　柯木林(Kua Bak Lim) 博客: 先贤后裔

游刃于新加坡与砂劳越之间的王有海家族

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/u5tODiA6Lcw5N_e58ATIFA

槟城海峡华人谢琦意家族

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8SvlhgVZN2wA4JawYCRJOw

《源》165期 - 海峡华人黄敏家族的财富与命运

《源》165期 - 南洋弟子华族先贤李登辉

重大发现！辜鸿铭的祖籍地，确定就在漳州白礁｜二二五记｜《读碑记》

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/9dzmw-5X4nqxSrA-98RNuA

海峡华人的宗亲网络：林汉河家族

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5wvs205Pw-T-p4Y1ValAhg

《联合早报》与中国线上平台合作新加坡族谱学会助本地和海外华人寻根 (2023-01-30)

https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20230130-1357747

　　鼓励人们记录家族史，新加坡族谱学会将与一家线上平台合作，希望借助彼此在两地的人脉与资源，甚至以收费的方式帮人深入寻根。

　　自2012年成立的新加坡族谱学会除了为族谱研究员和爱好者提供交流平台，通过宣导提高公众对整理家谱的兴趣，也为想寻根的人提供援助，平均一年接到10至20起询问。除了整理家谱，追溯祖籍的询问，也包括来自海外想在新加坡寻亲的要求。

　　新加坡族谱学会会长黄友江受访时说，学会目前已与中国一些文史工作者联系，可为想寻根的人提供一些资讯，但有时碍于资料不足，过程不易。“中华家脉在当地有团队帮助海外华人寻根，可以先向那里的宗祠和宗亲会了解，搜集资料，省下来回的时间。如果有确切的线索，对方想实地探访，公司可以安排。我们两个机构的合作可以起到互补作用。”

中华家脉提供服务包括寻根之旅和调查工作等

　　中华家脉创办人李伟汉（44岁）是一名华裔，在荷兰出世，出生于印度尼西亚的父母年少时就到荷兰生活。他10多年前第一次到中国，开始思索自己的华人身份，与远亲联系后开启了到福建的寻根旅程。

　　他后来设立中华家脉，提供寻根之旅和调查工作等服务，近年推出线上平台。这个平台基本的祖先资料搜索和创建家族树是免费的，每年收100元的费用保存和匹配资料，其他深入的查找与定制服务则要2000元。

　　李伟汉指出，曾有荷兰华裔请公司协助寻找族谱，团队最后在新加坡的会馆找到族谱。由此可见，与族谱学会的协作将可发挥更大的作用，借助彼此的网络，提高寻根过程的成功率。线上平台一个月平均有约8万人登录，上个月的人数中约1万2000人来自新加坡。

　　他认为，东南亚有许多华裔，新加坡作为一个枢纽，也有丰富的历史遗产，与新加坡族谱学会合作是一个好的开始。未来几年，公司有意在本地设立一个家族史中心，展示历史内容。

　　族谱学会接下来会和中华家脉探讨合作项目。学会也在筹备与吾庐俱乐部联合出版的书，作品将收录12名来自各族群的新加坡人家族史。

Straits Times - China-based firm ties up with genealogy society to help Chinese Singaporeans trace roots (2023-01-30)

SINGAPORE – When a Chinese Singaporean in his 50s sought help to find out more about his late father, genealogist Huihan Lie and his team immediately scoured databases of Chinese ancestors and conducted field investigations in China.

They found out that the father was a seaman from Fujian who fought in World War II and that the client had a half-sister in Liverpool, England.

Mr Lie, founder and chief executive of China-based ancestry research company My China Roots, said: “He never imagined he had a half-sister and was very emotional to meet her in England. That was one of the most memorable family reunions I have seen in my work in genealogy.”

On Saturday, the company inked a memorandum of understanding with the non-profit Genealogy Society Singapore to work together over three years to help Chinese Singaporeans trace their roots. The services include roots and genealogy research projects focusing on pre-migration family histories in China, China roots trips and the creation of publications.

Prices range between $120 for an online subscription to collect and share one’s historical records for a year, and $3,000 on average to locate one’s ancestral village and jiapu, which refers to Chinese genealogy records.

The society will market the services to potential customers here such as clan associations, private businesses, civic organisations and individuals.

Mr Ng Yew Kang, 82, its president, said: “Many Chinese Singaporeans have little knowledge of their ancestry, where they came from and how their ancestors migrated from China to Singapore. By the time they want to learn more... many elderly family members would have died, taking the memories with them.”

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He added: “Knowing the past is crucial for us to understand the present. I believe that our partnership with My China Roots will enable Chinese Singaporeans to better connect with their roots, especially since many may not understand the Chinese language or speak the dialects of their ancestral homes.”

