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Asia & The Pacific
Category Index
- Angel Island - California
- General Resource Sites
- History & Culture
- How To
- Language, Handwriting & Script
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
- Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
- Military
- Newspapers
- People & Families
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
- Publications, Software & Supplies
- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
- World GenWeb
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- Ancestral Halls in Hong Kong, Asia Reveal Chinese History - WSJ.com
Article By Amy Ma for the Wall Street Journal.
- Asian-American Genealogy links on Other Web Sites
From the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Asian Immigration to Maryland
A scholarly review of immigration into Maryland from the very first colonists to modern immigrants.
- A Brief History of Chinese Immigration to America
- CET: Ancestors in the Americas PBS video series
- CASBAH
Research resources relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian peoples in the UK.
- Chinese Calendar
- Chinese Genealogical Resources.
- Chinese Immigration
From the National Archives and Records Administration.
- The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
From the Library of Congress. Illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials.
- Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots
History of Chinese indentured immigrants in British Guiana between 1853 and 1879 and their descendants.
- Chineseroots.com
- Court Web Sites - Japan
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts.
- Court Web Sites - Singapore
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts.
- Court Web Sites - South Korea
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts.
- Family Tree Connection - Japan Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
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 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Chinese Research
- Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Filipino Research
- Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Japanese Research
- Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Korean Research
- Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Vietnamese Research
- FIBIS - Families in British India Society
British or Anglo-Indian descent who lived and / or served within the Indian Sub-continent from 1600 to 1947. Data from the Family History in India website was transferred to FIBIS.
- Filipino Americans - Frequently Asked Questions
- Filipinos Gone 2 Hawaii
Genealogy website of Filipinos migration from Philippine to Hawaii, emphasis given to the Centennial celebration of arrival of 15 sacadas(contract farm workers)in Dec 1906. 120,000 Filipino sacadas immigrated fr. 1906 to 1946.
- G Spot United States Adoption Registry for Philippines
- Immigration: The Chinese
A brief history of Chinese immigration to the United States.
- Immigration: The Japanese
A brief history of Japanese immigration to the United States.
- Indian Ocean Genealogy
Indian Ocean islands, Mauritius, Réunion Island, Seychelles.
- Inhabitants and British Military Forces on Java and Sumatra
Various vital records for different areas and times.
- Japanese Americans
From the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Japanese-American Genealogy Resources
Advice and sources for filling in the details of your family's history, especially the Issei and Nisei.
- Jamal's Yellow Pages of Pakistan
- Lareau Web Parlour
- Moving Here - 200 Years of Migration to England
Online searchable database of digitized photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of the past 200 years.
- Nikkei Homepage
- Family History SourceGuide - Research Outline - Philippines
From the LDS' FamilySearch.org web site. This outline introduces records and strategies that can help you learn more about your Philippine ancestors. It explains terms associated with Philippine genealogy and describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records.
- Origin of Chinese Surnames
- Passages to India - Genealogy Resources In British India
Includes information on shipping history, extracted vital records from specific newspapers for specific years, and notes on the author's family.
- Pioneer Sikh Asian East Indian Immigration to the Pacific Coast from Punjab
Includes a chronology, historical photos, and a list of research specialists.
- Surname Navigator China
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) China, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) China, Geneanet China, Google, genealogy China, Google News Genealogy China, Rootsweb message board China, Ancestry.com, Email Finder China, White Pages China.
- Taishan Genealogy
Taishan County (or Toishan in Cantonese) or Taishanshi (or Taishan City) is located 140 kilometres west of Hong Kong and 100 kilometres south-west of Guangzhou (or Canton).
- Tanikalang Ginto - The Phillipines' Most Comprehensive Web Directory - Family
- TERA-S's Japanese-American Genealogy Home Page
Information, how-to, and tips on Japanese American genealogy.
- Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
- Tracking Your South Asian Diaspora Roots
Article by Francis C. Assisi.
