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Buddhist death registers are located in the majority of more than 41,500 individual Buddhist temples. | Buddhist death registers are located in the majority of more than 41,500 individual Buddhist temples. | ||
You may need to go to the temple where your ancestor was from in Japan to get these records. Less than 2 percent of these records are in the Family History Library’s collection | You may need to go to the temple where your ancestor was from in Japan to get these records. Less than 2 percent of these records are in the Family History Library’s collection. | ||
== Religious Inquisition Census Records (''Shumoncho'') == | == Religious Inquisition Census Records (''Shumoncho'') == | ||
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*Describe the make up of the local community | *Describe the make up of the local community | ||
*Classify families according to their status as farmers, artisans, merchants, and outcasts | *Classify families according to their status as farmers, artisans, merchants, and outcasts | ||
*They do not count ''samurai'' or court nobles, and they sometimes omit children and the marginal social groups | *They do not count ''samurai'' or court nobles, and they sometimes omit children and the marginal social groups <br> | ||
'''''Shumon-Aratamecho''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' | '''''Shumon-Aratamecho''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' | ||
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*Confirmation of temple affiliation | *Confirmation of temple affiliation | ||
*Location of the family temple | *Location of the family temple | ||
*Number of household residents (sometimes listing of servants, animals owned, and property) | *Number of household residents (sometimes listing of servants, animals owned, and property) <br> | ||
'''''Ninbetsucho''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' | '''''Ninbetsucho''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''' | ||
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*Status of household members, animals owned, and property and tax notations | *Status of household members, animals owned, and property and tax notations | ||
*The amount of taxes paid | *The amount of taxes paid | ||
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'''''Goningumicho:''''' | '''''Goningumicho:''''' | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
{{Japan}} | {{Japan}} | ||
[[Category:Japan]] | [[Category:Japan]] | ||