Generously Supported by The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation
Saturday, November 14, 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm PST
Virtual Class Format over Zoom
Price: $25 Center/JACL Members / $35 General Public
Genealogical researcher Marty Wolf will guide participants through: What koseki are and how Japan’s family registry system works; why koseki are essential for Nikkei genealogical research; how to request koseki documents from Japanese municipal offices; what types of information you can expect to find; how koseki records can extend family history two to four generations prior to immigration.”
About Linda Harms Okazaki:
Linda Harms Okazaki is a fourth-generation Californian, active in the genealogy and Japanese American communities in California and beyond. She is passionate about teaching Nikkei to research, document, and share their personal family histories. Her other areas of research include upstate New York, England, Australia, and the use of DNA in genealogy. Linda has been researching her husband’s ancestry since 2012, documenting his family in the internment camps and in Japan. A charter member of the Nikkei Genealogical Society, and a consultant for Ancestry.com’s Progenealogists, she is also a featured columnist for the Nichi Bei Weekly. Her column, Finding Your Nikkei Roots, is published bimonthly. Her guide to Finding Your Japanese Roots was updated in 2020 and is available in hard copy. Ms. Okazaki is the author of numerous articles, including the recent National Genealogical Society magazine article “Paper Sons and Picture Brides,” which was co-authored by Grant Din. She is a member of as the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speaker’s Guild, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Linda currently serves as the past president of the California Genealogical Society, is a past board member of the Nichi Bei Foundation, and serves as a family history consultant for Densho.
Ms. Okazaki holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and a Master of Arts degree in Education. She can be reached at LindasOrchard@gmail.com.