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Image: Portrait of three businessmen, including managers (or directors) from the firm Tiy Loy & Co. On the left is Charles Choy Tein, in the centre Choy Yuen Gum (names provided by Debbie Choy). The Crown Studios Sydney stamp on mount card beneath photograph.
Donated by Doreen Cheong in 2008. City of Sydney archives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting Started<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The beginnings of researching your Chinese Australian heritage will be similar to that for anyone who sets out to research their family history from any ethnicity or background. The general advice from groups like the Society of Australian Genealogists<\/a> is applicable and useful. You may also find State<\/a> and local libraries to be full of good general resources. Local family history societies<\/a> will be similarly useful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Then what?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

However there will be issues that are peculiar to Chinese Australian family history research. Here are some specialised tips and hints that we hope you will find helpful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n