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1872 The Chronicle & Directory for China, Japan and Philippines

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Submitted by lizchater on Thu, 2011-09-22 22:30

Found this submitted online.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/1872chroniclechina.pdf

 

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Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2011-09-23 12:51.

Thanks Liz, that's a good resource.

If anyone knows of other years' copies available online, please let us know in the comments below.

Regards, David

Submitted by Adam on Fri, 2011-09-23 15:05.

Same source as Liz, but there's a quite a bit more here, though not all the material is complete as it focuses mainly on Shanghai:

https://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/directories.html 

Submitted by HO Lim-peng on Sat, 2011-10-01 06:55.

Interestingto note that the entry for Duo Yung, probably the most powerful figure ever in Chinese organised crime, carries the scrawled Chinese character annotation"Siu Ching Bong" , thus correctly identifying him as a Green Gang operative!