Aichi Prefecture Genealogical Records

Aichi Prefecture Birth & Baptism Records

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Aichi Prefecture Marriage & Divorce Records

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Aichi Prefecture Death & Burial Records

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Aichi Prefecture

Newspaper Archive: Japan (1920-1999)

Text-searchable copies of millions of Japanese newspaper articles.

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Aichi Prefecture Immigration & Travel Records

Japan Passenger Lists (1893-1941)

An index to and images of passenger lists and emigration records. They list name, address, date of birth, destination and more.

Aichi Prefecture Military Records

Japanese Marines Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese sailors, prosecuted under US military law.

Japanese Air Target Analyses (1942-1945)

Contemporary analyses of the Allied bombing strategy in aerial attacks on Japanese targets during World War II. Tactical mission reports, aircraft action reports, tabulations of attack and bombing data, and photo intelligence reports detail effects on the Japanese infrastructure, including the petroleum, shipping, armament, and transportation industries. Hundreds of aerial photographs and many maps are included.

Japanese Soldiers Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese soldiers, prosecuted under US military law.

Japan WWII Photos (1940-1945)

A small collection of photographs depicting life and war in Japan during World War II.

Japanese Marines Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese sailors, prosecuted under US military law.

Japanese Soldiers Tried by The US (1941-1945)

Legal case files relating to crimes committed during World War II by Japanese soldiers, prosecuted under US military law.

Aichi Prefecture Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Aichi Prefecture Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Aichi Prefecture Obituaries

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Aichi Prefecture Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Japan WWII Photos (1940-1945)

A small collection of photographs depicting life and war in Japan during World War II.

Aichi Prefecture Occupation & Business Records

Medical Directory (1915)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Loxton's Medical Directory (1911)

Contains a gazetteer of places, a directory of doctors, lists of institutions, regulations, obituaries and more.

Crockford's Clerical Directory (1929)

A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Aichi Prefecture

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Aichi Prefecture Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Aichi Prefecture Church Records

Crockford's Clerical Directory (1929)

A directory listing Anglican parishes and other divisions of the Church or England hierarchy and their various religious officers. The directory covers the UK and Anglican churches throughout the world.

Aichi Prefecture Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Japanese Air Target Analyses (1942-1945)

Contemporary analyses of the Allied bombing strategy in aerial attacks on Japanese targets during World War II. Tactical mission reports, aircraft action reports, tabulations of attack and bombing data, and photo intelligence reports detail effects on the Japanese infrastructure, including the petroleum, shipping, armament, and transportation industries. Hundreds of aerial photographs and many maps are included.

