I have hit a wall and would like to find more information. Any help would be appreciated!

Question

I am trying to track family that came from Japan. I do not speak Japanese and therefore have a huge dilema in using local resources. Any help with information would be appreciated!

Answer 1

I found these sites which may be helpful. But perhaps you have found them already.  I just did a google search.  

https://www.facebook.com/JapanGenealogyResearch

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Japan_Genealogy

http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/ethnic-heritage.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/GenSites.html

http://genealogy.about.com/od/japan/

http://advantagegenealogy.com/blog/2011/01/20/hello-world/