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* note 1 - Unless stated, the sites are in English
Chinese surname No. 394 Guan1
Brief info on Kwan surname
Origin of Guan, Kwan
More detailed info on Kwan surname
Ancestry Kwan board
Kwan message board at ancestry.com
*note for Houston Kwans - I've already contacted the Richard Quan from this message board and found out we're not related, so there's no need to bug him.
Kwan.org
Nothing on this site but a message board and a chance to buy a Kwan email address.
www.kaiping.gov.cn
Official site of Hoiping (Kaiping) county government. It offers tons of information on Hoping. Since it's a government owned site, it's all in simplified Chinese.
www.kaiping.gov.cn/kpjj/zhenqu/baihe.htm
Official site of Baakhap (Baihe) city government. Site is in simplified Chinese.
www.kaiping.gov.cn/diyu.htm
Map of Hoiping (Kaiping) with names of cities in Chinese.
Taishan county village DB: Search
Taishan county borders Hoiping southeastern edge. Click to see map. Enter in a surname, and the database will tell you which villages in Taishan county that the family lived in. Currently the database only has info on Taishan county. According to the site, it will eventually include info for the all four of the Suyi counties (Enping, Kaiping, Taishan, and Xinhui.)
Siyi Genealogy
This site is devoted to families from an area of Guangdong, China commonly known as Siyi or four counties. The counties are Xinhui , Taishan, Kaiping , and Enping .
Taishan.com
Info about Taishan county. Site is in simplified Chinese and English.
con - The site hasn't been updated in a while and some of sections of the site don't work.
the greatest thing ever - The site partnered up with the Mormons, and has freely available online the FamilySearch Chinese Language Catalog. The catalog lists all the Chinese genealogies and family histories owned by the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). This is a must for any who can read Chinese and already has some knowledge of their family history.
Click to read my step-by-step guide on how to use this totally cool resource.
Chinese Surnames
Gives brief info and links on hundreds of Chinese surnames.
Chinese Surname Queries
Message board at Chinese Surnames.
www.yutopian.com/names
More detailed info on quite a few Chinese surnames.
China Genealogy Forum
Chinese surname message board at genealogy.com
Ancestry Chinese board
Chinese surname message board at ancestry.com
Ancestry Hong Kong board
Hong Kong message board at ancestry.com
Chinese sounding surnames in the 1990 US census
Some guy compiled a list of Chinese surnames from the 1990 U.S. census.
Cyndi's List - Asia & The Pacific
A site that lists hundreds of genealogy related sites. This link goes directly to the page about Asian related sites.
Chinese terms of address
Page at Chang surname website that gives a thorough explanation of the millions of family titles that you are supposed to address each relative by. Okay maybe millions is a slight exaggeration, but dude, there sure are a whole bunch of them
Re: Oldest male line?
Message board posting that talks about Chinese generation names
Chinese Generation Names
Page that talks about Chinese generation names