Chinese Clan Genealogy and Local Gazetteer Research

Author: Sha Qimin
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: The Utah Genealogical Society has been dedicated to collecting and preserving Chinese genealogies since the 1970s, while hosting and participating in a series of academic conferences on Chinese genealogies and local chronicles. This book is a collection of papers from the 1999 academic symposium on Chinese genealogies and local chronicles held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The content explores issues such as the study of genealogies and local chronicles and their application as historical sources in various disciplines. The book includes 19 articles presented at the symposium. Participants were given considerable freedom to choose their topics, with the only requirement being that they must reference genealogical or local chronicle materials. As seen in the collected articles, both types of materials are applied to various topics. Chen Yingyi examines the compilation of genealogies from a historical perspective, Lü Kejian analyzes the compilation of Guangdong local chronicles from a contemporary perspective, Wang Ge discusses the working conditions of modern local chronicle compilers, and Zhang Qi describes the current and future status of genealogies collected by the Shanghai Library.