Locating my Grandfather's Village

[Charlie28]

omg!!!! so sorry! man i'm an idiot.. yes i'm new to this and thought i'd get messaged about replies! so sorry guys! and thanks so much for all the info!!
here's the photos, and names of relatives:
My grandfather's name is Ng Yok Leung, my father's Chinese name is Ng Yueng Mung an Aunty is Ng Yok Hing and my father 'thinks' the village is Ngai Yu, and town is Sungtong (Sun City???) but he doesn't really know???
You guys are brill! thank you so so much.. i'll check this all the time now! hahahah
Cheers,
Charlie

[Gatts]

My grandfather's name is Ng Yok Leung, my father's Chinese name is Ng Yueng Mung an Aunty is Ng Yok Hing and my father 'thinks' the village is Ngai Yu, and town is Sungtong (Sun City???) but he doesn't really know???

Also be aware that these names will be transcribed in Mandarin on the mainland, even if they are Cantonese from Guangdong. So family name will be "Wu" instead of "Ng" for example.

[markshark83]

the name of the street is jiujie (旧街) putting that into google maps only gives one result

旧街广东 - Google Maps

[imparanoic]

if you don't have much sucess ( considering this is a expat site), try hong kong local forum and upload the photographs there, a lot of locals have direct links to their ancestry home in guangdong

you have to ask a friend to type chinese or copy paste this

請幫我， 我係新西蘭華橋，請幫我搵我鄉村。 。多謝

我知道有個舊街，係廣東 可能廣州 但係我唔知邊度

( please help me find my village, thanks, i know there is an old street, in guangdong, maybe guangzhou, anyone know where this is)

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[bookblogger]

the name of the street is jiujie (旧街) putting that into google maps only gives one result

旧街广东 - Google Maps

That must be it. It's not too far out of Guangzhou.

[imparanoic]

i double check with the info

can up with various places, eg, 舊街/旧街 廣東 or 廣州, these actually a few places matches this, eg, one in guangzhou, one in wenzhou and foshan.

i believe old street is quite a popular name for a road in china

[url=http://maps.google.com.hk/maps?hl=zh-TW&q=%E6%97%A7%E8%A1%97%20%20%E5%B9%BF%E5%B7%9E%20 %E5%B9%BF%E4%B8%9C&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl]旧

[thundacatchergo]

i have a suspicion that the village is in or near zhongshan / jiangmen area. but thats a very large area.

[Charlie28]

Thanks so much guys!!! Getting there...
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[HKITperson]

Originally Posted by Charlie28
My grandfather's name is Ng Yok Leung, my father's Chinese name is Ng Yueng Mung an Aunty is Ng Yok Hing and my father 'thinks' the village is Ngai Yu, and town is Sungtong (Sun City???) but he doesn't really know???

It may be a long shot but why don't you go to the Nga Tsin Wai Village in Kowloon City to ask the village head there. He may be able to help you.
This is the NG ancesteral village in HK and where the NG clans have been living for the past few hundred years.

[Charlie28]

Hey everyone,
Thanks so much for all your replies! i now have some more info (in Chinese! yay!)
so if anyone recognises ANYTHING! it would be very very VERY much appreciated!!!
Thanks again,
Charlie

Grandpa:吳郁良
Great Grandma:姚六娣

Address:廣州舊街上三巷57號
Add 2:廣州上良魏搖(?)村[花布站](someone said its the same,but we're not sure)