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

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Minidoka, Jerome, Idaho, United States
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Record Description
Record Type	Vital
Collection years	1942-1945
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Related Websites
Minidoka Internment Monument -National Park Service
Minidoka National Historic Site-National Park Service
Minidoka Relocation - Center National Park Service
Minidoka Museum Collection - National Park Service
Japanese Relocation During World War II - National Archives
Records about Japanese Americans Relocated DUring World War II NAID 574045
Records about Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II NARA Database
Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II ($)
Ethnic Groups of Idaho Ancestry ($)
Archive
Jerome County Historical Society, Idaho

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.

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

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Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1945 Japanese Engagement

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  1943 Japanese Marriage

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  1944 Japanese Death

Inventory

For the military records in this collection see Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945

DGS	Drawer	Collection	Historical Records Collection
DGS 102198868		Minidoka Internment Camp monument (newspaper clippings), 1942-1945
		Vital records card file index (mixed vitals)
DGS 102198846	22	Hunt Servicemen, 1944	Military Records
DGS 102198847	23	Japanese Army Inducted, 1943-1944	Military Records
DGS 102198848	23	Japanese Army Enlistee, 1943-1944	Military Records
DGS 102198849	23	Japanese Army Volunteer, 1943-1944	Military Records
DGS 102198850	23	Japanese Army promotion, 1943-1944	Military Records
DGS 102198851	23	Japanese Army Draftees, 1943-1944	Military Records
DGS 102198852	23	Japanese Army Wounded in action, 1943-1944	Military Records
DGS 102198853	23	Japanese Army Killed in action, 1943-1944	Military Records
DGS 102198854	23	Japanese Army Missing in action, 1943-1945	Military Records
DGS 102198855	23	Japanese Army Prisoner of War/Good Conduct Medal/Liberated, 1943-1945	Military Records
DGS 102198856	23	Japanese Army Induction/Enlisted Reservist/Honor Roll/Final Physical Call, 1943-1945	Military Records
DGS 102198857	24	Japanese Engagement-Wedding, 1943-1945	Mixed Vital Records
DGS 102198858	24	Japanese Births, 1943-1945	Mixed Vital Records
DGS 102198859	24	Japanese Deaths, 1943-1945	Mixed Vital Records

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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
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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

Other FamilySearch Collections

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

FamilySearch Catalog

• Final accountability roster of the Gila River Relocation Center, November, 1945
• United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1945-1946
• 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. 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
• Washington, King County, Seattle, alien and Japanese American registration forms, 1942-1946

FamilySearch Historical Records

• Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945
• United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946
• United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946
• United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945

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 FamilySearch Digital Library

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