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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
DIRECTORIES Directories
The Family History Library has a microfilm copy of directories of 13 Alaskan towns for 1923-24 (FHL film 934824 item 2).
The earliest European inhabitants were Russian fur traders who first came to Kodiak Island in 1783. After Alaska was purchased by the United States, mineral deposits replaced furs as the chief economic attraction.
Juneau and Douglas were gold-mining camps that sprang up in the 1880s, but a greater boom was the Klondike gold rush Some people who arrived during the gold rush stayed on in Alaska, but many returned to the “lower 48.” Homesteading The Alaska population has increased steadily since 1929. The Great Depression and World War II The North Slope oil discoveries of the late 1960s brought another wave of immigration. When Alaska became a state in 1959, half of the state's population had resided in the state less than five years. Many residents were from western states. Only about one-fifth of the white population was born in Alaska.
Native peoples (Eskimos Passenger lists for Alaskan ports are not available. More information on U.S. immigration sources is in the United States Research Outline.
Several excellent gazetteers Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1967. (FHL book 979.8 E5d; film 1321413 item 2.)
Schorr, Alan Edward. Alaska Place Names. 2d ed. Juneau: University of Alaska, 1980. (FHL book 979.8 E2a; film 1321402.) Supplement to Donald Orth's book, above.
Phillips, James W. Alaska-Yukon Place Names. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1973. (FHL book 970 E2p.)
R. L. Polk & Co. Polk's 1923-24 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory. Seattle: R.L. Polk, 1923. (FHL film 934824 item 2.)
Geographic Dictionary of Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1902. (FHL film 973763 item 2.)
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of heads of households have been published for major cities in Alaska. For example, the Family History Library has:
1959, 1970, 1975
FHL book 979.86 E4p
1959, 1960, 1965,
1969-70, 1980, 1985
FHL book 979.83/A1 E4p
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EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
of the late 1890s. Most of the miners who headed to the Klondike in the Yukon Territory of Canada were Americans, and most of them passed through Alaska. Gold miners founded Nome in 1899 and Fairbanks in 1902. Anchorage was founded in 1915 as the headquarters of the Alaska Railroad, then under construction, and has since become the center of population.
was not legal in Alaska until 1898, and those filing homestead claims after that date did not have to remain on the land in order to retain their rights.
brought many people seeking employment. The United States government settled about 200 families from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the Matanuska Valley, fifty miles from Anchorage.
, Aleuts, and other Indian groups) constitute about one-sixth of Alaska's present population. Some records about them are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under ALASKA - NATIVE RACES. Additional records are listed in the Subject Search of the catalog under ALEUTS and ESKIMOS and other Indian tribes and language groups. Other ethnic groups in Alaska include Scandinavians, Japanese, and Filipinos.
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GAZETTEERS
of Alaska have been published. Some of the most helpful are:
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