Alaska Genealogy Resources
Alaska Collection
Z.J. Loussac Public Library

In the Alaska Collection of the Z.J. Loussac Public Library, one copy of each book stays in the library for reference and research. The call number is preceded by AK-R. If there is a second copy, that book will have an N call number and a blue dot on the spine indicating it may be checked out. Books with AK-RARE preceding the call number are kept in a locked cabinet. Please ask the Alaska Reference Librarian for help.

Click on the title to check for location and availability. You may place a request to have non-reference books held for you.

Standard Reference Source  
Alaska Sources: a Guide to Historical Records and Information Resources. AK-R 979.8 BRADBUR


Biographical Information  
Alaska: Who's Here, What's Doing, Who's Doing It, 1955.
Biographical sketches of 500 people living in Alaska in 1955.
N 920.0798 JEFFERY
Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, 1850-1950.
A 3-volume work of biographical material from the gold rush and early development of Alaska and the Yukon Territory.
N 929.39798 FERRELL 
Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories.
By E.S. Harrison.
AK-RARE
917.98 HARRISO
Tewkesbury's Who's Who in Alaska and Alaska Business Index.
"Persons selected for listing are those who maintained a home in the territory and who are notable for worthy achievement." Published in 1947.
N 920.0798 TEWKESB
Who's Who in Alaskan Politics, a Biographical Dictionary of Alaskan Political Personalities, 1884-1974.
Brief biographical sketches.
N 920 ATWOOD


Cemetery Records and Obituaries  
Alaska Magazine.
"End of the Trail", 1970-present.
AK PERIODICAL
Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Death Records and Cemetery Inscriptions. N 929.509783 ALASKA
Anchorage Times Obituaries Index, 1915-1965. AK-R 929.3 ANCHORA 
Anchorage Times Obituaries Index, 1965-1980. AK-R 929.3 ANCHORA 
Anchorage Times Obituary Index, 1981-1990. AK-R 929.3 ANCHORA 
Anchorage Obituary Index, 1991-1995. N 929.3 ANCHORA
Anchorage Obituary Index, 1996-2000. N 929.3 ANCHORA
The Cemetery Book.
A compilation of people interred in cemeteries located in the municipality
of Anchorage, Alaska.
N 929.3097983 CEMETER
Clay Street Cemetery Burial List, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Alphabetical list of names, dates of birth, dates of death, locations in
cemetery.
AK-R 929.5097986 FAIRBAN
Funeral Records, Juneau, Alaska: Master Index.
[1898-1964]
AK-R 929.5097982 FUNERAL
Index of Alaska Obituaries from Various Sources with a Supplement of Obituaries from Sources in the Ketchikan Area. [1899-1995]
Compiled from newspapers, magazines, books, and grave markers.
 
AK-R 929.3 DEARMON
Index of Death Certificates, Seward, Alaska, 1903-1949. AK-R 929.37983 LUNDINE
Memory Eternal I: A Baseline Inventory of the Burials Surrounding
the Holy Ascension Cathedral at Unalaska, Alaska
.
N 929.509783 MURRAY
Northern Lights Cemetary [i.e. Cemetery] Inventory. AK-R 929.5097986 CASPER
Point Comfort Cemetery Restoration Project, Sunrise, Alaska. AK-R 979.83 BUZZELL
Sitka, Alaska Death and Burial Register to 1986. AK-R 929.37982 ANDERSE
Skagway, Alaska, Gold Rush Cemetery: History and Guidebook. AK-R 979.82 CHOATE

Directories of Names and Businesses  
Alaska Directory and Gazetteer, 1932-1935. AK-RARE 920 ALASKA 
Alaska People Index.
Vol. 1 is an index to names found in the Alaska Sportsman 1939-1969;
Vol. 2 is an index to individuals who appear in 23 unique Alaskan sources.
AK-R 979.8 BRADBUR
The Alaska-Yukon Gold Book. [1930] AK-R 917.98 SOURDOU
Index to Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths in the Archives of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Alaska.
In 3 volumes, 1816-1936.
AK MFORM
929.3798 INDEX
An Index to Dawson City, Yukon Territory and Alaska Directory
and Gazetteer, Alaska-Yukon Directory and Gazetteer, and Polk's Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1901-1912.
AK-R 920 HALES
Klondike Stampeders Register: a Chronology of the Klondike Gold Rush, 1897-1898.
Most entries are brief, however, a few are a half page or more.
AK-R 971.91 PENNING
Lost & Found in Alaska and the Klondike.
An index of 40,000 names of people in Alaska, the Klondike and the Cassiar before 1940.
AK-R 929.3798 BEEMAN

