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==Record Finder==
__TOC__
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.


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== Record Finder Table for Japan ==
! What you are looking for: !! Try these records first: !! Other useful records:
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== 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.
 
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Japan topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Age  || ||  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Birth date and birthplace  || ||  
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| 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]]
|-
|-
| Birth dates || ||  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| 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]]
|-
|-
| Death information  || ||  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| 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===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Deaths || ||  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Emigration information  || ||  
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| Ethnicity || ||  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| 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]]
|-
|-
| Immigration dates || ||  
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| Language helps  || ||  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives  || ||  
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| Maiden name || ||  
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Marriage ||  ||
*[[Japan Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
 
| Municipal origins and boundaries  ||  ||
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
 
| Naming customs  ||  ||
|}
|-
 
| Occupations  ||  ||
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members  || ||  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Places of residence  || ||  
| align="left" | Residence
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Record-finding aids  ||  ||  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| Religion  ||  ||
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Village Records|Village Records]]
*[[Japan Census|Census]]
*Directories
|}
|}


== Record Types and Beginning Dates ==
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
! Record Type (English) !! Record Type (Japanese) !! Records Begin
|-
|-
| Household registration || Koseki || 1875
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
 
 
|-
|-
| Buddhist death registration || Kakocho || 1675
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Japan Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| Christian church || Kirisuto Kyokai kiroku || 1875
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Japan Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan History|History]]
|-
|-
| Religious inquisiiton census || Shumonno || 1650
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Japan History|History]]
|-
|-
| Pilgrimage || Dankaicho || 1550
| align="left" | Physical description
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Compiled histories; family and clan genealogies || Keizu || 800
*[[Japan Military Records|Military records]]
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| 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
|}
|}


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[[Category:Japan]][[Category:Record Finder]]

Latest revision as of 21:12, 11 August 2025

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Record Finder Table for Japan[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Japan topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:


Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Life and Customs
Physical description
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