The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free on Ancestry. The genealogy company announced Wednesday it is collaborating with the Irei Project, which has been working to memorialize more than 125,000 detainees.
FILE - Richard Katsuda, educator and co-chair of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress opens the LA Day of Remembrance at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles , Feb. 18, 2023. The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
The website, known as one of the largest global online resources of family history, is collaborating with the Irei Project, which has been working to memorialize more than 125,000 detainees. It’s an ideal partnership as the project’s researchers were already utilizing Ancestry. Some of the site’s collections include nearly 350,000 records.
People will be able to look at more than just names and tell “a bigger story of a person,” said Duncan Ryūken Williams, the Irei Project director. “Being able to research and contextualize a person who has a longer view of family history and community history, and ultimately, American history, that’s what it’s about — this collaboration,” Williams told told The Associated Press exclusively.on Feb. 19, 1942, to allow for the incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry. The thousands of citizens — two-thirds of whom were Americans — were unjustly forced to leave their homes and relocate to camps with barracks and barbed wire.
“So, our project, we say it’s a project of remembrance as well as a project of repair,” Williams said. “We try to correct the historical record.”at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles that contains a list of verified names the week of Feb. 19, which is a Day of Remembrance for the Japanese American Community. The book, called the Ireichō, will be on display until Dec. 1.
General News CA State Wire U.S. News Government Programs Criminal Punishment Race And Ethnicity Los Angeles Japan Government F Technology A N Race And Ethnicity
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ancestry website to catalogue names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War IIThe names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free on Ancestry
Read more »
‘Prelude to World War III': World leaders react to Iran's air attack against IsraelWorld leaders called for calm and restraint in the aftermath of Iran’s large-scale air attacks on Israel.
Read more »
How a new class of Japanese stars is changing baseballJapanese stars help shape MLB. Now MLB helps shape Japanese baseball, too.
Read more »
Japanese PM Kishida tells Congress the U.S. must play leading role in the worldThe speech comes a day after Kishida joined President Joe Biden where they outlined new military cooperation plans and projects.
Read more »
Japanese Silent Cinema And LA History Collide With 'Art Of The Benshi' World TourVictoria Alejandro is a podcast producer at LAist Studios working in all things arts, culture, and Los Angeles. She received her Masters in journalism from USC Annenberg and immediately dove head first into the audio production world.
Read more »
Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian childrenAn international team of doctors was prepared for the worst before visiting a hospital in central Gaza. The doctors were nevertheless stunned by the gruesome impact that Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children. One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike.
Read more »