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From: Jerry Smith< >
Subject: Japanese Ancestry
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 02:12:44 GMT


Hi Brenda-- If you are in an area that has a significant
Japanese-American population, check for a Buddhist Church. There will
be some folks trained in Japan there. They should also be fimiliar
with the family/village record-keeping system you need to hook into.
Another possibility is an LDS missionary (or other denomination for
that matter) who was in Japan and learned the written language.

Best of luck with the challenge!

Jerry Smith
in Sacramento, CA

On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:28:10 -0500, Brenda Brock <>
wrote:

>I'm having some slight difficulty in obatining information in connection
>with my mother's side of the family in Japan. I have some papers that
>have been translated, but there are still alot on questions on data not
>explained. My mother told me as much as she could over the years before
>she passed away in 1998. I have been in contact with two of her sisters
>and a cousin but they know less than I do. Where can I go to obtain
>this information with an english translation regarding my mother.

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