Saturday, June 25, 2011

Researching Japanese Heritages

In the 1890s, Japanese began immigrating primarily to Hawaii and the Eastern Coast.  During World War II Japanese Immigrants and Japanese-Americans were "relocated" to internment camps away from the coast. 

The restrictions that the government put on immigration along with significant economic development greatly reduced the number of immigrants from Japan. 

The Japanese are excellent record keepers and the koseki is the Family Registration in which all births, deaths, marriages and divorces are kept.