Ancestry® makes new record collection available for free to honor the 125,000+ people of Japanese descent unjustly incarcerated during and after World War II
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星期三, 四月 24, 2024
LEHI, Utah, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of a philanthropic initiative to make history that is at risk of being forgotten available to everyone for free, Ancestry® – the global leader in family history – announced it has published and made freely available on its site the first comprehensive list of over 125,000 persons of Japanese descent who were unjustly imprisoned between December 1942 and January 1948.
Key Points:
- Originally compiled by the Irei Project , the list of names was first published in a 1,000-page book (The Ireichō) at the Japanese American National Museum and as an online monument (The Ireizō).
- Now, people around the world will also be able to digitally search the collection on Ancestry to gain critical information about their family history including names, birthdates, and incarceration locations.
- "We're proud to partner with Ancestry to make this accurate and comprehensive list of every person of Japanese heritage incarcerated during WWII available to everyone," says Duncan Ryuken Williams, director of the Irei Project.
- "By honoring their names, we proudly represent their individuality, their personhood, and their dignity, not afforded to them in their unjust incarceration."