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''[[Japan]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Japan_Census|Census]]'' | ''[[Japan|[[Image:Japan_second_census_stamp_set.JPG|frame|right|280x230px]]Japan]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Japan_Census|Census]]'' | ||
== Household Registration Records (''Koseki'') == | == Household Registration Records (''Koseki'') == | ||
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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," ''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> | 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 === | ||
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A [[Albania|Religious Inquisition Census]] was taken periodically to classify people according to their religion and to detect illegal Christians. | 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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{{Japan}} | {{Japan}} | ||
[[Category:Japan]] | [[Category:Japan]] | ||