Genealogy
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Genealogy
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Maps
Search for the village by family surname or by the village by Chinese characters, Cantonese romanization or Pinyin.
The " Village Database " http://www.c-c-c.org/villagedb/about.html is a volunteer effort by Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco.
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
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Email: info@c-c-c.org, 415-986-1822, Fax: 415-986-2825
The village information includes a map grid cell coordinate, for example, FQ 60, 40 , the "FQ" is the designation for the zone, " 60 " is the reference to the "right" and the "40" is the reference "up".
The database covers, the counties of: Toishan, Hoiping, Sunwui, and Chungshan. Toishan county has been completed and work is ongoing inputing Hoiping data.
"Toishan Map" and the "Hoiping Map" are maps for the villages found in the Village Database for the counties of Toishan and Hoiping. The sources for the Toishan and Hoiping maps are from the Index of Clan Names by Villages - Toishan Volume and Hoiping Volume.