- Online English to Indonesian to English Dictionary
- Online English to Japanese to English Dictionary
- Origin of Chinese Surnames
- Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation
Input a URL for a web site or a block of plain text and this site will translate it for you: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
- ANU - Asian Studies: Online Chinese Libraries
- Aardvark - Asian Resources for Librarians
- Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles
- Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco Home Page
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- Family Search - Family History Centers
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Public Record Office
- The Japanese Canadian National Museum (JCNM) ~ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Established to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and interpret historical artifacts and archival material covering the history of Japanese Canadian Society from the 1870's through World War II to the present day.
- LibDex - The Library Index
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- The Library of Congress
- Asian Reading Room
The primary public access point for readers and researchers seeking to use the vast European collections of the Library of Congress.
- Collections
The Asian Division's collections are among the most significant outside of Asia and comprise almost 2 million books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts and microforms in the languages of East, South and Southeast Asia. Initiated in 1869 with a gift of ten works in 933 volumes that was offered to the United States by the Emperor of China, the Asian collections have become one of the most accessible and comprehensive sources of Asian language materials in the world. The collections span a diversity of subjects from China, Japan, Korea, the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
- Korean Bibliography
The Korean Section of the Library of Congress has prepared a bibliography of approximately 4,800 records of books about Korea in English up to 1995 held by the Library of Congress.
- Philippine Bibliography
Compiled by the Asian Division of the Library of Congress, this classified bibliography consists of approximately 10,000 entries for monographic works about the Philippines in all languages held by the Library. For easy browsing and navigation, the bibliography is presented through 23 broad categories.
- Portals in the Asian Division
Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.
- The National Archives of Japan ~ Japan
- National Archives of Malaysia
- National Archives of Singapore
- Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
The specific aim of the Bureau is to locate and preserve archives, manuscripts and other unpublished or semi-published material through microfilm. It is interested in gathering material of historical, literary, or scientific interest to Pacific scholars which may be of value either now or in the future. Of particular concern to the Bureau are those documents at risk either from adverse climactic conditions, insect infestation, or civil unrest. It is also interested in preserving material deteriorating as a result of age or poor storage. Microfilming older at-risk records has been the moving force of the Bureau.
- Preservation & Archives in Vietnam
This report, based on many visits to Vietnamese libraries and archives between 1987 and 1997, examines the largely unexplored corpus of Vietnamese textual resources in research institutions and libraries there and elsewhere, the associated problems of bibliographic control, and issues of preservation.
- Repositories of Primary Sources - Asia & the Pacific
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- Shanghai Library ~ China
- Trust Territory Archives Photograph Collection
The Trust Territory Archives Photograph Collection is a unique resource of 50,000 photographs and 2,000 slides that documents the history of the American period in Micronesia (1947-1988), and includes invaluable visual representations of island cultures. Much of this material was salvaged from the former Trust Territory Headquarters on Saipan, and owes its very existence to the persistence of former Trust Territory Archivist Sam McPhetres and his team, who were engaged in microfilming the files of the American administration.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
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 Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Mailing Lists
Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
- RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists
The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).
- AFGHANISTAN Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- ARMENIA Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BANGLADESH Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- BHUTAN Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- CHINA Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- ChristianCemeteriesPakistan Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the old English and Christian cemeteries from the Victorian Period located in Pakistan (formerly British India before 1947).
- HARBINERS Mailing List
For anyone researching the refugees who were stranded in Harbin, China, in the late 1920s and 1930s, or those non-Chinese who resided in Harbin or are researching ancestors from the area. Archives: browse or search.
- HONG-KONG Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent (present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma)) which lasted from 1858, when the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown, until 1947, when the independence of British India was granted and Pakistan was formed. Archives: browse or search.
- INDIA Mailing List
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Archives: browse or search.
- INDIA-PAKISTAN-DNA Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding Indian and Pakistani subcontinent DNA including related information available from existing DNA projects through any testing company. Archives: browse or search.
- INDONESIA Mailing List
Sponsored by the IndonesiaGenWeb project, for anyone with a genealogical interest in Indonesia. Archives: browse or search.
- KOREA Mailing List
Sponsored by the IndonesiaGenWeb project, for anyone with a genealogical interest in Indonesia. Archives: browse or search.
