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== <center>Research Tools</center>  ==
== <center>Research Tools</center>  ==
*Listing of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927172 records collections for Japan] available on FamilySearch.org
'''Further Assistance:'''
Should you need further help or assistance in obtaining your family's ''koseki'', please feel free to contact
The Family History Library: Valerie Elkins&nbsp;(801) 240-6206&nbsp;
'''See these web sites&nbsp;also:'''
The Japanese Genealogy Blog [http://www.AdvantageGenealogy.com/blog http://www.AdvantageGenealogy.com/blog]
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/Koseki.html Tips for Obtaining a Copy of Your Japanese Family Registry] (courtesy:&nbsp;[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/Eindex.html JapanGenWeb])
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''
[[Japan, Clan Genealogies (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Japan, Clan Genealogies (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]


'''How to Obtain Your Family's ''Koseki'' '''(Family Registration):  
'''How to Obtain Your Family's ''Koseki'' '''(Family Registration):  
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It was common practice for Japanese to adopt another male young adult or older children, if no male heirs were present in a family. Often a son who was not his family's heir would marry a daughter of a man with no male heirs. Upon their marriage, the groom would take the bride's maiden name as his and would become her father's heir. If they divorced, his rights to her family's estate would be returned, he would resume his own name and return to his family and again be recorded&nbsp;under the head of his household's ''koseki''. These changes that are recorded on the family's ''koseki'' can quickly become confusing. Using a software program like PAF is helpful to&nbsp;keep track of these changes and distinguish between direct lineage and adopted lineage. Adoptions were very common and frequent in all families and for varied reasons. A good explanation of this practise can be found here: [http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-ADOPT.PDF www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-ADOPT.PDF] and here:[http://books.google.com/books?id=47yhjgB-XhgC&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309&dq=japanese+heir+adoption&source=bl&ots=4T-DunRsfY&sig=nKWSD0BeFNdMq51EAcCT4F567TI&hl=en&ei=6EOMSteGKIi0sgP-pY3GCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=japanese%20heir%20adoption&f=false books.google.com/books].[http://books.google.com/books?id=47yhjgB-XhgC&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309&dq=japanese+heir+adoption&source=bl&ots=4T-DunRsfY&sig=nKWSD0BeFNdMq51EAcCT4F567TI&hl=en&ei=6EOMSteGKIi0sgP-pY3GCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=japanese%20heir%20adoption&f=false]  
It was common practice for Japanese to adopt another male young adult or older children, if no male heirs were present in a family. Often a son who was not his family's heir would marry a daughter of a man with no male heirs. Upon their marriage, the groom would take the bride's maiden name as his and would become her father's heir. If they divorced, his rights to her family's estate would be returned, he would resume his own name and return to his family and again be recorded&nbsp;under the head of his household's ''koseki''. These changes that are recorded on the family's ''koseki'' can quickly become confusing. Using a software program like PAF is helpful to&nbsp;keep track of these changes and distinguish between direct lineage and adopted lineage. Adoptions were very common and frequent in all families and for varied reasons. A good explanation of this practise can be found here: [http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-ADOPT.PDF www.alanmacfarlane.com/savage/A-ADOPT.PDF] and here:[http://books.google.com/books?id=47yhjgB-XhgC&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309&dq=japanese+heir+adoption&source=bl&ots=4T-DunRsfY&sig=nKWSD0BeFNdMq51EAcCT4F567TI&hl=en&ei=6EOMSteGKIi0sgP-pY3GCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=japanese%20heir%20adoption&f=false books.google.com/books].[http://books.google.com/books?id=47yhjgB-XhgC&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309&dq=japanese+heir+adoption&source=bl&ots=4T-DunRsfY&sig=nKWSD0BeFNdMq51EAcCT4F567TI&hl=en&ei=6EOMSteGKIi0sgP-pY3GCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=japanese%20heir%20adoption&f=false]  
'''Further Assistance:'''
Should you need further help or assistance in obtaining your family's ''koseki'', please feel free to contact
The Family History Library: Valerie Elkins&nbsp;(801) 240-6206&nbsp;
<br> '''Search the Family History Library Catalog to find:'''
*(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
*(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)
'''See these web sites&nbsp;also:'''
The Japanese Genealogy Blog [http://www.AdvantageGenealogy.com/blog http://www.AdvantageGenealogy.com/blog]
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/Koseki.html Tips for Obtaining a Copy of Your Japanese Family Registry] (courtesy:&nbsp;[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/Eindex.html JapanGenWeb])
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''
[[Japan, Clan Genealogies (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Japan, Clan Genealogies (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]


'''Other records you can search:'''  
'''Other records you can search:'''  
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