On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Tina M. Lew wrote: > Searching for any information on the surname LOUIE . Thanks > The Loui (Lui) surname descends from the Chou Dynasty of China. The Chou dynasty is China's Imperial family, today. This is a little known history of China's Imperial descendancy and traditional succession. All people carrying the Chow (Chow, Chou, Zhou) surname are Imperial princes and all people carrying a Chou Dynasty related name are, also, Imperial Chinese princes. Go to my homepage at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/1535/cha_pu.html to see a genealogy of the Chou clan and you will find the origin of the Loui surname. GeoCities does not, at this time, have a China site and all things that are Asian gets put in their Japan site. The following surnames descend from Chou Dynasty Kings or Princes: Chow, Chang, Ching, Lum, Ho, Wong, Ing, Goo, Yap, Lai, Sun, Ho, Mao, Kwock, Loui, Lau (Liu, Lew, Lau) and a few other names. Chinese with the above surnames are Imperial Chinese princes, today. Lester D. K. Chow lchow@lava.net President of the Chou Clansmen Association http://www.idis.com/ChouOnline