I am pleased to report that Rootsweb Organization has approved my request to act as administrator of Yap surname list. I guess it should really be called the YE4 list for all the pronunciations, YAP, YIP and IP since they are the same name.
I would like to hear the names of the ancestral villages that your families come from. So far, I read some come from Amoy and some from Heong Shan District. Please share what information you have and maybe someone else can add to your information.
Together we can put together the pieces of a widespread Chinese clan from Jamaica, Hawaii, South America, the Philippines, Malaysia or where ever your ancestors wandered.
Mui-fu
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