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Overseas Roots Tracing for Chaoshan, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Puning

Organizing overseas roots-tracing leads for Chaoshan branches from Chaozhou, Chao’an, Chaoyang, Chenghai, Jieyang, Puning, Raoping and other areas.

Overseas Chinese Hometowns Feature

Chaoshan areas such as Chaozhou, Chao’an, Chaoyang, Chenghai, Jieyang, Puning, Raoping and Huilai are important ancestral-origin directions for Teochew people in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other places tracing their roots.

Materials Suitable for Collection

Ancestral county and village in Chaoshan, Teochew names and business names
Teochew associations, Chaoshan community organizations, temple merit steles and overseas Chinese cemeteries
Family generation names, ancestral halls, genealogy prefaces and postscripts, and elders’ oral accounts
Correspondence between Thai names, English names and original Chinese names

Verification Rules

Thai-style names are common in Thailand and other places; Chinese lineage should be traced back through ancestors’ Chinese names, business names, tombstones and association records.

Material Collection Checklist

Type	Recommended Fields
Identity Leads	Chinese name, dialect name, English name, local-language name, business name
Ancestral-Origin Leads	Province, prefecture, state and county; towns and villages; ancestral hall name; generation name; association; cemetery
Evidence Materials	Qiaopi remittance letters, genealogies, tombstones, obituaries, school commemorative publications, newspapers and periodicals

Search Keywords

Roots-SeekingOverseas ChineseQiaopi remittance lettersAncestral originAncestral hall nameGeneration nameClan genealogyOverseas Roots Tracing for Chaoshan, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Puning

Connect Materials to a Digital Genealogy

It is recommended to first establish relationships for yourself, your parents, grandparents and known overseas relatives, then attach qiaopi remittance letters, tombstones, association rosters, newspaper screenshots and oral histories to the corresponding individuals one by one. Unconfirmed ancestral origins and lineage relationships should retain their sources and evidence status.

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