Genealogy Resources in the Collection at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library

In the Z.J. Loussac Public Library Alaska Collection, 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 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 assistance.

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

Biographical Information Alaska: Who’s Here, What’s Doing, Who’s Doing It. Contains N 920.0798 JEFFERY biographical paragraphs on 500 people living in Alaska in 1955 . Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, 1850-1950. A 5-volume AK-R 929.39798 FERRELL work of biographical material from the period of early development of Alaska and the Yukon. The information was gleaned from obituaries, magazine articles and books; and the articles include the source of the information. Legends & Legacies, Anchorage 1910-1935 . Written by John P. N 979.83504 BAGOY Bagoy about early Anchorage families. Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies AK-RARE 917.98 HARRISO and Stories by E. S. Harrison (1905). Tewkesbury’s Who’s Who in Alaska and Alaska Business Index. N 920.0798 TEWKESB (1947) “Persons selected for listing are those who maintained a home in the territory and who are notable for worthy achievement.” Who’s Who in Alaskan Politics, a Biographical Dictionary of N 920 ATWOOD Alaskan Political Personalities, 1884-1974. Brief biographical sketches written by Evangeline Atwood & Robert DeArmond.

Cemetery Records and Obituaries Alaska Magazine (“End of the Trail”), 1970-present. AK PERIODICAL Obituaries Index, 1915-1965. AK-R 929.3 ANCHORA Anchorage Times Obituaries Index, 1966-1980. AK-R 929.3 ANCHORA Anchorage Times Obituary Index, 1981-1990. AK-R 929.3 ANCHORA

Cemetery Records and Obituaries continued Anchorage Obituary Index, 1991-1995. N 929.3 ANCHORA Anchorage Obituary Index, 1996-2000. N 929.3 ANCHORA Obituary Index, 2001-2007. AK-R 929.3 ANCHORA Cemetery Inscriptions and Area Memorials in Alaska’s Kenai AK-R 929.509783 CEMETER Peninsula Borough. The Cemetery Book: an Indexes Compilation of People Interred in N 929.3097983 CEMETER Cemeteries Located in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Clay Street Cemetery Burial List, Fairbanks, Alaska. AK-R 929.5097986 FAIRBAN Funeral Records, Juneau, Alaska: Master Index (1898-1964). AK-R 929.5097982 FUNERAL Hooper Bay obituaries as found in the Anchorage Daily News, AK-R 929.3798 HOOPER 1985 to 2005. Index of Alaska Obituaries from Various Sources with a AK-R 929.3 DEARMON Supplement of Obituaries from Sources in the Ketchikan Area collected by Patricia Roppel [1899-1995]. Compiled from , magazines, books, & grave markers. Index of Death Certificates, Seward, Alaska, 1903-1949. AK-R 929.37983 LUNDINE Northern Lights Cemetary [i. e. Cemetery] Inventory. AK-R 929.5097986 CASPER Obituaries of the Nelson Island region, Toksook Bay, Tununak, AK-R 929.3798 OBITUAR Nightmute, Newtok, and Mekoryuk : as found in the Anchorage Daily News, 1985 to 2005. Memory Eternal I: A Baseline Inventory of the Burials N 929.509783 MURRAY Surrounding the Holy Ascension Cathedral at Unalaska, Alaska. 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 of names found in the AK-R 979.8 BRADBUR Alaska Sportsman 1939-1969. Vol. 2 is an index of individuals who appear in 23 unique Alaskan sources . Alaska-Yukon Gold Book, (1930). AK-R 917.98 SOURDOU A-J Mine Personnel Index - 1914-1944 A- J Closure . AK-R 929.37982 A-J-MINE (with some beyond 1944) [electronic resource] : & partial index of (AK Office, ask for assistance) Alaska Gastineau & Perseverance Mine personnel Index to Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths in the Archives of the AK-MFORM 929.3798 INDEX Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Alaska. Two reels of film, 1816-1936. An Index to Dawson City, Yukon Territory and Alaska Directory AK-R 920 HALES and Gazetteer, Alaska-Yukon Directory and Gazetteer, and Polk’s Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1901-1912. Klondike Stampeders Register: a Chronology of the Klondike AK-R 971.91 PENNING Gold Rush, 1897-1898. Most entries are brief, however, a few are a half-page or more.

