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==Record Finder==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
#'''In column 1''', find your goal.
#'''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
#'''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.


== Record Finder Table for Japan ==
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The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
! What you are looking for: !! Try these records first: !! Other useful records:
=== Order of Records ===
|-
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.
| Age  ||  ||
 
|-
== List of Topics ==
| Birth date and birthplace  ||  ||
This Record Finder table links to the Japan topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
|-
===Vital Events ===
| Birth dates ||  ||
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| Death information ||  ||
|-
| Deaths ||  ||
|-
| Emigration information ||  ||
|-
| Ethnicity ||  ||
|-
| Immigration dates ||  ||
|-
| Language helps  ||  ||
|-
| Living relatives  ||  ||
|-
| Maiden name ||  ||
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Marriage || ||  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Municipal origins and boundaries  || ||  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Census|Census]]
*[[Japan Village Records|Village Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Naming customs  || ||  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan Census|Census]]
*[[Japan Village Records|Village Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Occupations  || ||  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan Census|Census]]
*[[Japan Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Japan Buddhist Records|Buddhist Records]]
 
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Parents, children, and other family members  || ||  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Places of residence  || ||  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Record-finding aids  || ||  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Census|Census]]
*[[Japan Village Records|Village Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Religion  || ||  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|}
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
== Record Types and Beginning Dates ==
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! Record Type (English) !! Record Type (Japanese) !! Records Begin
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Household registration || Koseki || 1875
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Buddhist death registration || Kakocho || 1675
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
*[[Japan Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Christian church || Kirisuto Kyokai kiroku || 1875
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Religious inquisiiton census || Shumonno || 1650
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Pilgrimage || Dankaicho || 1550
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Compiled histories; family and clan genealogies || Keizu || 800
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Village Records|Village Records]]
*[[Japan Census|Census]]
*Directories
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Emigrant passenger lists; Assorted papers on emigrant shipping || Ryokaku meibo to imin unsosen mondai zakken || 1875
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
 
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Village || Murakata kiroku || 1600
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Tombstone inscriptions || Bohi-mei || 1600
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Enshrined patriots || Senshisha meibo || 1875
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Feudal government calendars || Daimyocho || 1525
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
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Revision as of 20:39, 25 September 2020

Japan Wiki Topics
Flag of Japan.svg.png
Beginning Research
Record Types
Japan Background
Local Research Resources

Record Finder[edit | edit source]

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

  1. In column 1, find your goal.
  2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
  3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.
What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age
Birth date and birthplace
Birth dates
Death information
Deaths
Emigration information
Ethnicity
Immigration dates
Language helps
Living relatives
Maiden name
Marriage
Municipal origins and boundaries
Naming customs
Occupations
Parents, children, and other family members
Places of residence
Record-finding aids
Religion

Record Types and Beginning Dates[edit | edit source]

Record Type (English) Record Type (Japanese) Records Begin
Household registration Koseki 1875
Buddhist death registration Kakocho 1675
Christian church Kirisuto Kyokai kiroku 1875
Religious inquisiiton census Shumonno 1650
Pilgrimage Dankaicho 1550
Compiled histories; family and clan genealogies Keizu 800
Emigrant passenger lists; Assorted papers on emigrant shipping Ryokaku meibo to imin unsosen mondai zakken 1875
Village Murakata kiroku 1600
Tombstone inscriptions Bohi-mei 1600
Enshrined patriots Senshisha meibo 1875
Feudal government calendars Daimyocho 1525