Computer Databases
Polar Pac. [CD-ROM]
Includes the Bibliography of Alaska and Polar Regions ANCESTORS databases, which contain the names of over 130,000 Alaska pioneers. Available on Level 2 in the Alaska Collection.

General Sources  
Alaska Mining History: a Source Document. N 622.09798 HEINER
Alaska Territorial Telephone Books, 1906-1958: a Collection on Microfiche. AK-R 384.6065 MERRELL 
Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. N 917.98003 ORTH 
Directory of Alaska Postoffices and Postmasters. N 383.145025798 RICKS
North to Alaska: an Overview of Immigrants to Alaska, 1867-1945. AK-R 304.89798 NORRIS

Government Resources  
12th Census. Alaska, 1900.
Microfilm of enumerator sheets, with soundex index.
AK MFORM
317.983 UNITED
13th Census. Alaska, 1910.
Microfilm of enumerator sheets, no soundex index.
AK MFORM
317.983 UNITED
14th Census of Population, 1920. Alaska.
Microfilm of enumerator sheets, with soundex index.
AK MFORM
317.983 UNITED
Alaskan Census Records, 1870-1907. N 929.3798 JACKSON
Guide to the Holdings of the National Archives: Alaska Region. N 929.373 UNITED
Guide to the Probate Records for Alaska, 1885-1960. N 346.052 GUIDE-T

Internet Resources
Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics
Alaska GenWeb
Anchorage Municipal Libraries Alaskana Resources
Anchorage Obituary Index, 1981-1999; Anchorage High School Yearbook Index, 1917-1972.
Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery
Blacks in Alaska History Project
Museums and Historical Societies in Alaska
Pan for Gold Database (Yukon, 1896-1900)

Newspaper/Journal Indexes and Guides  
1898-1922 Vital Records of Alaska & Yukon (Marriage, Death, Birth, Divorce, Anniversary & Christening): as Reported in the
Weekly Douglas Island Newspaper, Douglas, Alaska.
AK-R 929.5097982 EIGHTEE
Alaska Newspapers on Microfilm, 1866-1998.
Valuable resource for starting any research on newspapers in Alaska.
N 071.98 ALASKA
Alaska Weekly (Seattle) 1923-1948: Index by Date with Subject Guide. AK-R 909.82 DEARMON
Births, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths Reported in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1940-1949. N 979.86 BIRTHS
A Guide to the Pathfinder: a Monthly Journal of the Pioneers of Alaska, 1919-1926. AK-R 979.804 TILLOTS 
Index of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces in Fairbanks,
Alaska Newspapers, 1903-1930.
N 979.86016 INDEX
An Index to Mining-Related Articles in Ketchikan Newspapers,
1901-1936.
N 622.3422 REDMAN
Index to the Petersburg Newspapers, 1913-1916. N 071.982 FORREST
Index to the Seward Gateway, a Newspaper, 1904-1910. AK-R 070.16 STALLIN
Name Authority File for Fairbanks, Alaska Newspapers: 1908-February, 1914.
Lists 2,500 names that appeared in Fairbanks newspapers of the period.
N 071.7986016 NAME
Subject Index to the Alaskan, 1885-1907, a Sitka Newspaper. N 071.7982016 DEARMO 
Vital Records from Alaska Daily Empire [Juneau].
The three volumes cover the years 1916-1930.
AK-R 929.37982 VITAL-R

Browsing the Shelves  
Try these call numbers:  
AK-R 071 (for newspaper indexes) AK-R 929 (for genealogy)



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