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| title =  Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945
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== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
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.
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.


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 ===
{{Image Visibility}}
== 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.


=== To Browse This Collection ===
The following information may be found in these records:
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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? ==
'''Military'''
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:
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*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
 
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== Collection Content ==
== Collection Content ==
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
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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 DGS102198846 00020.jpeg|1944 Armed Forces Record
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 DGS102198850 00004.jpeg|1943 Japanese Promotion
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198852 00008.jpeg|Japanese Wounded In Action
Image:Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 DGS102198852 00008.jpeg|1944 Japanese Wounded In Action
</gallery>
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== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==  
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
*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
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| CID=CID2821287
| scheduled=
}}
}}
=== 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 ===
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Idaho, United States Genealogy|Idaho]].
* [[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]]
* [[US Military Basic Search Strategies]]
* [[Beginning Research in United States Military Records]]


== Citing This Collection ==
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
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.
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
 
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"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.


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=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2820077 Idaho, Minidoka County, Minidoka, Japanese-Americans in World War II, 1942-1945]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/408246 Final accountability roster of the Gila River Relocation Center, November, 1945]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4092333 United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1945-1946]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2820079 Idaho, Minidoka County, Minidoka, newspapers : The Minidoka Irrigator, 1943-1945]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/598320 Census of Gila River Japanese concentration camp, Dec. 31, 1944]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2827612 Washington, King County, Seattle, alien and Japanese American registration forms, 1942-1946]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/413881  Paul Bailey. ''City in the sun : the Japanese concentration camp at Poston, Arizona.'' Los Angeles, California : Westernlore Press, c1971. FS Library 979.172 F2b]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/303732  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 ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2788625 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]


== How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki? ==
== Citing This Collection ==
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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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Minidoka, Jerome, Idaho,
United States
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Record Type Index cards to Minidoka Irrigator newspaper
Collection years 1942-1945
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Jerome County Historical Society, Idaho.


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.

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.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Index and Image Visibility

Whenever possible FamilySearch makes images and indexes available for all users. However, rights to view these data are limited by contract and subject to change. Because of this there may be limitations on where and how images and indexes are available or who can see them. Please be aware some collections consist only of partial information indexed from the records and do not contain any images. For additional information about image restrictions see Restrictions for Viewing Images in FamilySearch Historical Record Collections.

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 following information may be found in these records:

Military

  • 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

Sample Images

  • 1944 Armed Forces Record

    1944 Armed Forces Record

  • 1943 Japanese Promotion

    1943 Japanese Promotion

  • 1944 Japanese Wounded In Action

    1944 Japanese Wounded In Action

How Do I Search This Collection?

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

Search by name on the Collection Details Page.
  1. Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know
  2. Click Search to show possible matches

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 research log.

What Do I Do Next?

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
  • 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?

  • 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

Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Idaho.

Other FamilySearch Collections

These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

FamilySearch Historical Records

FamilySearch Digital Library

Citing This Collection

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:
The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection.
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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