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Newspapers Covering Chiayi City

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Chiayi City Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Chiayi City Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Chiayi City Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Chiayi City

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Chiayi City Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

Chiayi City Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Most Common Surnames in Chiayi City

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Taiwan
1	Chen	30,039	1:9	1.17%	1
2	Lin	20,685	1:13	1.13%	2
3	Huang	19,340	1:14	1.44%	3
4	Li	14,071	1:19	1.22%	5
5	Cai	13,058	1:21	2.05%	10
6	Wu	12,688	1:21	1.36%	7
7	Zhang	12,011	1:23	0.94%	4
8	Wang	10,886	1:25	1.15%	6
9	Xu	7,828	1:35	1.00%	8
10	Liu	7,292	1:37	0.99%	9
11	Lai	5,211	1:52	1.84%	20
12	Yang	5,181	1:52	0.87%	11
13	Luo	5,148	1:53	2.66%	27
14	Zheng	4,997	1:54	1.21%	12
15	Xiao	4,708	1:58	2.60%	28
16	Lu	4,644	1:58	1.44%	16
17	Guo	4,617	1:59	1.43%	15
18	Jiang	3,743	1:72	1.38%	21
19	Su	3,679	1:74	1.48%	24
20	Hong	3,649	1:74	1.08%	14
21	Xie	3,459	1:78	0.90%	13
22	Qiu	3,286	1:83	1.02%	17
23	Ye	3,221	1:84	1.26%	23
24	Ceng	3,119	1:87	0.98%	18
25	He	3,034	1:89	1.56%	26
26	Zhou	2,595	1:105	0.97%	22
27	Zhuang	2,402	1:113	1.14%	25
28	Liao	2,074	1:131	0.71%	19
29	Hou	2,021	1:134	3.99%	57
30	Shi	1,766	1:154	1.04%	30
31	Weng	1,698	1:160	1.89%	45
32	Gao	1,622	1:167	0.97%	31
33	Zhu	1,603	1:169	1.07%	33
34	Yan	1,574	1:172	1.22%	40
35	Ke	1,256	1:216	1.29%	43
36	Zhong	1,231	1:220	0.73%	29
37	Zhao	1,205	1:225	1.19%	41
38	Fang	1,202	1:226	1.54%	47
39	Jian	1,188	1:228	0.81%	34
40	Hu	1,183	1:229	0.88%	37
41	Zhan	1,174	1:231	0.89%	38
42	Yu	1,076	1:252	0.76%	36
43	Wei	1,033	1:263	1.10%	44
44	You	983	1:276	0.62%	32
45	Pan	916	1:296	0.64%	35
46	Dai	828	1:328	1.07%	48
47	Sun	804	1:337	0.97%	46
48	Guan	703	1:386	3.36%	80
49	Deng	698	1:389	1.20%	52
50	Liang	678	1:400	0.68%	42
51	Tang	653	1:415	0.87%	50
52	Fan	592	1:458	0.77%	49
53	Tu	574	1:473	1.58%	71
54	Peng	556	1:488	0.42%	39
55	Ji	528	1:514	1.18%	61
56	Yao	518	1:524	1.34%	69
57	Ma	513	1:529	1.15%	62
58	Wen	499	1:544	0.88%	54
59	Dong	498	1:545	1.18%	63
60	Gong	457	1:594	1.95%	77
61	Ding	452	1:600	0.98%	60
62	Song	415	1:654	0.57%	51
63	Ou	388	1:699	1.06%	70
64	Tong	377	1:720	1.93%	82
65	Cheng	360	1:754	0.91%	67
66	Fu	342	1:793	0.65%	55
67	Kang	340	1:798	1.01%	72
68	Tian	338	1:803	1.05%	74
69	Xue	329	1:825	0.69%	59
70	Du	317	1:856	0.63%	56
71	Cao	315	1:861	0.65%	58
72	Gu	268	1:1,012	0.47%	53
73	Han	265	1:1,024	1.22%	79
74	Yuan	263	1:1,032	1.13%	78
75	Feng	262	1:1,036	0.65%	65
76	Lan	239	1:1,135	0.58%	64
77	Mao	208	1:1,304	1.68%	89
78	Shao	201	1:1,350	1.37%	87
79	Yin	190	1:1,428	1.17%	83
80	Zou	189	1:1,436	0.61%	75
81	Ruan	185	1:1,467	0.69%	76
82	Bai	183	1:1,483	0.56%	73
83	Lian	170	1:1,596	0.43%	68
84	Jin	158	1:1,717	0.77%	81
84	Shang	158	1:1,717	4.72%	147
86	Chenlin	141	1:1,924	1.87%	108
87	Xiong	126	1:2,153	1.10%	93
88	Linchen	123	1:2,206	1.77%	114
89	Chi	122	1:2,224	1.67%	111
90	Ren	118	1:2,299	0.97%	90
91	Tan	116	1:2,339	0.72%	84
92	Ouyang	115	1:2,359	1.68%	116
93	Chenhuang	111	1:2,444	2.07%	123
94	Lei	108	1:2,512	1.08%	95
95	An	105	1:2,584	2.54%	131
95	Zhuo	105	1:2,584	0.26%	66
97	Que	104	1:2,609	1.27%	103
98	Duan	91	1:2,982	1.35%	119
98	Pang	91	1:2,982	2.77%	152
100	Mei	88	1:3,083	2.15%	133
100	Qian	88	1:3,083	0.60%	86
100	Xia	88	1:3,083	0.55%	85
103	Huangchen	83	1:3,269	1.61%	124
104	Xiang	81	1:3,350	1.19%	117
105	Ni	77	1:3,524	0.53%	88
106	Meng	74	1:3,666	1.07%	115
107	Bao	71	1:3,821	0.71%	96
108	Chencai	70	1:3,876	2.58%	168
108	Wan	70	1:3,876	0.61%	92

