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Administrator Staff Posts: 53	Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames Mar 2, 2004 2:02:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Administrator on Mar 2, 2004 2:02:31 GMT -5 Sheau-yueh J. Chao has written what should become the definitive English-language introduction to the origin of Chinese family names... fuzzo.com/genealogy/Asia/ChaoReview.htm

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Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames Mar 9, 2004 11:54:47 GMT -5

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Post by twoupman on Mar 9, 2004 11:54:47 GMT -5

There is one major shortcoming with this book. Even though it was published in 2000, the author, for some unknown reason used the old Wades-Giles romanization instead of the UN approved Pinyin. Most unfortunate.