A jiapu is a multigenerational family record maintained by a Chinese clan. The genealogy typically begins with a description of the first ancestor. You learn who he was, where he lived, and what he did. Then you see the first ancestor's children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on.
FamilySearch has more than 65,000 jiapu for use on its website. Each jiapu can list the names of tens of thousands of people. While the individual names have not yet been indexed, you can find Chinese jiapu on FamilySearch using a custom search.
Steps (website)
- While signed in on FamilySearch.org, click Search.
- Click Images.
- Navigate to the Chinese image search:
- If your browser is set to operate in Chinese, you are automatically sent to the jiapu search.
- If your browser is set to operate in a different language, enter China in the Place field, and click Search.
- Find the specific jiapu that you want:
- Use the map to navigate to the place where your clan originated.
- On the right panel, you can find and click a name on the list.
- To search using the honored ancestor, enter the name on the right panel in the Surname search field.
- To search by ancestral hall, keywords, or words from the generation poem, at the top of the right panel, click the Advanced Search toggle. (When activated, the toggle is blue.)
- In the list of search results, click a title.
- Click View Images.
- To move through the images, move the mouse to the left or right of an image and click the arrow.
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