Try Xungen's upgraded English site at chineseroots.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippa Harvey" <philippa@dynamite.com.au> To: <CHINA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: [CHINA] Direction? > Posted on: General China Query Forum > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/China/General?read=201 > > Surname: Kak > ------------------------- > > Hi Graham - I feel for you, I'm up against a brick wall too, but mine is > not a problem of translation, rather of discovery!!! I don't know if I > can help or not, but I have Chinese friends who, I'm sure, would try to > translate the inscription on the tombstone if you could scan the photo > and send it to me as an attachment. No promises, mind, but I think we might > yet work something out. > > There is another site for tracing families (perhaps we should wait until > we see if the translation works first), but it is mostly in Chinese except > for the introduction. The address is > www.xungen.com > and it is reputed to have connections to one of the greatest Chinese family > history collections in the world (I think in the University of Shanghai > Library). Can't swear to its value as I don't read Chinese. > > Think about the scanning possibility and let me know. > > Philippa Harvey > >