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Alaska Research Outline |
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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
NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP Residents of Alaska became citizens of the United States when Alaska was purchased in 1867 from Russia. Naturalization records For naturalization records after September 1906, contact the National Archives—Alaska Region or the local office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Some newspapers have been published in Alaska, and a few indexes have been compiled. Major research centers have indexes to early papers from Fairbanks, Seward, and Petersburg. The Family History Library has not collected Alaskan newspapers. The library has The Anchorage Times Obituaries Index, 1915-1980
for those arriving later have been filed in the judicial districts. Records for some of the districts, 1884 to 1959, are at the Alaska State Archives. Old territorial records of Fairbanks, Juneau, and Nome have been transferred to the superior court. The Family History Library has not acquired naturalization records for Alaska.
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NEWSPAPERS
A helpful periodical Historical and biographical information about pioneers in early Alaska is in The Pathfinder of Alaska: A Monthly Journal of the Pioneers of Alaska, 1919-1926 (Ketchikan: N.p., 1919-26; not at the FHL).
Probate records The Family History Library does not have copies of probate records from Alaska. They are available at the archives and offices mentioned in the “Court Records” section of this outline.
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PERIODICALS
for Alaska research is North Star Nuggets, 1975 (published by the Fairbanks Genealogical Society, c/o Betty Feakes, ed., 1552 Noble Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701; FHL book 979.86 B2n; vol. 1 on film 1321462 item 10). Only one volume has been published.
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PROBATE RECORDS
of Alaska were kept by the district courts prior to statehood. The superior court now has jurisdiction over probate matters.
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