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Videos[edit | edit source]

The chart below contains links to relevant online class recordings available through the FamilySearch Learning Center, RootsTech On Demand, and the FamilySearch Library Facebook Page. The chart is sortable by clicking the desired column heading.

Platform	Title	Presenter	Language	Location	Topic	Year Presented
RootsTech	The Role of Immigration Documents in Requesting Japanese Koseki Family Register Documents.		English	Japan	Immigration/Emigration	2023
RootsTech	3. Introduction to Koseki Reading and Interpretation (Names and Geographic Place Names)	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Koseki	2022
RootsTech	2. Introduction to Koseki Reading and Interpretation (Dates and Family Relationships)	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Koseki	2022
RootsTech	1. Introduction to Koseki Reading and Interpretation (Introduction and Basic Layout)	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Koseki	2022
RootsTech	1. Requesting Japanese Koseki Family Registers: Introduction and Submittal Process	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Koseki	2022
RootsTech	2. Requesting Japanese Koseki Family Registers: Proving Relationship to Issei Ancestor	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Koseki	2022
RootsTech	3. Requesting Japanese Koseki Family Registers: Identifying Ancestral Village of Issei	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Koseki	2022
RootsTech	Japanese Family History - Open Mic Q&A	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Research/Methodology	2023
RootsTech	Where did they come from? - Japanese Administrative Divisions	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Research/Methodology	2023
RootsTech	Okinawan Game Changer - Okinawan Migration Record Database	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Research/Methodology	2023
RootsTech	Books of the Past - Japanese Buddhist Death Registers	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Research/Methodology	2023
RootsTech	The Ancestral Village - Japanese Land Records	Martinus E Wolf	English	Japan	Research/Methodology	2023
RootsTech	Discover Your Japanese Ancestors: Valerie Elkins	Valerie S. Elkins	English	Japan	Research/Methodology	2019
RootsTech	古文書を読み解く	谷口喜子	Japanese	Japan	Research/Methodology	2021

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