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| | | == What Can these Records Tell Me? == |
| | | The following information may be found in these records: |
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| *Lists of emigrant travelers | | '''Passenger lists''' |
| *Papers on emigration policies | | *Full name of passenger |
| *Business activities and agents | | *Address |
| *Lists of emigrants who died abroad | | *Date of birth |
| *Passport applications | | *Date of departure |
| *Emigrant travel permits | | *Gender |
| *Passports issued | | *Destination |
| *Lists of names of Japanese emigrants, as well as fields on foreigners in Japan
| | *Residence |
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| The kind of information varies. Most include:
| | '''Emigration''' |
| | | *Passport Number |
| *Emigrants’ names, ages, and places of origin | | *Full Name |
| *Permanent domicile and temporary residence | | *Prefecture |
| *Emigration dates, birth dates, and birth places | | *Birth Date |
| *Destinations and passport numbers | | *Gender |
| *Applications by Japanese abroad inquiring after the well-being of their families in Japan | | *Residence before departure |
| *Many provide specific birth dates and even marriages or death dates. | | *Date of Departure |
| | | *Departure Age |
| === How to obtain them ===
| | *Destination Place |
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| The Family History Library has all of these records on microfilm.
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| === Immigration Records (Passenger Lists and Ship Manifests in the Language of the Port Where They Arrived) ===
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| Immigration records must be searched by locality for lists. For example, search by California, San Francisco – Emigration and immigration records.
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| Most incoming passenger arrival lists for the United States have been indexed and are available online at [[http://tinyurl.com/q4maac5 FamilySearch Catalog]] and [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($), a subscription website, such as:<br>
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1502 Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger Lists, 1900-1953] (a free index to these records is also available at {{RecordSearch|1913398|FamilySearch}})
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7949 California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957]
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| == References == | | == References == |