The partnership came about when both Mr Ng and Mr Lie noticed from two years ago a spike in interest among Singaporeans in discovering their Chinese ancestral roots. Last December, My Chinese Roots saw 12,000 visitors from Singapore on its online platform, double the number in the same month in 2021.

Mr Lie said My China Roots plans to establish a family history centre here to help Singaporeans conduct targeted online searches.

His interest in helping others came from his own experience. An ethnic Chinese, the 44-year-old was born and raised in the Netherlands while his parents were born in Indonesia.

Filled with curiosity about China, he went to Beijing as a university student to study Chinese. “I started to wonder: Where in China is our family actually from and why did they leave? How is ‘my China’ different from my ancestors’ ‘China’?” he said.

“A meeting with a distant cousin in Xiamen, who knew about one of my ancestral villages, signalled the start of an immensely rewarding search for my roots, a journey that taught me about my family, our history and myself.”

His curiosity turned into a hobby and subsequently a passion. In 2012, he established the company in Hong Kong to help overseas Chinese trace their roots. It has 16 staff based in China, Europe and the United States.

To date, it has completed 800 projects, including finding one’s ancestral village and relatives in China, and conducted around 25 to 30 China roots trips to places like Guangdong, Fujian and Shandong.

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Assignments to locate ancestral roots, which take about one to six months, start with a client giving information such as names of ancestors who left China and documents like photos of family and tombstones.

The genealogist speaks to local historians, clan associations and Chinese local government institutions and looks at private and public online databases to locate the ancestral village.

Once it has been found, the genealogist will visit the village to interview village or clan leaders and elderly locals. Field research typically revolves around finding traces such as an ancestral temple or jiapu, distant family members and stories of the client’s ancestors.

One of the biggest challenges is the scattered state of historical and ancestral records, said Mr Lie.

“Many records have not been scanned. Some records are in private hands and ministries. A lot of cemeteries have a lot of valuable information but no one is taking pictures of tombstones,” he added.

While My China Roots relies heavily on records and documents to trace one’s ancestry, there are also firms like Ancestry.com utilising both records and DNA services.

Mr Lie said he hopes the partnership will encourage Chinese Singaporeans to preserve the heritage of families and clans for future generations and gain a stronger sense of self and cultural identity.

“Learning about the environment their ancestors grew up in, our customers often come out of a research project or roots trip feeling more connected with themselves,” he added.

助力双语教育 ‍ ‍《源》杂志走入校园——“译彩纷呈”翻译比赛英译中获奖作品

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4-I93hCXxxMRXrTSr6q_tw

《联合早报》- 林庆年与林氏大宗祠九龙堂 (2022-10-06)

https://www.zaobao.com.sg/lifestyle/history-heritage/story20221006-1320064

林庆年南来新加坡时已是茶商世家第四代。林庆年受家族委派在南洋拓展商务，积极参与社会活动，因其学识渊博，热心公益事业，迅速崛起成为华社领袖。

林氏大宗祠九龙堂牌位清晰显示，林庆年在家族中的地位，与三叔、四叔同为林金泰茶庄主人的承继关系。

原籍安溪罗岩的林庆年（1893-1968）对于本地华社贡献良多，曾被推举为国民大会的南洋华侨四代表之一、侨委会副委员长，是备受尊敬的闽籍侨领。

林庆年在担任中华总商会会长期间，致力推广国货，领导南洋华侨筹赈救灾抗日；在担任福建会馆教育科主任时，促使华校采用国语教学，举办联合会考确保教学质量。历任林氏大宗祠九龙堂（血缘）、安溪会馆（地缘）、茶商公会（业缘）等机构的主席（会长），也是南洋大学执行委员、南洋女中校董会主席、华侨中学等多家华校董事。

目前有关林庆年的研究鲜少论及其家族世系，本文通过分析九龙堂供奉的安溪罗岩林氏牌位，澄清其家族南来谱系，与抗日英雄林谋盛的情谊，以及他的家族与民族观念。

南来的林金泰茶庄

与许多白手起家的第一代华商不同，林庆年南来新加坡时已是茶商世家第四代。1926年2月3日，林金泰茶庄主人林诗国，偕弟弟林赋国与侄儿林庆年，宣布在吉隆坡谐街门牌79号开设分行。年富力强的林庆年受家族委派在南洋拓展商务，积极参与社会活动，因其学识渊博，热心公益事业，迅速崛起成为华社领袖。

林庆年南来新加坡的具体日期尚不明了，1926年7月17日他的名字出现在《南洋商报》刊发的安溪公立珊屏平民小学校募捐名单上，推测已来到新加坡筹办分行。1927年6月20日，林金泰茶庄在源顺街242号设立分行，兼营汇兑银信业务。同年12月15日，林庆年的名字出现在九龙堂董事名单上，次年成为15位创会董事之一，代表家族以“林金泰”之名捐款2000元，是位列第八位的重要捐款人。1929年间林庆年在本地参与的社会活动，显示出与九龙堂闽籍创会董事之间的密切联系，例如，支持南洋工商补习学校，参与厦门闽侨日报社股份有限公司的创办等。