- MICRONESIA-FREEDMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in the Federated States of Micronesia from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
- MICRONESIA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Federated States of Micronesia. Archives: browse or search.
- NEPAL Mailing List
Sponsored by the IndonesiaGenWeb project, for anyone with a genealogical interest in Indonesia. Archives: browse or search.
- Pacific_Islands Mailing List and the associated web page
For the discussion and collaboration on genealogy and family history of indigenous peoples from the Pacific. Archives: browse or search.
- PAPUA-NEW GUINEA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Papua New Guinea, and the surrounding islands including New Britain (capital city Rabaul) and the Solomon Islands. Archives: browse or search.
- PHILIPPINES Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Philippines and people of Filipino descent around the world. Archives: browse or search.
- SAMOA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Samoa Islands consisting of American Samoa which is an unincorporated territory of the United States, and Samoa which is an independent state. Archives: browse or search.
- SRILANKA Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- Ancestors from the former Dutch East Indies and the former Colony of Ceylon
- Anglo-Indians in Tough - Russel's Add-on Page
A list of Anglo-Indians still remaining in India.
- The British in Singapore and Malaya
- Cambodian Royal Family Tree
- Chinese Biographical Database
Searchable biographical database of important figures in Chinese history.
- Chinese Genealogy: The SING (SIM, SIMS) Family
- The CLAVERIA Heritage
The genealogical research web-site of the CLAVERIA Family of Buhi, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
- Dutch East-Indies Informationpoint
A "guide" for everybody who is interested in Eurasian culture in the Netherlands.
- From Russia to China and Beyond
Russian citizens of various ethnic groups fled to Harbin, China in the 1920s and 30s.
- Genealogical Gleanings - Royal & Noble Lineages of Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, Burma and Cambodia
- Hakka Chinese Homepage
- History of Lascars
History about Asain seamen working on British ships.
- The Imperial Family of Japan
Biographies and information for the emperors and their families since 1850.
- List of Missing Persons, 1901.
A list, from the Straits Times (Singapore) newspaper, of several dozen missing persons sought by relatives (mainly in the United Kingdom), in overseas countries, in 1901.
- Lost Americans Website
Native American, African American, Black Indians, East Indians, Anglo-Indians, Anglo-Asians & other Mixed Bloods.
- Mahatma Gandhi and the Corea Family of Chilaw in Sri Lanka
Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India' visited Ceylon in 1927 and stayed with the Corea Family of Chilaw. Fascinating insights into the contribution of the Corea Family to the quest for independence and freedom for the island of Sri Lanka.
- Never Forgotten
The story of the Taiwan POW Camps.
- The Men
Alphabetical listing of POWs.
- OGASAWARA Clan Genealogy
Genealogical information of the descendants of OGASAWARA Jiro Nagakiyo (b.1163-d.1242) who descended from the 56th Japanese emperor, Emperor Seiwa (b.849-d.880).
- PANICKER Family History, Kerala, India
Based on The Panicker Kudumba Charithram Handbook.
- The POYNTZ Family in India
Selected Extracts from the India Presidencies of Bengal, Bombay and Madras Ecclesiastical Returns of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1713-1948.
- Respected Citizens:the history of Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia
A website promoting a book on Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia. Contains lists of Armenians buried in those countries- e.g Anthony, Joaquim, Martin, Moses, Sarkies, Seth, Zechariah.
- Selamat Datang Ke Halaman Web Kesultanan DiRaja Perak
History and genealogy of the royal household of the State of Perak, Malaysia.
- Siamese Royalty
Profiles of members of the Thai Royal Family, past and present.
- Siyi Genealogy
Devoted to families from an area commonly known as Siyi in Guangdong, China. CHAN, CHIU, CHOW, DER, DONG, KWAN, LEE, MAK and WONG.
- Stuart TERASHITA's Japanese-American Genealogy Home Page
Includes helpful "how-to" information on Japanese genealogical research.
- VERGARA Family of the Philippines
A collection of not yet connected VERGARA branches in the Philippines, some of whom have immigrated to different countries. It also includes CARASIG, AGUSTIN, MAG-ISA, CRUZ, etc.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- Indian Cemeteries
Preserving the memory of historic cemeteries in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma.
