{"id":6453,"date":"2025-07-08T13:11:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T04:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/?p=6453"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:25:12","slug":"faq-can-the-waseda-university-history-museum-help-me-research-my-family-members-or-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/news-en\/2025\/07\/08\/6453\/","title":{"rendered":"[FAQ] Can you help me research my family history?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The survey on your family records or enrollment record is very interesting. However, in accordance with our policies, we do not conduct investigations on behalf of customers. Furthermore, we cannot allow you to view or make copies of our alumni directory. Also, we will not send you any copies either.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a brief guide to the survey methods.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, it is necessary to investigate the enrollment period, faculty, etc. from the &#8220;Alumni Association List.&#8221; Here are some materials from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp\/en\">National Diet Library&#8217;s collection<\/a> that can be viewed online without logging in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/910566\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u3000\u5927\u6b63\uff14\u5e74\uff11\uff11\u6708\u8abf\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/910567\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u3000\u5927\u6b63\uff11\uff14\u5e74\uff11\uff11\u6708\u8abf\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/1462439\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u662d\u548c2\u5e7411\u6708\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/1083557\">\u65e9\u7a3b\u7530\u5927\u5b78\u6821\u53cb\u6703\u300e\u6703\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f\u300f\uff081928\u5e74\uff3b\u662d\u548c3\uff3d\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/1083520\">\u65e9\u7a3b\u7530\u5927\u5b78\u6821\u53cb\u6703\u300e\u6703\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f\u7d22\u5f15 : \u3044\u308d\u306f\u5225\u300f\uff081928\u5e74\uff3b\u662d\u548c3\uff3d\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/1454832\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f [\u662d\u548c10\u5e74\u7528]\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/1277515\/1\/100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u7de8\u300e\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u4e00\u89a7 \u662d\u548c12\u5e74\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/1028912\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u7406\u5de5\u5b66\u4f1a\u300e\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u662d\u548c12\u5e7411\u6708\u8abf\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"addicn\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/1461894\/1\/\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u7d33\u58eb\u9332\u520a\u884c\u4f1a \u7de8\u300e\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u7d33\u58eb\u9332 \u662d\u548c15\u5e74\u7248\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view the following materials on the web, you need to register an account and log in to NDL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/9580678\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u662d\u548c33\u5e74\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/9580865\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u662d\u548c36\u5e74\u5ea6\u7248\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/9544635\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u5225\u518a(\u5b66\u79d1\u5e74\u5ea6\u5225)\u300f\uff081963\u5e74\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/11622692\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u662d\u548c40\u5e74\u5ea6\u7248\u300f<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To view the following materials, you need to go to NDL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.ndl.go.jp\/pid\/12244987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u300e\u4f1a\u54e1\u540d\u7c3f \u662d\u548c60\u5e74\u5ea6\u7248\u300f\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u6821\u53cb\u4f1a\u8a2d\u7acb\u767e\u5468\u5e74\u8a18\u5ff5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list of graduates of the Chinese Normal Department (\u6e05\u56fd\u7559\u5b66\u751f\u90e8, literally &#8216;Qing Dynasty International Students Department&#8217;, 1905-1910) is introduced in the following article:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FWazAmStgN\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/news-en\/2026\/04\/10\/7223\/\">[FAQ] Where is the list of graduates of the Chinese Normal Department (\u6e05\u56fd\u7559\u5b66\u751f\u90e8)?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;[FAQ] Where is the list of graduates of the Chinese Normal Department (\u6e05\u56fd\u7559\u5b66\u751f\u90e8)?&#8221; &#8212; \u6b74\u53f2\u9928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/news-en\/2026\/04\/10\/7223\/embed\/#?secret=tMVBUDksyB#?secret=FWazAmStgN\" data-secret=\"FWazAmStgN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Articles in the Waseda Gakuho magazine may occasionally include information about alumni activities. Please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.waseda.jp\/archive\/subDB-top.html?arg={%22item_per_page%22:20,%22sortby%22:[%22%22,%22ASC%22],%22view%22:%22display-simple%22,%22subDB_id%22:%22117%22,%22advanced_search%22:false}&amp;lang=en\">&#8220;Waseda Gakuho Article Database&#8221;<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on off-campus students (\u6821\u5916\u751f) who studied through correspondence lecture materials (\u901a\u4fe1\u8b1b\u7fa9\u9332), please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/assets\/uploads\/2016\/03\/915583531b024972002a142a3822f263.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the exhibition pamphlet <em>Waseda\u2019s Correspondence Lecture Notes and Their Era, 1886\u20131956 (in Japanese)<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the Waseda University History Museum is unable to determine whether these materials comprehensively cover all alumni or members.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking to confirm a deceased person&#8217;s enrollment record, please consider using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/about\/work\/organizations\/academic-affairs-division\/certificate-of-enrolment\">the Enrollment Confirmation for Deceased Individuals service<\/a>. This service provides information such as the faculty attended at Waseda University, as well as the dates of admission and graduation.<\/p>\n<p>And we provide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/en\/database\/\">Various databases for research<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/news\/2022\/11\/01\/4474\/\">first volume of &#8220;150 Years of History of Waseda University&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/en\/services\/use\/\">Instructions for Use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survey methods for family records or enrollment records at Waseda University, including investigating enrollment period and faculty from the \u201cAlumni Association List.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[91,122,76],"class_list":["post-6453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-alumni-en","tag-service-en","tag-outreach-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7513,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453\/revisions\/7513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}