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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''. | ||
Population coverage: 30 to 40%. These records should include the majority of head of households for the time period. Pilgrimage records at the Koyasan temple in Wakayama prefecture and the Kotohira Shrine in Ehime prefecture are estimated to contain one million names each. | |||
Reliability: Very good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Japan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2001.</ref> | |||
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=== How to obtain them === | === How to obtain them === | ||
The records can be found in the libraries of ten leading temples and shrines. If you go to Japan to use these records, you may use them at the temple or shrine only after negotiations with the priests, who may require the payment of fees. | The records can be found in the libraries of ten leading temples and shrines. If you go to Japan to use these records, you may use them at the temple or shrine only after negotiations with the priests, who may require the payment of fees. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||