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

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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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

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945
 * United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945
 * United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945
 * 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

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