I started my genealogical research in 1965, soon after my conversion to Mormonism. What started as a religious duty has in fact become a lifetime endeavour.I have traveled far and wide in search of my roots. It has been a tedious and difficult task but what joy it brings to be able to discover ancestors I have not heard of before and seem just as anxious to let me know of their existence.
I have realized how important it is that we should keep our records intact. Searching for records in the Philippines, for example, is almost an impossible thing to do, what with many records gone or tampered with! The usual excuse has been that most records were burnt during W.W.II. Be that as it may seem, I pray and hope that the authorities concerned in that country will exert more efforts to have a better registration system, something similar to the more practical family registration system of Japan.
Through the Internet, I hope to link with all my kin around the world.
The ancestry report uses 'Ahnentafel' numbering. This means that a person's parent's numbers will be twice as large as the person's number. So if someone's number is 15, her father will be number 30, and mother will be 31. Her child will be number 7.
Yuko TakeiSend email to: ystakei@gol.com
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