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Goal 5: Learn about Japan emigration and immigration.
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ALearn about Japan emigration and immigration.
- Resources: Learn about Japan emigration and immigration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Japan Emigration and Immigration - Learn how to find your Japanese immigrant ancestors in this video.
How to Find Your Japanese Immigrant Ancestors—90:49 - 2017
- Search for immigrants by name on the Japanese Immigrants to the United States site, from BYU-Idaho.
- Wikipedia: Learn about immigration history and demographics in this Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia: Japanese Americans - Jewish: Explore the
Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in Japan.
Record Search Practice |
immigrated from Japan to the United States. Use the "FS: Passenger lists, 1893-1941" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- How old was Toyo Toyota when she emigrated?
- When was she born?
- Where in Japan was she from?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Toyo" as the first name and "Toyota" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Toyo Toyota.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Toyo was 41 when she emigrated.
- She was born on 19 March 1892.
- She was from Ibaraki.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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