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World War II Japanese American Incarceration: Property and Census Records

Even as (Japanese emigrants and their descendants) communities experienced a monumental economic loss, with estimates reaching the billions, their personal loss was deepened with the breach of privacy caused by the disclosure of confidential census data. Federal records detail some aspects of the damage鈥攊ncluding property seized by the government, property purportedly protected by the War Relocation Authority, and the Census Bureau鈥檚 complicity in supplying data to surveillance agencies. Records also document property held by Japanese Latin Americans.

For more information and to request access to the records below, click the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier to access the records description in the  and contact the 威尼斯人娱乐场 and Records Administration (NARA) office identified under 鈥淎rchived Copy.鈥�  

 

World War II Incarceration - Resources for Genealogists

Conducting genealogical research on formerly incarcerated Japanese and Japanese Americans can present a challenge for even the most adept researcher. Additional details can be found under the World War II Japanese American Incarceration: Researching an Individual or Family page.

    Property Records

    Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State (Record Group 84)

    Records Regarding Japanese Assets in Brazil, 1946鈥�1947 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ); Hungary, 1945鈥�1948 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ); and Peru, 1945鈥�1949 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

    Records Relating to the Protection of Japanese Interests in Brazil, 1946鈥�1947 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Includes the archives of the former Japanese Embassy, the sale of Japanese property, Japanese assets, and Japanese interests.

    Office of the Alien Property Custodian (Record Group 131)

    Below represent a sample list. For additional records related to seized Japanese owned businesses, here are the query results from the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog for .

    • Administrative Records, 1941鈥�1955 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Records document internees from Hawai鈥檌 and alien property reports.
    • Copyright Cards, ca. 1942鈥� ca.1967 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Records include tracking cards for vested Japanese films. 
    • Investigative Case Files, 1943鈥�1955 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Records relate to Japanese firms and individuals who were subject to having their properties vested.
    • Japanese Bank Records, 1942鈥揷a. 1955 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Records detail the liquidation and settlement of bank accounts by the Office of Alien Property.

    Farm Service Agency (Record Group 145)

      Records document confiscated property held by Japanese and Japanese American farmers.

        Store closing sign in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

        In Los Angeles County, CA:

        • Administrative Files Relating to the Requisition of Idle Farm Machinery, 1941鈥�1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
        • Records Relating to the Purchase of Idle Farm Machinery, 1942鈥�1943 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
        • Case Files for the Requisition of Equipment Owned by Farmers of Japanese Ancestry, ca. 1943鈥揷a. 1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

        In Orange County, CA:

          • Case Files for the Requisition of Idle Farm Machinery, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ) 
          • Subject Files Relating to the Requisition of Idle Farm Machinery, 1941鈥�1947 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          War Relocation Authority (WRA) (Record Group 210)

          Subject-Classified General Files, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): WRA鈥檚 management and disposal of properties.

          List of property owned by Japanese Americans prior to mass removal.

          • Evacuee Real Property Inventory Cards, 1942鈥�1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Evacuee Contraband Property Inventories, 1944鈥�1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Lists of Evacuee Properties in California Counties, March 1, 1942鈥揂pril 14, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          Records document the management and disposal of properties overseen by the Federal Reserve Bank鈥檚 Evacuee Property Department. View the recorded Public Program on 鈥淟ocating the Relocated鈥� from the WWII Incarceration main page with useful tips on accessing these records.

          • Portland Branch Evacuee Property Files, March 18, 1942鈥揓une 30, 1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ) 
          • San Francisco Branch Evacuee Property Files, March 18, 1942鈥揓une 30, 1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          Office of Defense Transportation (Record Group 219) 

          Subject Files, 1944 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): Includes documents related to trucks seized from incarcerated Japanese American farmers for sale to actively producing farmers.

          Office of Foreign Funds Control (Record Group 265)

          Property reports filed by enemy alien nationals residing in Hawai鈥檌.

          • Internee Reports, 1942鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ) and Index (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Individual Financial Asset Reports, 1941鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ) and Index (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          U.S. Army Forces in the Middle Pacific (World War II) (Record Group 494)

          Office of the Property Comptroller, Military Government of the Territory of Hawai鈥檌.

          • General Records, 1943鈥�1947 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Records Relating to Funds Belonging to Internees, 1943鈥�1947 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Correspondence and Receipts Relating to Japanese Mission Property, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Records Concerning the Signal Office Relating to Surrendered or Impounded Radio Equipment, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Records Related to Claims for Surrendered Radios, Camera Equipment, and Other Personal Property, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Records Pertaining to the Release of Surrendered or Impounded Firearms and Ammunition, 1943鈥�1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Internee Property Case Files, 1943鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          鈥�Census Records

          Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29)

          Records Relating to the War History Project, March 1946鈥揝eptember 1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          Subject Files, ca. 1899鈥�1950 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          • [14] Agriculture-1945 Census-POW Camps and Relocation Centers (file unit 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          Records Relating to the War History Project, March 1946鈥揝eptember 1946 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: ): 

          • Includes records related to statistics collected between February 26鈥揓une 7, 1942, on Japanese Americans who were removed from the Pacific Coast States.

          Department of Commerce (Record Group 40)

          General Correspondence, 1903鈥�1950 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )

          Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (LP-FDR)

          Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Papers, 1866鈥�1960 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )鈥�

          • General Correspondence 1933鈥�1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
          • Diaries of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., April 27, 1933鈥揓uly 21, 1945 (威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: )
            • Morgenthau, Henry Jr. 1943b. Letter from the Treasury Secretary to Jesse Jones, August 4, 1943. [Book 655, August 10鈥�12, 1943, Microfilm reel 190, frame 198.]
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