Was your Chinese ancestor in Australia at Lambing Flat at the time of the riots in June 1861? The Lambing Flat petition of 1864 contains the names in Chinese and English of 94 persons (some representing parties of people) who state they were at Back Creek on 30 June 1861. The names on the petition have now been uploaded onto the Chindex Chinese Name Search. WHAT IS CHINDEX? The Chindex Chinese Name Search is a unique online search system that searches multiple data sets with just one entry.  It is based on the GLAM Name Search by Tim Sherratt. Searching for people with Chinese names is a challenging task. Most people look in national databases such as the Australian Archives and then try state based databases that search passenger lists, births, death and marriages and other government records. Lesser known databases created by smaller organisations or individuals can be also useful but are difficult to discover. Finding and searching these...Read More