牌位中的家族谱系

九龙堂前堂有17尊牌位的祖籍地标识注为“安溪县罗岩乡”，涉及跨越五代的人物达115位，显示安溪罗岩林氏南来星洲的谱系。中龛中供奉有三尊林金泰茶庄关键人物的牌位，分别是林宏德与高夫人的神主牌，林霁峰与两位夫人（黄温俭、英枝）的神位，林庆年与两位夫人（张旋娘、黄励勤）的神主牌。林宏德是林金泰茶庄的创始人，奉祀人为霁峰、云峰、霞峰；林霁峰是林宏德长子（族名化鹏），奉祀人为国局、国阵、国诰、国品、国伍、国璧等六子；林庆年是国局（字书国）次子，其奉祀人为文渊、文洞、文奉、文炯、文瀚。

将九龙堂林庆年家族的牌位信息与安溪罗岩林氏族谱加以比对，有助于梳理其谱系传承，特别是南来星洲的支系。林宏德（字章括）为安溪罗岩林氏17世，育有长子化鹏（字资俊）、次子化龙（字资爵）、三子化鲤（字资质），三人在九龙堂牌位中的名字分别是霁峰、云峰、霞峰，是他们的社交常用名。然而，九龙堂牌位中林霁峰的六位儿子中有三位的名字采族名而非社交使用的字，包括长子国局族名邦桢，字书国；三子国诰族名中桢，字诗国；四子国诰族名国桢，字赋国。三兄弟以他们的字被尊为林金泰茶庄主人，推测为同母所生。林书国壮年辞世，育有长子大年（字少周）、次子庆年（字少颖），林大年育有长子文治、次子文藻、三子文礼、四子文鸿、五子文泉、六子文彬。

九龙堂牌位清晰显示林庆年在家族中的地位，与三叔诗国、四叔赋国同为林金泰茶庄主人的承继关系。1936年5月29日，到访新加坡的林诗国猝然离世，享年65岁，于6月1日在林庆年的主持下出殡，“权厝于福建塚架啡山之原”。林赋国长期在厦门主持家族事务，于1950年在鼓浪屿去世，高寿92岁。

家族与民族的关系

血缘宗亲的互助是华侨社会网络基础。初抵新加坡的林庆年即代表家族参与九龙堂创办，与宗亲建立深厚情谊。他与林路家族过往甚密，尤其其四子炯轩与11子谋盛。约在1933年，林炯轩在九龙堂为次子玉明与安溪籍白毓珍举办婚礼，林庆年与林谋盛出现在合影中，两人先后担任福建会馆教育科主任，为提升本地华侨教育贡献良多，1942年初乘坐同一艘船逃离星洲，辗转前往重庆任职于国民政府。

二战后林庆年返回新加坡，担任林谋盛烈士纪念委员会主任，与庄惠泉等战友筹款兴建烈士墓与纪念塔，历时八年终达成。1954年6月29日在纪念塔揭幕仪式上，林庆年致词缅怀林谋盛的一生：“林少将是在中国出世的，当他还是儿童的时候，就来到此地，他在新嘉坡的商场以及政坛上都树立了声誉，他为他自己所选择的邦土而战斗，他更为马来亚的自由而牺牲他的性命。”

林庆年对于社会民生的关注与超群的领导力，归功于与生俱来的天赋，也得益于家族的世系传承，包括宗乡团体的支持，使其能够以极短的时间在新马华社脱颖而出。林庆年对于九龙堂的忠诚，源自他对于家族与民族的理解，林金泰茶庄得以传承五代得益于家族的凝聚力。1947年5月25日在九龙堂庆贺其荣膺侨务委员会副委员长的庆祝会上，林庆年曾言：“庆年与诸位伯叔兄弟同为一家族，夫家族为一小型，民族乃一大型，欲求民族之强盛，必由家族始，盖每个家族集中意志，即能发挥全民族之力量，同时每个家族亦应有其抱负，盖有抱负之精神，自必能更发扬光大之。”

林庆年自南来之日便与九龙堂接下深厚情谊，不仅将家族成员的牌位供奉于此，也成为该机构的领袖，特别是在二战后，这位年轻的创会董事已成为德高望重的宗长，他担任会长多年，1958年成为荣誉会长，担任该堂春祭和冬祭的主祀至其辞世。林庆年的睿智与虔诚引领九龙堂走过20世纪中期马来亚动荡不安的岁月，是该机构二战后转型的关键人物。

安溪侨领林庆年与新加坡林氏大宗祠九龙堂

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/DRteMX-5wMRczsNJ1AfM2g