[dogsbody70]

tracing family history is a thriving activity these days. I wonder if any of you have done any research about your own ancestry.

thinking about it-- does Japan have birth marriage and death registers similar to our UK way of recording BMD.


Many people I know are really hooked on tracing their history- some back to the 17th Century.

I wonder how easy it is in each country to research and discover things about your ancestors?

PS: I read somewhere that some japanese women do not take their husbands name.

Is this true? and anyone know the reason not to want to do so.