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You’ve checked out our full State Research Guide: Alaska. Now join us for some fast facts and key resources.
Statehood: 1959
First available federal census: 1900
Statewide birth, death and marriage records begin: 1913
Public-land state
Boroughs: 18 (unorganized area is divided into 11 census areas)
Contact for vital records:
Bureau of Vital Statistics Department of Health and Social Services
Box 110675 Juneau, AK 99811 (907) 465-3391
<vitalrecords.alaska.gov/dph/bvs>
Websites
Dawson City Museum Pan for Gold Database
Valdez Museum and Archives: Gold Rush Database
Yukon and Alaska Genealogy Centre
Resources
Alaska People Index by Connie Bradbury (Alaska Historical Commission)
Alaska Place Names by Alan Edward Schorr (The Denali Press)
Alaska Sources: A Guide to Historical Records and information Resources by Connie Bradbury and David Albert Hales (Heritage Quest)
Organizations and Archives
Alaska Bureau of Land Management
222 W. Seventh Ave. #13, Anchorage, AK 99513, (907)271-5960
Alaska Historical Society
Box 100299, Anchorage, AK 99510, (907) 276-1596
Alaska State Archives
141 Willoughby Ave., Juneau, AK 99801, (907) 465-2270
Alaska State Library
333 Willoughby Ave., Eighth Floor, Juneau, AK 99811, (907) 465-2921
Anchorage Genealogical Society
Box 212265, Anchorage, AK 99521
Consortium Library (University of Alaska/Alaska Pacific University)
3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (907) 786-1848
Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1732 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (907) 474-7481
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