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== Household Registration Records (''Koseki'') == | == Household Registration Records (''Koseki'') == | ||
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In 1947, after the Second World War, the new constitution abolished the household (''ie'') system as a legal entity and the ''koseki'' law was amended to place an emphasis on the individual. Information in the post 1947 ''koseki'' is limited to the nuclear family (husband, wife, and children). | In 1947, after the Second World War, the new constitution abolished the household (''ie'') system as a legal entity and the ''koseki'' law was amended to place an emphasis on the individual. Information in the post 1947 ''koseki'' is limited to the nuclear family (husband, wife, and children). | ||
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Before the war, wherever the family lived (current domicile) was also considered the permanent domicile. After the war, the place where a family lives (current domicile) was not necessarily considered the permanent domicile. The place where the family lived before the war is sometimes considered to be the permanent domicile. | Before the war, wherever the family lived (current domicile) was also considered the permanent domicile. After the war, the place where a family lives (current domicile) was not necessarily considered the permanent domicile. The place where the family lived before the war is sometimes considered to be the permanent domicile. | ||
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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 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. | ||
Privacy laws, and 80-year retentions restrict access to ''koseki''.<ref>Dr. Kin-itsu Hirata and Dr. Greg Gubler, "Family and Local History in Japan. Breaking the Impasse: Sources and Options in Japanese Family History Research," | Privacy laws, and 80-year retentions restrict access to ''koseki''.<ref>Dr. Kin-itsu Hirata and Dr. Greg Gubler, "Family and Local History in Japan. Breaking the Impasse: Sources and Options in Japanese Family History Research," ''World Conference on Records: Preserving Our Heritage, August 12-15, 1980,'' Vol. 11: Asian and African Family and Local History. {{FHL|33546|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 929.1 W893 1980 v. 11}}</ref> | ||
=== Other Resources === | === Other Resources === | ||
A | A [[Albania|Religious Inquisition Census]] was taken periodically to classify people according to their religion and to detect illegal Christians. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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