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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.
 
=== 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.
 
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>
 
*[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}})
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7949 California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957]


== References  ==
== References  ==
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