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| link3= [[Jerome County, Idaho|Jerome]]
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| CID = CID2821288
| CID = CID2821288
| title = Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945
| title = Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945
| location = Minidoka (Jerome)
| location = Idaho
| scheduled =
| LOC_01 = Idaho
| LOC_01 = Idaho
| LOC_02 = Jerome  
| LOC_02 = Jerome County
| LOC_02_type = County
| LOC_03 = Minidoka
| LOC_03 = Minidoka
| loc_map = US_Locator_Map_Idaho_Jerome.jpg
| loc_map = US_Locator_Map_Idaho_Jerome.jpg
| state_loc_map = US Locator Idaho.png
| state_loc_map = US Locator Idaho.png
| State_flag = Idaho flag.png
| State_flag = Idaho flag.png
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| start_year = 1942
| start_year = 1942
| end_year = 1945
| end_year = 1945
| FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Idaho|Idaho Guided Research]]
| 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 History]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Idaho Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Idaho Minorities]]
| 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 Archives and Libraries]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[Idaho, United States Genealogy]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[Idaho Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_06 = [[Idaho History]]
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| FS_URL_07 = [[Idaho Minorities]]
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| FS_URL_08 = [[Idaho Archives and Libraries]]
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| RW_URL_01 = [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ethnic_Groups_of_Idaho Ethnic Groups of Idaho] Ancestry
| FS_URL_12 =
| RW_URL_02 = {{RecordSearch|2127320|United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945}} Index
| FS_URL_13 =
| RW_URL_03 = [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8918 Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II] ($)  
| FS_URL_14 =
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| RW_URL_05 =
| Coverage =
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| Inventory =
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| DFNL =
| RW_URL_08 =
| RW_URL_01 =[https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/upload/Historic-Resource-Study-MIIN-A-L-Meger.pdf Minidoka Internment Monument -National Park Service]
| RW_URL_09 =  
| RW_URL_02 =[https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/places.htm Minidoka National Historic Site-National Park Service]
| RW_URL_10 =  
| RW_URL_03 =[https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/minidokas-honor-roll.htm Minidoka Relocation - Center National Park Service]
| custodian =
| RW_URL_04 =[https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/collections.htm Minidoka Museum Collection - National Park Service]
| RW_URL_05 =[https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation Japanese Relocation During World War II - National Archives]
| RW_URL_06 =[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/574045 Records about Japanese Americans Relocated DUring World War II  NAID 574045]
| RW_URL_07 =[https://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=623&cat=WR26&bc=,sl Records about Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II NARA Database] 
| RW_URL_08 =[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8918 Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II] ($)
| RW_URL_09 =[http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ethnic_Groups_of_Idaho Ethnic Groups of Idaho] Ancestry ($)
| RW_URL_10 =
| custodian = Jerome County Historical Society, Idaho
}}
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== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection is an index to mixed vital 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. The mixed vital records included in this index are deaths, engagements, and weddings. The index card images 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 as well as the record type, name, and any other pertinent information for the record. The Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center (also known as Camp Hunt) in Jerome County, Idaho 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 (200) also coming from Alaska.


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=== To Browse This Collection ===
=== Index and Image Visibility ===
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
 
== Collection Content ==
== Collection Content ==
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
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Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198857 00035.jpeg|1945 Japanese Engagement
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198857 00035.jpeg|Japanese Engagement
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198857 00110.jpeg|1943 Japanese Marriage
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198857 00110.jpeg|Japanese Marriage
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198859 00015.jpeg|1944 Japanese Death
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198859 00015.jpeg|Japanese Death
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Inventory ===
For the military records in this collection see {{RecordSearch|2821287|Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military 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
|-
| {{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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=== 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
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*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]]
* Step-by-Step Research: [[Step-by-Step Idaho Research, 1850-1910|1850-1910]] {{!}} [[Step-by-Step Idaho Research, 1911-Present|1911-Present]]
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*{{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|598320|item|disp=Census of Gila River Japanese concentration camp, Dec. 31, 1944}}
*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}}
*{{FSC|2827612|item|disp=Washington, King County, Seattle, alien and Japanese American registration forms, 1942-1946}}


=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
== Citing This Collection ==
*{{RecordSearch|2821287|Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945}}
*{{RecordSearch|2729264|United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946}}
*{{RecordSearch|2043779|United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946}}
*[[United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese - FamilySearch Historical Records|United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945]]


=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
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.
*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}}
 
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Minidoka, Jerome County, Idaho,
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What is in This Collection?[edit | edit source]

To Browse This Collection[edit | edit source]

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

Collection Content[edit | edit source]

Sample Images[edit | edit source]


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

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

  • The name of the person
  • The approximate age of the individual

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 Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accesed 2018. Custodian.

Record Citation:
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