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| CID = CID2821287
| title =  Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945
| title =  Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945
| location = Minidoka (Jerome)
| location = Idaho
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| LOC_01 = Idaho
| LOC_01 = Idaho
| LOC_02 = Jerome  
| LOC_02 = Jerome County
| LOC_02_type = County
| LOC_03 =  Minidoka
| LOC_03 =  Minidoka
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| State_flag = Idaho flag.png
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| record_type = Index cards to Minidoka Irrigator newspaper
| record_type = Military
| start_year = 1942
| start_year = 1942
| end_year = 1945
| end_year = 1945
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| FS_URL_01 = [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]]
| FS_URL_02 = [[Idaho Research Tips and Strategies#Idaho Record Finder|Idaho Record Finder]]
| FS_URL_02 = [[Idaho Military Records]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Idaho Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Idaho Archives and Libraries]]
| FS_URL_04 = Step-by-Step Research: [[Step-by-Step Idaho Research, 1850-1910|1850-1910]] {{!}} [[Step-by-Step Idaho Research, 1911-Present|1911-Present]]
| FS_URL_04 = [[Idaho Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[Idaho, United States Genealogy]]
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| FS_URL_06 = [[Japanese Americans in World War II]]
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| RW_URL_01 = [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8918 Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II] ($)  
| RW_URL_01 = [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8918 Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II] ($)  
| RW_URL_02 = {{RecordSearch|2127320|United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945}} Index
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== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection is a card index to the Minidoka Irrigator, a weekly newspaper, of those interned at the Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center, also known as Camp Hunt, located in Jerome County, Idaho from 1942-1945. Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps.
This collection is an index to military record index cards of those interned at the Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center, also known as Camp Hunt, located in Jerome County, Idaho from 1942-1945. Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century.


The Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center was opened August 10, 1942 and was in operation until October 28, 1945. It reached its’ maximum population of 9,397 in March 1943. Most of the internees came from the Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon areas with a few coming from Alaska.  
The Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center was opened August 10, 1942 and was in operation until October 28, 1945. It reached its’ maximum population of 9,397 in March 1943. Most of the internees came from the Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon areas with a few coming from Alaska.  


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=== Index and Image Visibility ===
=== To Browse This Collection ===
{{Image Visibility}}
{{Collection_Browse_Link
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|title = Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
The index cards reference the date and page of the ''Minidoka Irrigator'', a weekly newspaper published in and for the camp, in which the records can be found.
The index cards reference the date and page of the ''Minidoka Irrigator'', a weekly newspaper published in and for the camp, in which the records can be found. The military record index includes information pertaining to:
 
The following information may be found in these records:
 
'''Military'''
{{columns-list|4|
*Japanese enlistments
*Japanese enlistments
*Draftees
*Draftees
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*Medals
*Medals
*Honor roll
*Honor roll
*Those called for final physical
*Those called for final physical  
}}
 
== Collection Content ==
== Collection Content ==
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198846 00020.jpeg|1944 Armed Forces Record
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198846 00020.jpeg|Armed Forces Record
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198850 00004.jpeg|1943 Japanese Promotion
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198850 00004.jpeg|Japanese Promotion
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198852 00008.jpeg|1944 Japanese Wounded In Action
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198852 00008.jpeg|Japanese Wounded In Action
</gallery>
</gallery>
=== Inventory ===
For the mixed vital records in this collection see {{RecordSearch|2821288|Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945}}
{| class="wikitable"
! DGS !! Drawer !! Collection !! Historical Records Collection
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198868}} ||  || Minidoka Internment Camp monument (newspaper clippings), 1942-1945 ||
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|  ||  || Vital records card file index (mixed vitals) ||
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198846}} || 22 || Hunt Servicemen, 1944 || Military Records
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| {{FSHI|DGS=102198847}} || 23 || Japanese Army Inducted, 1943-1944 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198848}} || 23 || Japanese Army Enlistee, 1943-1944 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198849}} || 23 || Japanese Army Volunteer, 1943-1944 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198850}} || 23 || Japanese Army promotion, 1943-1944 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198851}} || 23 || Japanese Army Draftees, 1943-1944 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198852}} || 23 || Japanese Army Wounded in action, 1943-1944 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198853}} || 23 || Japanese Army Killed in action, 1943-1944 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198854}} || 23 || Japanese Army Missing in action, 1943-1945 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198855}} || 23 || Japanese Army Prisoner of War/Good Conduct Medal/Liberated, 1943-1945 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198856}} || 23 || Japanese Army Induction/Enlisted Reservist/Honor Roll/Final Physical Call, 1943-1945 || Military Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198857}} || 24 || Japanese Engagement-Wedding, 1943-1945 || Mixed Vital Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198858}} || 24 || Japanese Births, 1943-1945 || Mixed Vital Records
|-
| {{FSHI|DGS=102198859}} || 24 || Japanese Deaths, 1943-1945 || Mixed Vital Records
|}


== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
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*The name of the ancestor
*The name of the ancestor
*When the person was place in the relocation center
*When the person was place in the relocation center
=== Search the Index ===
=== Search the Index ===
{{Search Collection Link
{{Search Collection Link
| CID=CID2821287
| CID=CID2821287
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=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]].
== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
*Add any new information to your records
*Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death on the states and county level
*Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death on the states and county level
*Prior to internment, find the family in census records
*Prior to internment, find the family in census records
*Search for military records for the individual
*Search for military records for the individual
*Locate additional county records
*Locate additional county records
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*Check for variants of given names and surnames
*Check for variants of given names and surnames
*It was not uncommon for an individual to be listed under a nickname, middle name, an abbreviation, or even initials
*It was not uncommon for an individual to be listed under a nickname, middle name, an abbreviation, or even initials
*Search the records of nearby locations
*Search the records of nearby locations
=== Research Helps ===
===Record Finder===
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]].
Consult the [[Idaho Research Tips and Strategies]] and its Record Finder to search other records
* [[GuidedResearch:Idaho|Idaho Guided Research]]
 
* [[Idaho Research Tips and Strategies]]
== Citing This Collection ==
* Step-by-Step Research: [[Step-by-Step Idaho Research, 1850-1910|1850-1910]] {{!}} [[Step-by-Step Idaho Research, 1911-Present|1911-Present]]
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
* [[US Military Basic Search Strategies]]
* [[Beginning Research in United States Military Records]]


== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
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These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
"Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945." Database with images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. <nowiki>http://FamilySearch.org</nowiki> : accessed 2018. Custodian.


=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
{{Record_Citation}}
*{{FSC|2820077|item|disp=Idaho, Minidoka County, Minidoka, Japanese-Americans in World War II, 1942-1945}}
*{{FSC|408246|item|disp=Final accountability roster of the Gila River Relocation Center, November, 1945}}
*{{FSC|4092333|item|disp=United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1945-1946}}
*{{FSC|2820079|item|disp=Idaho, Minidoka County, Minidoka, newspapers : The Minidoka Irrigator, 1943-1945}}
*{{FSC|598320|item|disp=Census of Gila River Japanese concentration camp, Dec. 31, 1944}}
*{{FSC|2827612|item|disp=Washington, King County, Seattle, alien and Japanese American registration forms, 1942-1946}}
*Paul Bailey. ''City in the sun : the Japanese concentration camp at Poston, Arizona.'' Los Angeles, California : Westernlore Press, c1971. {{FSC|413881|item|disp=FS Library 979.172 F2b}}
*{{FSC|303732|item|disp= Edward N. Barnhart. ''Japanese American evacuation and resettlement : catalog of material in the General Library.'' Berkeley, California : Library Photographic Service, University of California, 19--original; published: Berkeley : University of California, General Library, 1958}}


=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
*{{RecordSearch|2729264|United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946}}
*{{RecordSearch|2821288|Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945}}
*{{RecordSearch|2043779|United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946}}


=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
*Estelle Rebec and Martin Rogin, comps. ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the War Relocation Authority : (Record group 210).'' Washington, D.C. : National Archives National Archives and Records Service General Services Administration, 1955 {{FSDL|742784}}


== Citing This Collection ==
== How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki? ==
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
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{{Collection citation}}
{{Record_Citation}}
[[Category:World War, 1939-1945]]

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What is in This Collection?[edit | edit source]

This collection is an index to military record index cards of those interned at the Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center, also known as Camp Hunt, located in Jerome County, Idaho from 1942-1945. Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century.

The Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center was opened August 10, 1942 and was in operation until October 28, 1945. It reached its’ maximum population of 9,397 in March 1943. Most of the internees came from the Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon areas with a few coming from Alaska.


To Browse This Collection[edit | edit source]

You will be able to browse through images in this collection when it is published.

What Can These Records Tell Me?[edit | edit source]

The index cards reference the date and page of the Minidoka Irrigator, a weekly newspaper published in and for the camp, in which the records can be found. The military record index includes information pertaining to:

  • Japanese enlistments
  • Draftees
  • Volunteers
  • Enlisted reservist reports
  • Hunt service men in armed forces
  • Promotions
  • Wounded in action
  • Killed in action
  • Missing in action
  • Prisoner of war
  • Liberated
  • Medals
  • Honor roll
  • Those called for final physical

Collection Content[edit | edit source]

Sample Images[edit | edit source]

  • Armed Forces Record

    Armed Forces Record

  • Japanese Promotion

    Japanese Promotion

  • Japanese Wounded In Action

    Japanese Wounded In Action

How Do I Search This Collection?[edit | edit source]

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

  • The name of the ancestor
  • When the person was place in the relocation center

Search the Index[edit | edit source]

You will be able to search this collection when it is published.

How Do I Analyze the Results?[edit | edit source]

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?[edit | edit source]

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?[edit | edit source]

  • Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death on the states and county level
  • Prior to internment, find the family in census records
  • Search for military records for the individual
  • Locate additional county records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?[edit | edit source]

  • Check for variants of given names and surnames
  • It was not uncommon for an individual to be listed under a nickname, middle name, an abbreviation, or even initials
  • Search the records of nearby locations

Record Finder[edit | edit source]

Consult the Idaho Research Tips and Strategies and its Record Finder to search other records

Citing This Collection[edit | edit source]

Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

Collection Citation

"Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2018. Custodian.

Record Citation:
When looking at a record, the citation can be viewed by clicking the drop-down arrow next to Document Information.


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