Trying to find family ties

[alsum]

My grand father came to Panama, at the end of 1890 or beginning of 1900 from Bainekeng Village, Zhongshan, Guangdon (中国广东省深圳市龙岗区平湖街道白坭坑社区), will like to find any family  from the area if still are in the area his name was 苏 麦 (Su-Mai)

[gckimm]

Hi:

One of the first things that is necessary to verify before trying to find out more about your ancestors is the location of your ancestral village.

I am wondering where you got the information that you have shared with us. I can tell from the administrative divisions in Chinese characters that this location is a modern one, not one by which your village would have been known at the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th century. Also, the Chinese location you have given is not in Zhongshan but in a district called Longgang in the city of Shenzhen, just over the border from Hong Kong. According to my internet research, what is now Longgang District would have been in either Bao'an County 寶安縣 or Huiyang County 惠陽縣 during the time that your ancestor went to Panama.

Greg