Genealogy Sighting of the WeekNovember 25, 2000
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Chineseroots.com, based in Singapore, is using
modern technology to help
people trace their family histories by tapping into its database of
records of almost every birth and marriage in China over the last 3,000
years. These
records are kept in ancestry booklets called 'Jia Pu.'
So far 12,000 volumes have been entered into the Chineseroots.com database. The whole set is expected to be digitized in six months' time. The site also has a list of 1,300+ surnames and their origins and is working on English-language immigration records so people can enter their dialects in English to trace their origins. There are also a variety of articles to help you trace your Chinese ancestry. The site is available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English. It is currently entirely free, but users will eventually be charged for access to the database of Jia Pu. |
