Alaska, Census of the Pribilof Islands - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1875-1910.

Digital images of census records from the collections at the Alaska State Archives.

Record Content
Census records may contain the following information:
 * Name
 * Age
 * Gender
 * Place of birth
 * Place of parents’ birth
 * Current residence
 * Race
 * Marital status
 * Years married
 * Year immigrated
 * Family members living in same residence
 * Occupation

How to Use the Record
As you are searching, it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor's:
 * given name and surname
 * some identifying information such as residence and age
 * family relationships

Search the Collection
To browse by image: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒ Select the 'Waiting to see images' category which takes you to the images.

Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

Using the Information
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors. For example:


 * Use the age listed to determine an approximate birth date. This date along with the place of birth can help you find a birth record. Birth records often list biographical and marital details about the parents and close relatives other than the immediate family.
 * Birth places can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * Use the race information to find records related to that ethnicity such as records of the Freedman’s Bureau or Indian censuses.

Tips to Keep in Mind

 * It is often helpful to extract the information on all families with the same surname in the same general area. If the surname is uncommon, it is likely that those living in the same area were related.
 * Be sure to extract all families before you look at other records. The relationships given will help you to organize family groups. The family groupings will help you identify related families when you discover additional information in other records.
 * Married family members may have lived nearby but in a separate household so you may want to search an entire town, neighboring towns, or even a municipality.
 * You may be able to identify an earlier generation if elderly parents were living with or close by a married child.
 * Additional searches may be needed to locate all members of a particular family in the census.
 * You should also be aware that the census may identify persons for whom other records do not exist.

Unable to Find Your Ancestor?

 * Check for variant spellings of the names.
 * Search the records of nearby localities (or military units, municipalities, etc.).
 * You may need to search for your ancestor by their Indian, Russian or American name.

General Information about These Records

 * Physical description or format of the original material
 * History of the record
 * Why the record was created
 * Reliability of the information in the record
 * Percentage of the population covered in the record
 * Preservation quality of the record

Related Websites

 * Alaska GenWeb Project
 * Alaska Census Finder
 * Alaska Genealogy
 * Alaska State Archives
 * Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Census Data
 * Alaska Population Counts
 * Census Maps of Alaska

Related Wiki Articles

 * United States Census, 1900 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * United States Census, 1910 (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Citations for This Collection
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