Connecting unknown ancestor to family tree

Kaja Madison Korenke

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

dennisalejandramarines

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.

Kaja Madison Korenke

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.