Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Minidoka, Jerome, Idaho, United States
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Location of Minidoka, Jerome County, Idaho
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Record Description
Record Type	Index cards to Minidoka Irrigator newspaper
Collection years	1942-1945
FamilySearch Resources
Idaho Guided Research
Idaho Record Finder
Idaho Research Tips and Strategies
Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1910 | 1911-Present
Idaho, United States Genealogy
Japanese Americans in World War II
Related Websites
Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II ($)
United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945 Index
Archive
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.

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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

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  1944 Armed Forces Record

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  1943 Japanese Promotion

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  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

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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.

• Idaho Guided Research
• Idaho Research Tips and Strategies
• Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1910 | 1911-Present
• US Military Basic Search Strategies
• Beginning Research in United States Military Records

Other FamilySearch Collections

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

FamilySearch Catalog

• Idaho, Minidoka County, Minidoka, Japanese-Americans in World War II, 1942-1945
• Final accountability roster of the Gila River Relocation Center, November, 1945
• United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1945-1946
• Idaho, Minidoka County, Minidoka, newspapers : The Minidoka Irrigator, 1943-1945
• Census of Gila River Japanese concentration camp, Dec. 31, 1944
• 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. FS Library 979.172 F2b
• 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

• United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946
• Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Mixed Vital Records, 1942-1945
• 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

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