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China

1.	Low, Jeanie W. Chooey. 
	China connection : finding ancestral roots for Chinese in
	America / Jeanie W.C. Low. -- 2nd ed. -- San Francisco : J.W.C.
	Low, c1993. -- vi, 51 p. 
	E184.C5 L69 1993b 

  	Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50). 
	Provides historical background of Chinese immigration to
	America and sources to use in searching for family records.

Hong Kong

1. Major genealogical record sources in Hong Kong / by the Genealogical Society. -- Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1975. -- [14] p. -- (Research paper. Series J ; no. 4) CS1169.55 .M34 1975 <LH&G> Tables provide brief information about types of records, the period covered, name and address of agencies, and to whom the records will be made available. Information applies also to Taiwan.

Taiwan

1. Major genealogical record sources in Taiwan / the Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. -- Rev. -- Salt Lake City : The Department, 1976. -- 12 p. -- (Series J ; no. 2) CS1169.5 .M35 1976 <LH&G> Chiefly tables. Bibliography: p. 10-12.

Japan

1. Major genealogical record sources in Japan / by the Genealogical Society. -- Rev. -- Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1974. -- 18 p. -- (Research paper. Series J ; no. 1) CS1303 .M35 1974 <LH&G> Bibliography: p. 10-18. Provides, in tabular form, a general overview of the types of genealogical records available during thirteen periods of Japan's history from 700 A.D. to the present.
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