Chinese-American Genealogy
Books for Chinese-American Genealogy and History
The books listed below focus fully or in part on Chinese-American genealogy and history. Titles owned by the Vancouver Public Library are linked to their full bibliographic descriptions in the online VPL Library Catalogue. Publisher information is included for titles not owned by VPL, most of which are available through inter-library loan.
General works on U.S. genealogy and history may also be useful for Chinese-American genealogical researchers. For assistance locating these materials, please contact or visit your local library.
Asian American Genealogical Sourcebook (1995)
Byers, Paula K., ed.
Ref. 929.373 A83b
China Connection: Finding Ancestral Roots for Chinese in America (1994)
Low, Jeanie W. Chooey
Ref. 929.351 L91c
The Chinese in America: A Narrative History (2003)
Chang, Iris
973.04 C456c
Chinese Newspapers Published in North America, 1854-1975 (1977)
Lo, Karl and H.M. Lai, comps.
Washington, D.C.: Center for Chinese Research Materials
The Chinese of America (1980)
Chen, Jack
973.04 C51c
The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas (1999)
Pan, Lynn, general editor
325.251 E56p
See "The United States", p.261-273
A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage (2000)
Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo
929.1 C28gi
A History Reclaimed: An Annotated Bibliography of Chinese Language Materials on the Chinese of America (1996)
Lai, Him Mark
Los Angeles: Asian America Studies Center, University of California
How and Where to Research Your Ethnic-American Cultural Heritage: Chinese Americans (1979)
Reed, Robert D.
Saratoga, California: Robert D. Reed
Linking Our Lives: Chinese American Women of Los Angeles (1984)
Asian American Studies Center / Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
A Student's Guide to Chinese American Genealogy (1996)
She, Colleen
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press
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