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Goal 3: Learn about Japan census records.
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Record Search Practice |
The Ema family is documented in Japanese genealogies. Use the "AC: Japan Clan Genealogies 850-2012" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who is the grandfather of the seventh generation?
- Who is the grandfather of the sixth generation?
- What townsman is listed in the record?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In "Browse this collection" select Ema for Family Name.
- Select the existing option in each of the remaining drop-downs to display the record.
- If you need help reading the Japanese, take a screenshot of the text in the record. Open Google Translate and click the Image tab at the top to start Google Lens. Drag your screenshot file into the image area on the screen. Then click the Translate button at the bottom to display the English text on the right.
- The grandfather of the seventh generation is Tobei Furuya.
- the grandfather of the sixth generation is Juemon Ishiya.
- The townsman listed is Nisei Ishiya Tobei Bokunamejo.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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