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GENEALOGYLook this term up in the glossary.

Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person.

Fred Milan and Edna MacLean studied northern EskimoLook this term up in the glossary. families and compiled family groups for six generations for 1825 to 1875. Some of this information (including dates and places of birth, sex, and whether full-blooded or part Eskimo) was published in:

Genealogical Record of Point Hope, Wainwright, and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska Eskimo Families 1825-1975. N.p., 198-. (FHL book 979.8 D2g; film 1035774 item 8.)

MacLean, Edna A. Genealogical Record of Barrow Eskimo Families. Barrow, Alaska: Naval Research Laboratory, 1971. (FHL fiche 6331386).

An index that gives references to over 1,800 members of the Alaska Pioneer Organization is A Guide to the Pathfinder: A Monthly Journal of the Pioneers of Alaska, 1919-1926. This index is available at the Alaska Historical Library.


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HISTORYLook this term up in the glossary.

The following important events in the history of Alaska affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements.

1783

Russian fur traders established the first white settlement on Kodiak Island.

1804

Sitka was permanently founded by the Russians. It served as Alaska's capital until 1906, when the capital was moved to Juneau.

1824-1828

In treaties with the United States and Great Britain, Russia agreed to recognize latitude 54° 40 N as Alaska's southern boundary and longitude 141° W as the eastern boundary. Further boundary adjustments between Alaska and British Columbia were made in 1903.

1867

The United States purchased Alaska from Russia.

1884

Congress passed the first Organic Act, providing a governor and federal courts for Alaska.

1896

The Klondike gold strikeLook this term up in the glossary. started a rush to the Canadian Yukon Territory. Gold was discovered at Nome in 1899 and at Fairbanks in 1902.

1912

Congress passed the second Organic Act, establishing Alaska as a U.S. territory and providing for a territorial legislature.

1959

Alaska became a state.

An especially helpful source for studying the history of Alaska is William R. Hunt, Alaska: A Bicentennial History (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1976; FHL book 979.8 H2hu).

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