Chinese family surnames - those who are descendants of China's ancient Chou Dynasty (1122 BC to 256 BC) - Chow (Chou, Zhou), Lum (Lin), Chang (Cheng), Goo (Ku), Wu (Wo, Woo), Ing (Ng), Ching (Cheng), Ho, Chiang, Mau (Mao), Choy (Tsai), Sun, Yap (Yip, Ye, Yeh), Wong (Wang), Lai, Kee (Ke), Kwock (Kwok, Kok, Kuo, Guo, Kop), Lau (Liu), Loui (Lui), Dang (Teng, Tang, Deng, Dung), Siu (Hsiu, Hsiao) and Young (Yang, Yong). Also, included: Chock (Cheuk, Cho) and Tom (Tan, Tam).
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  ChouOnline 2000
  The Official Homepage of the Chow Clansmen (Cantonese)/Zhou Clansmen (Pinyin) 周 氏 宗 親 總 會

Flag of Jobab (jo.ab), founder
of the Chow clan 2206 BC.

[Chinese Version ]


Information for prospective members

Current notices

This page is under construction and currently there are many links that do not work. If you would like to contribute to this homepage or help in its construction, please write to or call: Lester D.K. Chow, P.O. Box 4604, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812. Email address: zhouclan.nospam@yahoo.com (Remove "nospam."). Tel: (808) 545-7843. We welcome your concerns and look forward to your contributions.

ChouOnline 2000 (trade name) is a free public service homepage, sponsored by The Chou Clansmen Association of America. This homepage is all about China, its history, customs, culture, people, and ancient civilization. It is, also, the homepage for Chou clan activities, notices, and membership information.

We hope to touch upon controversial political issues with respect to China's domestic and international politics.

ChouOnline was created on behalf of the descendants of the Chou Dynasty (1122 B.C.-256 B.C.) to render an in-common history, family origin, and heritage. It, also, was done to keep the Chinese community and the Chou descendants informed about China's domestic and foreign affairs, business activities, and world international political affairs.

"ChouOnline," "ChouOnline 1997," "ChouOnline 2000," and "ChouOnline 2020" are trade names belonging to the Chou Clansmen Association of America. Please feel free to constructively participate in the formation and content of our homepage. ChouOnline reserves the right to its final format and content. Public input is sought and is most welcomed. We are a democratically run organization, based upon the Chou family ancestry coming out of ancient times.

Volunteer and community service opportunities with the Chou Clansmen Association are available. We currently have unpaid administrative and staffing positions open and we are looking for family members to help out with research projects. Volunteers are sought for the many cultural projects on our books. Our main office is in Honolulu, Hawaii and we are looking to expand our fraternal, cultural, educational, and community service organization throughout the mainland U.S. and worldwide.

Employment and volunteer opportunities


LINKS:

"This is our courtyard!"


* Information about the Chou Clansmen Association
  [where to find us]

* Affiliate Organizations and Branches

* The Charter of the Chou Clansmen Association

* Information about China and Miscellaneous URLs:

         Ancient Chinese history
         Famous and noteworthy Chinese people
         An explanation of Chinese culture and philosophy
         (with links to Chinese culture and philosophy)
         China politics
         US politics
         World politics
         China population data and statistics
         China business and economic data
         Chinese organization list
         China related URLs
         Featured articles
         Featured guest

* News Bulletins (newspaper and magazine articles)

* Programs and Activities

* College-level Course Offerings (planned offerings):

         World Civilization 160-161
         Asian History 240-241
         Early and Pre-history China 250, 300
         China History 260-261
         Japan History 250-251
         Korea History 250-251
         Asian languages
         Asian music
         Chinese art and literature
         Political science
         International politics
         Cultural perspectives
         Archaeology and geography
         City and government planning
         Business management
         International business management
         Other business courses

* College Courses (non-credit planned offerings):

         Chinese genealogy
         Chinese history and cultural studies
         Asian art appreciation
         Travel in China for the tourist
         Chinese for the traveller
         Beginner's Chinese calligraphy
         History of the Chou 3896 B.C. to 1999 A.D.
         Chinese cooking
         Martial arts

* Notices to Chou Clansmen Members:

       - Membership Information
         Family Registration A Must!

       - Membership Application Form
         
       - Please submit your e-mail address to lchow@NOSPAM.lava.net,
         if you haven't already, to get on our mailing list, so you
         can be notified of changes and club events.  Remove the
         "NOSPAM." from my mailing address above to send me e-mail.

       - If you would like to communicate with other members of the
         Chou Clansmen Association (worldwide), we have set up an
         e-mail system, where you can write a letter which will go
         to all subscribing Chou clansmen.  We have found that this 
         is the best way to communicate, to share our ideas with 
         others, and to be informed on the latest happenings 
         worldwide.
        
         Discussion list topics can include:  Chinese cultural things, 
         Chinese history, Chou Dynasty and Chou clan related subjects, 
         current events and politics, scholarly discussions on Chou 
         Dynasty and clan history, and other related matters (includes 
         topics of Chinese and Chou genealogy).
         
         Brief description of our e-mail communication system

         Sign up, here, at YahooGroups, to send and receive e-mail
                                                            
         Sign up instructions:
         Fill out our membership application form, above.  A free trial, 
         one year, limited membership to the Chou Clansmen Association 
         is being offered at no cost to you.  
         
         After receiving confirmation from us, go to Yahoogroups, above, 
         and sign up.
         
         Yahoogroups' privileges are revocable for violations of 
         our user agreement.  

         chow_surname-subscribe@yahoogroups.com    =  To subscribe
         chow_surname-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  =  To unsubscribe
         chow_surname@yahoogroups.com              =  To send e-mail 

* Services:

         Chinese genealogy library
         Chinese genealogy registration [here]
         
         Internet service - Asia and Hawaii [here]
         Business homepage advertising
         Personal homepage rates
         Web page creation 
         
         On-line newspapers [English language][Chinese language]
         Email services 
         
         Asia and China tours

         Immigration research (Lexis and West Law)
         Youth scholarships 
         
         Asian business directories

* Homepages:

         Personal homepages on ChouOnline
         Business homepages on ChouOnline

* Links to Library Information:
          
         Hawaii State Library

         Library of Congress (U.S.) 

         Library of Congress's Site On China
                              
         University of California's MELVYL Library System 
         telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu 
         (You must telnet from your own ISP)

* Other CHOU clan links:

         Chow (Zhou) Surname Genealogy:
         (3896 BC to present)
            * Main Lineage - Chow surname
            * Jue Descendancy

         Wu Surname Genealogy Wu genealogy
         (1329 BC to present)

         Deng Surname Genealogy Deng genealogy
         (1783 BC to present)

         Kwock Surname Genealogy Kwock genealogy
         (1115 BC to present)


                            Copyright (c) 1996 Zhou Techuan
                            Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Lester D.K. Chow

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We are an affiliate member organization of The Chin Ying Tong Society in mainland China. The Chin Ying Tong Society is an unregistered Chinese family temple with a membership of over 29 million.

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