110	Chu	69	1:3,932	0.74%	97
111	Huangcai	65	1:4,174	3.98%	226
112	Zhangli	63	1:4,307	3.71%	219
113	Chenli	61	1:4,448	1.45%	130
113	Cui	61	1:4,448	0.75%	104
115	Ge	60	1:4,522	0.89%	118
115	Qin	60	1:4,522	0.55%	94
117	Caichen	59	1:4,599	2.26%	175
117	Lichen	59	1:4,599	1.39%	129
119	Di	58	1:4,678	1.75%	149
119	Gan	58	1:4,678	0.50%	91
121	Linhuang	56	1:4,845	1.66%	146
122	Huangli	55	1:4,933	2.89%	208
122	Lizhang	55	1:4,933	3.14%	214
124	Hua	53	1:5,119	0.75%	113
124	Wuchen	53	1:5,119	1.62%	154
124	Yue	53	1:5,119	1.72%	157
127	Zhangchen	52	1:5,218	1.21%	127
128	Jia	50	1:5,426	0.86%	121
128	Kong	50	1:5,426	0.62%	105
128	Linli	50	1:5,426	1.92%	176
128	Qi	50	1:5,426	0.66%	107
128	Wuhuang	50	1:5,426	2.69%	212
128	Zhanghuang	50	1:5,426	2.13%	185
134	Chenwang	49	1:5,537	1.42%	144
134	Mo	49	1:5,537	0.89%	122
134	Rao	49	1:5,537	0.55%	99
137	Ling	48	1:5,652	0.58%	102
138	Caihuang	47	1:5,773	3.12%	243
138	Linliu	47	1:5,773	2.83%	223
138	Tao	47	1:5,773	0.64%	112
138	Zhangcai	47	1:5,773	4.90%	339
138	Zhanglin	47	1:5,773	1.42%	151
143	Jiao	46	1:5,898	1.92%	183
144	Lilin	45	1:6,029	1.51%	161
144	Long	45	1:6,029	0.61%	110
146	Chenwu	44	1:6,166	1.20%	140
146	Nie	44	1:6,166	1.52%	162
148	Cailin	43	1:6,310	2.28%	211
148	Qu	43	1:6,310	0.70%	120
150	Huanglin	42	1:6,460	1.12%	139
150	Jianglin	42	1:6,460	4.44%	341
150	Lihuang	42	1:6,460	1.89%	193
153	Liuhuang	41	1:6,617	2.72%	243
153	Mai	41	1:6,617	0.55%	109
153	Pu	41	1:6,617	0.93%	126
156	Rong	40	1:6,783	2.00%	203
156	Wuwang	40	1:6,783	3.48%	290
158	Linzhang	39	1:6,957	1.27%	156
159	Huangwu	38	1:7,140	1.98%	207
159	Wangchen	38	1:7,140	0.99%	138
159	Xuchen	38	1:7,140	1.46%	178
162	Ai	36	1:7,537	2.12%	218
162	Chang	36	1:7,537	0.42%	101
162	Chenliu	36	1:7,537	1.44%	181
162	Chenxu	36	1:7,537	1.37%	172
162	Linwu	36	1:7,537	1.41%	179
162	Yi	36	1:7,537	0.40%	98
168	Bian	35	1:7,752	2.32%	242
168	Geng	35	1:7,752	1.33%	173
168	Liliu	35	1:7,752	3.50%	324
171	Huangzhang	34	1:7,980	1.58%	195
171	Huo	34	1:7,980	3.00%	292
171	Xing	34	1:7,980	0.85%	134
174	Licai	33	1:8,222	3.18%	309
174	Saga	33	1:8,222	49.25%	2,772
176	Caili	32	1:8,479	2.85%	294
176	Wulin	32	1:8,479	1.28%	180
178	Caiwu	31	1:8,752	3.13%	329
179	Linguo	30	1:9,044	3.53%	373
179	Wucai	30	1:9,044	2.99%	322
181	Cengchen	29	1:9,356	2.63%	299
181	Mou	29	1:9,356	0.74%	136
181	Mu	29	1:9,356	0.74%	135
181	Shu	29	1:9,356	0.85%	145
181	Wuli	29	1:9,356	2.03%	252
186	Chenhong	28	1:9,690	1.95%	251
186	ChenZhang	28	1:9,690	0.68%	132
186	Dan	28	1:9,690	0.81%	142
186	Laichen	28	1:9,690	3.44%	384
186	Tapales	28	1:9,690	90.32%	5,404
191	Carai	27	1:10,049	81.82%	5,096
191	Chenjiang	27	1:10,049	2.98%	347
191	Lincai	27	1:10,049	1.63%	225
191	Qiao	27	1:10,049	1.12%	182
191	Youli	27	1:10,049	9.47%	828
196	Cha	26	1:10,435	0.93%	164
196	Chenlai	26	1:10,435	2.89%	352
196	Chensu	26	1:10,435	2.91%	355
196	Huangliu	26	1:10,435	2.02%	269
196	Linlai	26	1:10,435	3.02%	367
196	Linwang	26	1:10,435	1.21%	196
196	Wangzhang	26	1:10,435	1.93%	261

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