gokigen
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- 21 Jul 2004
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There are more knowledgable people on this board and I'm sure someone could please help me to find my family crest.
These are the avenues I have tried:
1) I spoke with my parents but they said they lost everything in a fire in the war and they refuse to revisit what is left
2) I have visitied various websites but none display on last name
3) I have visited the LA Japanese Cultural heritage museum to receive help from the keeper of those records to no avail
4) looked over countless in the public libraries to no avail
The sad thing is I cannot spell out my last name in Kanji if my life depended on it, but these are the things I know:
My mother is from Yamaguchi-ken and my father is from Osaka they married changing her surname to his. My father's family comes from a line of fishermen and my mother's side is samurai. We do have the armour displayed in my grandma's house but I have not seen it since I was a kid- probably won't be able to see it without going to Japan. I know have an unusual last name with a very unusual spelling but where do I start?
My grandfather's name on my mom's side is koshikawa and my grandmother's maiden name is Kaneyoshi. I know its a long shot but I thought I would try.
All I know is that the "kawa" in Koshikawa is not spelled like river and the "kane" in Kaneyoshi is spelled like gold/kin.
Thanks
These are the avenues I have tried:
1) I spoke with my parents but they said they lost everything in a fire in the war and they refuse to revisit what is left
2) I have visitied various websites but none display on last name
3) I have visited the LA Japanese Cultural heritage museum to receive help from the keeper of those records to no avail
4) looked over countless in the public libraries to no avail
The sad thing is I cannot spell out my last name in Kanji if my life depended on it, but these are the things I know:
My mother is from Yamaguchi-ken and my father is from Osaka they married changing her surname to his. My father's family comes from a line of fishermen and my mother's side is samurai. We do have the armour displayed in my grandma's house but I have not seen it since I was a kid- probably won't be able to see it without going to Japan. I know have an unusual last name with a very unusual spelling but where do I start?
My grandfather's name on my mom's side is koshikawa and my grandmother's maiden name is Kaneyoshi. I know its a long shot but I thought I would try.
All I know is that the "kawa" in Koshikawa is not spelled like river and the "kane" in Kaneyoshi is spelled like gold/kin.
Thanks
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