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=== What they are === | === What they are === | ||
These records are Buddhist death registers kept for the purpose of ancestor veneration. The Japanese name, ''kakocho'', means literally “book of the past.” When a person dies, a Buddhist priest assigns him a ceremonial name, which he records in the ''kakocho''. Three different formats for the ''kakocho'' are: | These records are Buddhist death registers kept for the purpose of ancestor veneration. The Japanese name, [http://www.nichirenshoshumyoshinji.org/faq/kakocho.php ''kakocho''], means literally “book of the past.” When a person dies, a Buddhist priest assigns him a ceremonial name, which he records in the ''kakocho''. Three different formats for the ''kakocho'' are: | ||
#A chronological list arranged by death date. | #A chronological list arranged by death date. | ||
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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'') == | ||