House of China

source - house of china website

edmondsallan - Hello-

I want to learn more about researching china for a while now
After having taken " the cat " for her daily walk up the road and back .I asked " old faithful " to hunt something up for me , she said she wasn't well . I asked what was wrong with her ( mind you she works 24 /7 without any breaks ) she said -Just like humans she had caught a virus . When I asked why hadn't she chopped its head Off , she said -( blinking those red lights - thats how she talks to me )
she was in the process of doing so when I interferred. ( cheeky devil ) Well any rate she popped this journal out so I thought I would take a peek . you are welcome to read it with me if you want to

A word of explanation about this website, it contains two sections.

The first section is about Chinese genealogy and should be useful to those who are looking for their Chinese roots. It contains background information explaining about Chinese genealogy, the use of special terms and terminologies, and some historical information about Chinese names, a brief description about migration overseas by your ancestors and how to initiate the search for your family history in China.

The second section pertains to the Chinn (Chen) (陳) clan and should be of interest to those who share my surname. It touches on some historical information about the origin of the clan name, the State of Chen (陳國), Yingchuan Hall (穎川堂), the Chen Dynasty (陳朝), the southward exodus from the homeland in Henan Province (河南省) and later settlements in southern Guangdong Province (廣東省). It should be remembered that the majority of the present-day descendants of the Chinese immigrants who went overseas originated from Guangdong Province (廣東省) mainly from the Pearl River Delta Region (珠江三角洲) not far from Hong Kong (香港), and also from southern Fujian Province (福建省), mainly from the Xiamen (Amoy) (夏門) area.

I hope your visit will be an enjoyable one.

Al Chinn
October 10, 2007

Till we meet again -Regards -edemondsallan