*This article is shared with client permission. Names have been changed to protect client privacy.Requests for Japanese genealogy research are less frequent than other areas of the world, so we were excited to have the opportunity to study the ancestry of Fumiko Matsu, who was born in the early 1930s in Kishiku, Japan and later immigrated to the United States.Surnames in Japanese GenealogyThe most important thing to understand about Japanese genealogy is that until the Meiji era … [Read more...]

Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all across the world to access records for our clients. We asked Clotilde, a partnering professional researcher onsite in China, to share insights into Chinese genealogy research.Unlike Western countries, where church and census records are a reliable and essential source of information, no such records exist in China beyond the twentieth century.Instead, local Chinese clans (somewhat equivalent to extended families) have been the main … [Read more...]

Legacy Tree Genealogists works with researchers all across the world to access records for our clients. We asked Clotilde, a partnering professional researcher in Beijing to give us insight into completing Chinese genealogy research. Check it out!As genealogists, we often receive requests from the descendants of Chinese immigrants who no longer speak Chinese, and only remember vague details about their ancestor: that his surname was Fung, that he arrived on a boat from South China, and that … [Read more...]