Most Common Surnames in Aichi Prefecture

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Japan
1Suzuki218,2751:3411.55%2
2Kato184,1501:4119.67%11
3Ito178,2441:4214.37%6
4Yamada96,7941:7711.42%13
5Yamamoto85,0301:887.52%7
6Kondo83,2981:9021.51%38
7Sato75,5541:993.86%1
8Watanabe72,6911:1035.33%4
9Tanaka66,4501:1134.70%3
10Sugiura59,0321:12754.49%222
11Mizuno58,8691:12732.57%115
12Nakamura58,6301:1285.22%8
13Hayashi57,6151:13010.07%20
14Kobayashi51,4891:1464.79%9
15Ishikawa51,3741:14611.43%28
16Takeuchi50,0911:15014.98%47
17Mori49,1921:1529.44%23
18Yoshida46,4061:1625.35%12
19Goto46,1861:16211.44%33
20Shibata44,0611:17016.47%65
21Kawai43,0181:17422.13%101
22Yamaguchi41,8881:1796.22%16
23Takahashi41,8501:1793.12%5
24Ando41,2281:18216.05%68
25Hattori40,6921:18425.85%135
26Kamiya37,8961:19841.02%260
27Ota37,2741:20110.19%41
28Hasegawa36,3171:2079.25%36
29Kojima36,1261:20812.25%59
30Sakakibara34,8521:21552.21%350
31Shimizu34,2491:2195.97%19
32Kimura33,1871:2265.52%18
33Okada32,9671:2278.28%35
34Sakai31,1671:2418.09%39
35Ogawa31,0521:2427.24%30
36Nakajima30,6311:2456.06%24
37Saito30,0381:2502.89%10
38Ono29,3681:2555.61%22
39Iwata29,1001:25818.68%143
40Inoue28,8121:2604.44%17
41Asai28,4681:26330.43%257
42Hayakawa26,3521:28520.57%179
43Inagaki26,3331:28530.83%275
44Harada25,9311:2898.58%57
45Mizutani25,4811:29427.88%263
46Maeda25,2131:2976.28%34
47Matsumoto25,0701:2993.66%15
48Yamashita24,9451:3015.69%29
49Takagi23,9401:31310.54%75
50Miura23,5961:3187.71%56
51Nakano23,2891:3227.05%48
52Niwa22,5811:33239.92%408
53Aoyama21,2021:35420.92%238
54Matsui20,8391:36010.05%92
55Yokoi20,8201:36039.19%421
56Hirano20,4081:3679.60%88
57Sasaki20,1691:3722.85%14
58Aoki20,1111:3735.86%46
59Hashimoto20,0161:3754.23%25
60Sugiyama19,7091:3819.00%82
61Naito19,6521:38214.43%169
62Nomura19,5371:3849.99%100
63Ishihara19,5081:38413.17%151
64Ichikawa19,4701:38510.17%104
65Asano19,0971:39313.09%155
66Yamauchi19,0101:39511.15%122
67Okamoto18,9151:3965.93%53
68Tomita18,4361:40711.78%139
69Tsuzuki18,3121:41049.12%575
70Makino18,1591:41316.98%225
71Nakagawa18,1301:4145.73%54
72Fujii18,1111:4145.54%49
73Noda17,9571:41812.75%162
74Sawada17,7181:42311.34%141
75Honda17,6801:4247.58%73
76Ishida17,1921:4366.16%63
77Morita17,0101:4415.82%60
78Ohashi17,0001:44111.57%154
79Fujita16,9051:4444.33%37
80Kawamura16,7511:4487.66%84
81Yamazaki16,6171:4513.68%27
82Murakami16,5221:4544.44%40
83Amano16,2731:46116.65%243
83Kawaguchi16,2731:4619.05%116
83Oshima16,2731:46110.67%147
86Ikeda16,0331:4683.43%26
87Murase15,8611:47335.97%499
88Nimi15,8421:47364.77%834
89Hara15,7751:4756.08%67
90Ishiguro15,7271:47727.18%400
91Adachi15,6791:4788.42%109
92Imai15,6701:4797.04%79
93Ozaki15,4591:48511.28%167
94Shirai15,3921:48716.25%253
95Nagai15,3541:4888.10%107
96Nagata15,3061:49011.72%174
97Sugimoto15,1341:4967.84%103
98Onigashira14,9421:50273.58%958
99Sano14,5981:5147.53%102
100Oya14,4541:5197.58%106
101San-Rin14,4061:52125.29%406
102Ida14,2821:5257.08%95
103Sakurai14,1761:5296.89%93
104Ueda14,1671:5294.03%43
105Abe14,0811:5332.57%21
106Kuno14,0521:53437.31%573
106Okumura14,0521:53412.77%214
108Nakane13,4681:55737.52%599
109Oda13,4011:5608.31%130
110Yoshikawa13,1621:5707.20%112
111Murata12,9421:5796.01%86
112Nakayama12,8841:5824.47%62
113Narita12,6541:59311.49%213
114Torii12,6161:59428.68%500
115Uchida12,2811:6114.83%69
116Matsuda12,1571:6174.04%58
117Natsume12,1281:61851.62%863
118Hiramatsu12,0421:62323.67%429
119Yasuda12,0131:6246.64%114
120Ozawa12,0041:6257.24%126
121Yasui11,9751:62619.98%383
122Hotta11,8501:63316.55%325
123Fukaya11,6691:64334.23%629
124Fukuda11,6401:6443.59%50
125Muramatsu11,5541:64914.99%306
126Otake11,5061:65214.60%300
127Iwase11,4101:65723.42%452
128Nishimura11,2091:6693.48%52
129Morishita11,1321:67412.13%262
130Nishikawa11,0651:6786.51%123
131Kaneko11,0561:6783.43%51
132Yokoyama10,9891:6824.50%71
133Taniguchi10,8071:6944.78%77
134Takeda10,6541:7045.11%91
135Nagasaka10,5871:70842.22%818
136Miyata10,5581:7108.85%194
137Umemura10,5391:71243.19%836
138Masuda10,4821:7154.04%66
139Kinoshita10,4151:7205.25%98
140Ishii10,3191:7272.46%31
141Hoshino10,2811:7297.24%161
142Maruyama10,2611:7314.66%80
143Fujiwara10,2421:7323.25%55
144Matsubara10,2231:7349.33%216
145Hibino10,1561:73841.82%840
146Imaizumi9,9551:75323.51%516
147Ukai9,9261:75647.76%940
148Sakano9,9171:75635.06%730
149Matsushita9,7731:7676.85%158
150Arakawa9,7641:76812.23%295
151Ozeki9,7451:77014.78%358
151Sakamoto9,7451:7702.39%32
153Matsuoka9,7161:7726.57%152
154Furukawa9,6011:7815.08%108
155Matsuura9,5721:7837.01%168
156Nakanishi9,5531:7855.93%131
157Naruse9,5341:78728.65%643
158Kano9,2661:8098.46%217
159Koide9,2081:81418.84%451
160Ogasawara9,1131:82310.40%271
161Wada8,9791:8353.23%64
162Furuta8,8641:84613.31%354
163Tsukamoto8,7011:8629.13%249
164Toda8,6631:86610.87%296
165Fukui8,6341:8697.53%201
165Nishio8,6341:86910.77%294
167Koyama8,5961:8723.78%74
168Tsuji8,5581:8765.47%140
169Miyazaki8,4811:8843.75%76
170Ohara8,4521:8876.01%163
171Tsuchiya8,4331:8894.72%117
171Usami8,4331:88920.74%534
173Yamanaka8,3181:9025.43%145
174Yagi8,2901:9057.25%203
175Noguchi8,2611:9083.94%90
176Kuroda8,1941:9156.16%172
177Onishi7,9451:9444.29%111
178Isobe7,8881:95115.85%443
179Otsuka7,8681:9533.71%89
180Kitagawa7,8301:9587.04%210
181Mase7,8011:96159.80%1,344
182Oba7,7541:9678.19%252
183Kaneda7,7341:9709.61%293
184Hirose7,6771:9775.18%150
184Inukai7,6771:97749.97%1,188
186Hori7,6481:9815.82%173
186Miyamoto7,6481:9813.13%72
188Maki7,6291:98315.01%431
189Endo7,4761:1,0032.16%45
189Kuroyanagi7,4761:1,00361.63%1,424
191Matsunaga7,3991:1,0146.78%218
192Hanai7,3801:1,01637.07%973
193Araki7,3321:1,0235.15%159
194Katayama7,3131:1,0265.91%187
195Yano7,3041:1,0275.06%157
196Taguchi7,2941:1,0284.76%146
197Kodama7,2751:1,0316.17%196
197Nimura7,2751:1,03141.27%1,077
199Miyake7,1891:1,0436.47%211
200Osawa7,1501:1,0495.79%189