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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 FamilySearch Library’s collection.


== Religious Inquisition Census Records (''Shumoncho'')  ==
== Religious Inquisition Census Records (''Shumoncho'')  ==
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=== How to obtain them  ===
=== How to obtain them  ===


About 30 percent of the still existing records are available at the Family History Library. Because they are scattered in archives, private collections, in the homes of descendants of village headmen, and even in some Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, you must search them out.  
About 30 percent of the still existing records are available at the FamilySearch Library. Because they are scattered in archives, private collections, in the homes of descendants of village headmen, and even in some Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, you must search them out.  


== Pilgrimage Records (Dankaicho)  ==
== Pilgrimage Records (Dankaicho)  ==
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