Alaska Archives and Libraries

The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Alaska
Suzallo and Allen Library, Univ. of Washington· Alaska State Archives·Alaska State Library· University of Alaska, Anchorage· University of Alaska, Fairbanks· Anchorage Municipal Library· National Archives at Seattle· Family History Library· Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park Seattle· Library and Archives Branch Whitehorse, YT· Quesnel and District Museum, Quesnel, BC

Anchorage Alaska Museum of History and Art
625 C Street Anchorage Alaska, 99501 Telephone:907-929-9200 Fax:907-929-9290

Alaska State Archives
141 Willoughby Avenue Juneau, AK 99801 Telephone: 907-465-2270 Fax: 907-465-2465 The museum has an archive section. Website

National Archives at Seattle
6125 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, Washington 98115-7999 Telephone: 206-336-5115 Fax: 206-336-5112 The museum has an archive section. Website

Documents and materials generated by the United States Federal Government offices and courts for the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska are preserved here. Search the National Archives Catalog for information about the records that have been digitized.

Anchorage Alaska Museum of History and Art
121 W. 7th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 Telephone: 907-343-4326 Fax: 907-343-6149 The museum has an archive section.

Alaska State Archives Yukon Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics
PHYSICAL ADDRESS 395 Whittier Street Juneau, AK 99801

MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 110571 Juneau, AK 99811-0571 Fax: 907.465.2151 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

National Archives - Anchorage Alaska
654 West Third Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501-2145 Phone: (907) 271-2441 Website The best goverment source for federal records such as the U.S. Census Records, Social Security Death Index, Federal Land Patent Records, Naturalization Records, and Maps.

Alaska State Library
Physical address 395Whittier Street, Juneau, AK 99801

Mailing Address Alaska Historical Collections State Office Building P.O. Box 110571 Juneau, AK 99811-0571 Telephone: 907-465-2910 Fax: 907-465-2665 Website

University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library 310 Tanana Drive Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800 Telephone: 907-474-7224 Fax: 907-474-6841

Mailing address: P.O. Box 756800 Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800 Website

Genealogical Society of Southeastern Alaska
P.O. Box 6313 Ketchikan, AK 99901

Alaska Historical Society
P.O. Box 100299 Anchorage, AK 99510-0299 Telephone: 907-276-1596 Fax: 907-276-1596 Website

Two helpful guides to Alaska records are:


 * Ulibarri, George S. Documenting Alaskan History: Guide to Federal Archives Relating to Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1982.


 * University of Washington (Seattle) Library. The Dictionary Catalog of the Pacific Northwest Collection of the University of Washington (Seattle) Libraries. Six Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall and Company, 1972.