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These records are used to find the surname of your ancestor in a reliable source. ''Dankaicho'' are the only known source for surnames of farmers, who made up 90 percent of the historic population of the Edo period. In the ''shumoncho'' these people are identified only by their personal name and village. You can find the names of collateral line relatives in these records. These names are not available on the ''koseki''. | These records are used to find the surname of your ancestor in a reliable source. ''Dankaicho'' are the only known source for surnames of farmers, who made up 90 percent of the historic population of the Edo period. In the ''shumoncho'' these people are identified only by their personal name and village. You can find the names of collateral line relatives in these records. These names are not available on the ''koseki''. | ||
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