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== Online Records == | == Online Records == | ||
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1887-1934''' [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigrants to the United States, 1887-1924], index. | *'''1887-1934''' [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigrants to the United States, 1887-1924], index. | ||
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=japan Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at | *'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel+%26+migration&sid=101&destinationcountry=japan Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Japan | ||
*'''1893-1941''' | *'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=japan&q.anyPlace.exact=on&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Japan | ||
*'''1893-1941''' {{RecordSearch|1803988|Japan Passenger Lists, 1893-1941}} at FamilySearch - [[Japan Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index only | |||
*'''1899-1944''' [https://opl.okinawan-migration.com/opl/opl.php?lang=EN/ Okinawan Emigrants], 28 destination countries. | |||
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | *'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries. | ||
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Japan under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". | *[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose Japan under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=japan British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Japan], index | ===British Overseas Subjects=== | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=japan British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Japan], index | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=japan British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Japan], index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] | *[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=japan British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Japan], index & images ($) | ||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
==Finding the Town of Origin in Japan== | ==Finding the Town of Origin in Japan== | ||
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*Due to geographic remoteness and periods of self-imposed isolation, the immigration has been comparatively limited. | *Due to geographic remoteness and periods of self-imposed isolation, the immigration has been comparatively limited. | ||
*Historian Yukiko Koshiro has identified three historically significant waves of immigration prior to 1945: | *Historian Yukiko Koshiro has identified three historically significant waves of immigration prior to 1945: | ||
* | :*the 8th-century settlement of '''Korean artists and intellectuals'''; | ||
:*the asylum offered to a small number of Chinese families in the 1600s; and | :*the asylum offered to a small number of '''Chinese families''' in the 1600s; and | ||
:*the forced immigration of up to 670,000 '''Korean and Chinese laborers''' during the Second World War.<ref>"Immigration to Japan," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Japan, accessed 3 July 2021.</ref> | :*the forced immigration of up to 670,000 '''Korean and Chinese laborers''' during the Second World War.<ref>"Immigration to Japan," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Japan, accessed 3 July 2021.</ref> | ||
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== Japanese Passenger Lists== | == Japanese Passenger Lists== | ||
*'''1893-1941''' | *'''1893-1941''' {{RecordSearch|1803988|Japan Passenger Lists, 1893-1941}} at FamilySearch - [[Japan Passenger Lists - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index only | ||
This collection contains a list of Japanese emigrants from the country as recorded by the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The records are from an index of overseas travelers processed through Japanese emigration agents and related immigration papers for the years 1893-1941. | This collection contains a list of Japanese emigrants from the country as recorded by the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The records are from an index of overseas travelers processed through Japanese emigration agents and related immigration papers for the years 1893-1941. | ||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.</span> | |<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for '''major''' destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.] </span> | ||
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