Researching Shigeo Arai
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Records of Shigeo Arai on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Shigeo Arai and the Arai Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Arai Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Arai family tree.
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Arai Genealogy Databases
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Arai Forums
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Some Famous People called Shigeo Arai
Shigeo Arai
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1936 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, setting a world record. In the individual 100 m race he finished almost simultaneously with Masanori Yusa and Masaharu Taguchi and was awarded a bronze medal. Those Games were the only international competition for Arai, though he won three national titles in the 100 m and four in the 200 m freestyle between 1937 and 1940.
While serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was killed in action in Burma.
Source: Shigeo Arai, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Arai
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