- Kaivalagi ni Viti
The site promotes the book Kaivalagi ni Viti, Census of Europeans Resident in Fiji 1874-5 which is a transcription of the first list of white settlers in Fiji in 1874-5. It is reproduced from the records in the Fiji National Archives. The author has also included a concise history of European contact and settlement in the Fiji Islands up to the time of Cession to Great Britain. This link is for the Asia & Pacific category.
- Le recensement anglais de Pondichéry en 1796
English Pondicherry census in 1796 and deportation of French citizens from Pondicherry by the British in 1799.
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 Ancestry.com - Hawaii Chinese Exclusion Index
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: United States, National Archives and Records Administration. Index to Immigration Investigation 'Chinese Exclusion' Case Files of the Honolulu District Office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, ca. 1903-44. National Archives and Records Administration--Pacific Region (San Francisco), [May 1998].
- Ancestry.com - New York Chinese Exclusion Index
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: United States, National Archives and Records Administration. Index to 'Chinese Exclusion' Case Files of the New York District Office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, ca. 1882-1960. New York, USA. National Archives and Records Administration--Northeast Region (New York), [April 1998].
- Ancestry.com - San Francisco Chinese Exclusion List
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Original source: United States, National Archives and Records Administration. Index to Immigration Investigation 'Chinese Exclusion' Case Files of the San Francisco District Office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, ca. 1884-1906. National Archives and Records Administration--Pacific Region (San Francisco), [July 1998].
- The Black and Asian Londoners Project
From the London Metropolitan Archives.
Online searchable database.
- The British Library - Early Indian Newspapers
- The British Library - Oriental and India Office Collections
- Ceylon Database
- English East India Company Ships
Includes shipping Losses in the Mercantile Service 1600-1834 (includes Shipwrecks, Captures & Missing Vessels).
- India Office Records
Information presented by the Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc.
- Japanese-American Internee File, 1942 - 1946
From the National Archives. Personal descriptive data about Japanese-Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Each record represents an individual internee and includes the internee's name, relocation project and assembly center to which assigned, previous address, birthplace of parents, occupation of father, education, foreign residence & more.
- List of Qualified Jurors, Malacca, 1904
List of residents of the state of Malacca (Malaysia) who were qualified to act as jurors in 1904. Includes their occupations and places of abode.
- List of Qualified Jurors, Singapore, 1904, Names M-Z
The final page of the list of residents in Singapore, 1904, who were qualifed to act as jurors.
- Research Guide - Chinese Immigrants and Chinese-Australians in New South Wales
From the National Archives of Australia.
- Research Guide - Papua New Guinea Records 1883-1942
From the National Archives of Australia.
- Singapore Jurors, 1916, A - L.
Includes the names of persons, residing in Singapore, in 1916, who were qualified to act as jurors. Part 1 includes surnames from A to L.
- Singapore Jurors, 1916, M - Z.
Includes the names of persons, residing in Singapore, in 1916, who were qualified to act as jurors. Part 2 includes surnames from M to Z.
- Thackers - and other - Directories
Directories of interest to those researching famuly history in India.
- U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service - Chinese Immigrant Files
- Association to Commemorate the Chinese Serving in the American Civil War
- Ceylon Society of Australia
- Chinese Historical Society of America
- Chinese Historical Society of New England
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
- The Families in British India Society
For people researching families and their social history in India from 1600 until the present day. Includes any area covered by the East India Company or was ruled by the India Department: the Republic of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Persia and the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Malaya, etc.
- Indische Genealogische Vereniging [Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]
The IGV mainly researches Dutch (Eurasian) families that originated in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
- The Japanese Canadian National Museum & Archives Society ~ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Established to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and interpret historical artifacts and archival material covering the history of Japanese Canadian Society from the 1870's through World War II to the present day.
- Korean American Historical Society (KAHS)
- National Japanese American Historical Society
- Sosen of Sasebo - The Sasebo Chapter, NSDAR
National Daughters of the American Revolution, Sasebo, Japan.
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