of spying, smuggling, starvation, and other unsavory skeletons in the family cupboard so perhaps it is best to leave well alone.
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