Relevant Books
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Asian American Genealogical Sourcebook
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This text provides historical genealogical information on Asian Americans. The book looks specifically at their emigration history and genealogical records, and features a directory of genealogical information.
Call Number: E 184 .A1 X51 1995 -
Ethnic Genealogy
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This work] will be useful to librarians, to genealogists, and to persons searching American Indian, Asian-American, black American, and Hispanic-American ancestries. . . . Family researchers or librarians will find this comprehensive, user-friendly work invaluable. Reference Books Bulletin
Call Number: CS 49 .E83 1983; also in Religion & Family History Reference -
Studies in Asian Genealogy
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Call Number: CS 1080 .W67 1969 -
World Conference on Records, Vol. 11, Asian and African Family and Local History
Contents:
1. The search for my Japanese roots : using Buddhist and local sources
2. Family history for Japanese Americans
3. Family history for Chinese Americans
4. Genealogy and family history in Mongolia / Paul V. Hyer, Sechin Jagchid
5. Contracts and other old documents as sources for family history and genealogy in Taiwan
6. East Asian family sources, the Genealogical Society of Utah collection : panel
7. Family history in Korea : Yangban family history
8. Family and local history in Japan : panel
9. Oral family history in Sarawak
10. The family in Japan : samurai and merchant family history, 1872-1980: koseki and other sources
11. Chinese clan genealogies and family histories : panel
12. Genealogical research in the absence of written records : the case of the Ainus, the aborigines of Japan / Russell N. Horiuchi, Annette A. Horiuchi
13. Using family linkages to reconstruct an isolated Japanese village's history
14. Women and traditional sources : panel
15. African family history through oral traditions
16. African families, black and white
17. How to trace your heritage to Africa : the voice of experience
18. Roman Catholic Church records in Turkey : how to use them for genealogy and family history
19. West African cultures : past and present
20. How to trace your South African family history through written sources
21. Pilgrimage records of India : a rich source of genealogy and family history
22. Christians in India and how to trace their family histories
23. Sources in the Arab world for genealogy and family history
24. Islam and the family in the Arab world
25. Tradition of genealogy among Moslems
26. Genealogical records of medieval India
Call Number: CS 2 .W67x vol.11Publication Date: 1980
Chinese Geneaologies (Jiapu 家譜)
Digital Resources
Genealogies from the National Library of China 中华寻根网
Chinese Genealogy Knowledge Service Platform 中国家谱知识服务平台
Shanghai Library Digital Database of Genealogies 上海图书馆家谱数据库
Zhejiang Library Digital Repository of Genealogies 浙江图书馆家谱数据库
RootsTech Presentations on Asian Family History
China
- Researching Your Chinese Roots (2025)
- Chinese Jiapu, The Key Record for Chinese Ancestral Research (2025)
- Introduction to "My China Roots": A Platform for Tracing Chinese Ancestors
• (BYU has a subscription to My China Roots, click link to access)
Japan
- Challenges of Japanese Family HIstory (2025)
- The Structure of Japanese Society (2025)
- Japanese Time Keeping (2024)
- Why is Hiroshima known as the “Emigration Prefecture”? (2024)
- Japanese Family HIstory Open Mic, Q&A (2024)
- The Ancestral Village: Japanese Land Records (2023)
- Requesting Japanese Koseki, Role of Immigration Documents (2023)
- Japanese Administrative Divisions (2023)
- Japanese Buddhist Death Registers (2023)
- Japanese Family History - Open Mic Q&A (2023)
- Requesting Japanese Kosei (2022)
- Japanese Koseki Q&A Workshop (2022)
Philippines
Philippines, Japan, China
Japanese Rssources
Search for Koseki: Family Registry in Japan Yanagisawa Hiroshi
Finding Your Roots: An Introduction to JA Genealogy & NJAHS’ Digital Archives
Researching Genealogy Records in Japan – Koji Sekiguchi (30 May 2024)Did You Know There’s More Than One Type of Koseki? A Guide to Japanese Family Registers | 戸籍の種類 一覧