Maybe the customs are different in different places~ My family's genealogy has always been kept by the daughter-in-law of the eldest son. I only found out in the past two years that there was this procedure on my eldest brother's wedding day. It is said that it needs to be customized every twenty years.
My surname is Huang, not Wang. The genealogy begins with a person of a certain generation who has achieved certain achievements. It does not mean that everyone in the world has the same surname. In many war years, people changed their names, or to avoid being chased by enemies, etc.
There are all kinds of situations. If you must find it, you can first ask the elderly at home. If you don't know, check the county annals, state annals, etc. These are all important documents in the local library. The desolate and miserable scene of Henan in the Yuan Dynasty has been as before.
As mentioned above, it is naturally one of the key provinces for immigrants.
According to historical documents of our country, the most people from Shanxi Province moved to Henan were Zhangde Prefecture, Huaiqing Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture, and Guide Prefecture, and there were also many other Henan Prefectures, Runing Prefecture, and Nanyang Prefecture.
The largest number of immigrants in Henan Province were those who migrated to the Hongwu Dynasty, followed by those who migrated to the Yongle Dynasty, and a very small number of those who migrated to other dynasties.
The family tree inscriptions reflect that more than 95% of the people who moved the large locust trees in Hongdong moved to Henan, and only a very small number moved to Henan from other counties.
It should be noted that the following counties and cities, as well as the counties and cities in subsequent provinces that immigrated to, were directly related to the author from 1982 to 1998. There are probably more immigrants from other counties and cities, so the statistics are naturally incomplete.
List of immigrants in Henan Province Zhengzhou
County Taiqian Hua County Jun County Huang Qingfeng Puyang Changyuan Tangyang Lin County Shangqiu Yongcheng Sui County Ningling Minquan Zhoukou Shangshui Fugou Xihua Taikang Dancheng Xiangcheng Xuchang Luohe Yanling Yancheng Xiangcheng Lushan Changge Linyingye County
Baofeng Shaanxi County Yu County Zhumadian Que Shanxi Ping Runan Xincai Shangcai Xinyang Xi County Gushi Biyang Zhengyang Xin County Luoshan Mall Nanyang Fangcheng Tanghe
Linru, Ruyang, Luanchuan, Lingbao, Mianchi, Yanshi, Yichuan, Yiyang, Luoning, Lu's family, Xin'an, Henan Province. A large number of genealogies and inscriptions record the history of immigration.
The "Ren Family Genealogy" of Dongziling Village, Qinyang County records: "I, the Ren family, am originally from Hongdong County, Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi Province, and lived in Henan during the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty." The ancestor of Changmen lived in Ziling Town, Hanoi County, Huaiqing Prefecture.
The ancestor of the second sect lived in Liuyang Town, Jiyuan County.
The ancestor of Sanmen lived in Xiguo Town, Wen County.
The ancestor of the Four Gates lived in Xingjiayuan, Mengjin County.
The ancestor of the Five Gates lived in Xuezhuang Town, Jiyuan County.
"The Genealogy of the Liu Family" of the pig iron hometown of Luyi County records: "The ancestor was originally from Zaolinzhuang, Hongdong County, Shanxi Province. In the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he moved to Chugudui Village, 25 miles southwest of Luyi County, Guide Prefecture, Henan Province.
"The Liu family has grown to more than 1,000 households, distributed in more than a dozen villages in several counties.
In Xiangyun Town, Wen County, the "Wang Family Genealogy" continued in the 32nd year of Daoguang recorded the process of Wang Hai's migration: Wang Hai and his wife Lang moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province with their four children in the early Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Hai decided not to live in Hedu, Gong County, and left his wife, eldest son, and second son to live here. He and his three sons and four sons crossed the Yellow River north to find a place to settle in Wang Town, Southwest of Wen County. Later, when they moved to Gong County, his wife and two sons
The two children no longer wanted to move, so the Wang family settled in Zhongdu, Gong County and Southwest Wang Town, Wen County.