Connecting unknown ancestor to family tree
Hello everyone,
I am in a bit of a dilemma with my family history work. I was going through my recent changes to some of my ancestors. I noticed some of the typical things that happen like my cousin adding memories to my great-grandfather's life story and other recent attachments to my ancestors. When I stumbled upon an ancestor whose name was in Japanese characters. To my knowledge, I do not have any Japanese heritage. Curious I clicked on his profile and tried to see my relationship with him. Unfortunately, they told me that our common ancestor is more than 15 generations. I did notice that Seitoku (my ancestor) died in Peru which I know I have family from. The only other information that I have is the birthday and death day of Seitoku, his spouse, and their 6 children. One of their sons is married and I have the son's wife's parents and grandparents.
When I go to look for sources on Family Search and Ancestry, it does not come up with much. My thought was to find Seitoku's parents and then start building the tree up until I find an ancestor or a last name that I recognize. The only issue that I have is trying to find documents that I can say for sure are connected to Seitoku and/or his family. Are there any archives such as immigration records, births, or marriages from Japan that Family Search has that I can specifically search?
If anyone has experience or guidance for me it would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Kaja
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Ciao, nel Centro Assistenza ho trovato un link che può aiutare nel
Mappa del mondo dei record storici • FamilySearch
Se sai dove viveva il tuo antenato, puoi usare la mappa del mondo per limitare la tua ricerca alle raccolte di record da quel luogo. This is a tecnica utile when a ricerca generale trova troppe persone dal posto sbagliato o quando stai cercando una persona con un nome comune.
After aver scelto il luogo, puoi anche scegliere se cercare tutte le raccolte o cercarne solo alcune. Ad esempio, è possibile scegliere di cercare tutti i record del censimento.
Suggerimento: Esistono altri due modi per cercare un luogo specifico. È possibile eseguire ricerche nelle raccolte di record per titolo o parola chiave. È inoltre possibile visualizzare un elenco di tutte le raccolte record e quindi filtrarlo per posizione. I collegamenti alle istruzioni per entrambe le opzioni sono riportati negli articoli correlati, di seguito.
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Thank you so much! I did not know that you could narrow down your search to specific indexing projects. I will be sure to save this link and use it for future use.
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