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Guide to Ketchikan Gateway Borough Alaska genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
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Location in the state of Alaska
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Founded	information needed
County Seat
Courthouse
Address	Ketchikan Gateway Borough 344 Front Street Ketchikan, AK 99901-6431 Phone: 907-228-6625 http://www.borough.ketchikan.ak.us/[1]

Historical Facts

Neighboring Boroughs, Census Areas, and Regional Districts

• Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska - east and west
• City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska - north
• Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia - east
• Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, British Columbia - south (water boundary only, across Dixon Entrance to Hecate Strait)
  

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

Census

Church Records

Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden name; and death date.

For general information about Alaska denominations, see the Alaska Church Records wiki page.

The Family History Library also has copies of many Alaskan church records. To find a list in the Family History Library Catalog, do a Place Search for Alaska, the borough, or the town.

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local History

Local histories are available for Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Borough histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Alaska Local Histories.

Land and Property

The first general land office was established at Sitka, Alaska in 1885. Records of subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, are filed at the office of the district recorder in each judicial district. The Family History Library has not acquired copies of Alaskan land records.

Maps

Military

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

To access newspapers, contact public libraries, college or university libraries, or the Library of Congress.

For more Alaska newspaper information, see the Newspaper Guides on the wiki page Alaska Newspapers.

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Probate records of Alaska were kept by the district courts prior to statehood. The superior court now has jurisdiction over probate matters. They are available at the archives and offices mentioned in Alaska Court Records. The Family History Library does not have copies of probate records from Alaska.

An index with about 17,000 probate cases from the district court system from 1884 to 1960 is available online. It is arranged alphabetically. See Alaska Probate Records Index.

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Ketchikan Alaska Family History Center
  

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Taxation

Alaska tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the tax records. The Family History Library has not filmed Alaska tax records.

Real and personal property tax records are kept at the borough's Assessors office.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Department of Health and Social Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics. This office has birth, death and marriage records since 1890's, though, many before 1930 were not registered with the Bureau. It also has divorce records since 1950. For more information, including how to find earlier records, check Alaska Vital Records.

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Places

Web Sites

• Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska GenWeb Project.
• The Family History Library Catalog has some records for Ketchikan, Alaska.
• Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
  

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ketchikan Gateway Borough p. 48. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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