Hi everyone: I am a new subscriber to this list but not new to genealogy. My gggrandfather was a mariner and drowned at sea around 1810. He was apparently buried in Canton China. Now I know absolutely nothing about Asia (didn't pay attention unfortunately in school). I've tried to find maps of Canton but they don't seem to be easy to find. The one I found was too choppy and confusing. I'd like to find the area so I can view the homepages associated with that area. My question is one: Where is Canton, and two: do I have a chance in heck to find a cemetery there? Thanks for all your help, Debi

Debi, Canton is just the former name of Guangzhou, the big big port in southern China (home, of course, of Cantonese food and the Cantonese language). I regret I don't know much about the area myself, but you might have a lot better luck looking for maps and things under the name of Guangzhou (since that's the current officially recognized name). Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: steamdog <steamdog@email.msn.com> To: <CHINA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: [CHINA] Canton Cemetery > Hi everyone: > > I am a new subscriber to this list but not new to genealogy. My > gggrandfather was a mariner and drowned at sea around 1810. He was > apparently buried in Canton China. Now I know absolutely nothing about Asia > (didn't pay attention unfortunately in school). I've tried to find maps of > Canton but they don't seem to be easy to find. The one I found was too > choppy and confusing. I'd like to find the area so I can view the homepages > associated with that area. > > My question is one: Where is Canton, and two: do I have a chance in heck > to find a cemetery there? > > Thanks for all your help, > > Debi > > >