Directories of Names and Businesses continued Lost & Found in Alaska and the Klondike. An index of 40,000 AK-R 929.3798 BEEMAN names of people in Alaska, the Klondike, and the Cassiar before 1940. Polk’s Alaska-Yukon Gazeteer and Business Directory. 1905-06, AK-RARE 650 POLK 1911-12, 1915-16, and 1923-24.

General Sources

120 Years of Alaska Postmasters, 1867-1987. N 383.145025798 DICKERS Alaska Mining History: a Source Document. N 622.09798 HEINER Alaska Territorial Telephone Books, 1906-1958 : a Collection on AK-R 384.6065 MERRELL Microfiche. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. N 917.98003 ORTH How To Find Your Gold Rush Relative: Sources on the Klondike N 929.3 HOW-TO and Alaska Gold Rushes (1896-1914). North to Alaska: an Overview of Immigrants to Alaska, 1867- AK-R 304.89798 NORRIS 1945. Picture Alaska, an index, compiled by Joseph Drazan & Joseph AK-R 759.1798 DRAZAN Burke.

Government Resources

12 th Census. Alaska, 1900. Microfilm of enumerator sheets, with AK MFORM 317.983 UNITED soundex index. 13 th Census. Alaska, 1910. Microfilm of enumerator sheets, no AK MFORM 317.983 UNITED soundex index. 14 th Census of Population, Alaska. 1920. Microfilm of enumerator AK MFORM 317.983 UNITED sheets, with soundex index. 15 th Census of Population, Alaska. 1930. Microfilm of enumerator AK MFORM 317.983 UNITED sheets, no soundex index. Alaskan Census Records, 1870-1907. N 929.3798 JACKSON Federal Censuses of Alaska, 1900-1930. AK-R 310.9798 FEDERAL Guide to the Probate Records for Alaska, 1885-1960. N 346.052 GUIDE-T

Newspaper/Journal Indexes and Guides 1898-1922 Vital Records of Alaska & Yukon (Marriage, Death, AK-R 929.5097982 EIGHTEE Birth, Divorce, Anniversary & Christening): as Reported in the Weekly Douglas Island Newspaper, Douglas, Alaska. Five Year Index, the Alaska Journal, 1971-1975. This journal AK-R 051 ALASKA has interesting articles about Alaska history. Alaska Journal Index, 1976-1985. 5,000 entries for these years. AK-R 051 ALASKA

Alaska Newspapers on Microfilm, 1866-1998. Valuable N 071.98 ALASKA resource for identifying newspapers in Alaska. Alaska Weekly () 1923-1948: Index by Date with Subject AK-R 909.82 DEARMON Guide.

Newspaper/Journal Indexes and Guides continued Births, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths Reported in the AK-R 979.86 BIRTHS Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1940-1949. A Guide to the Pathfinder: a Monthly Journal of the Pioneers AK-R 979.804 TILLOTS of Alaska, 1919-1926 . Index of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces in Fairbanks, AK-R 979.86016 INDEX Alaska Newspapers, 1903-1930 . An Index to Mining-Related Articles in Ketchikan Newspapers, N 622.3422 REDMAN 1901-1936 : Ketchikan District. (including George and Carroll Inlets, Thorne Bay, Gravina and Annette Islands) and Hyder, Helm Bay, Prince of Wales Island, and southeast Alaska. 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- N 071.7986016 NAME February, 1914. This file lists 2,500 names that appeared in Fairbanks newspapers of the period. Subject Index to the Alaskan, 1885-1907, a Sitka Newspaper. N 071.7982016 DE ARMO Vital Records from Alaska Daily Empire [Juneau, Alaska]. AK-R 929.37982 VITAL-R The five volumes cover the years 1916-1936.

Internet Resources Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics - Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics manages vital records in the State of Alaska which include birth, death, fetal death, divorce and marriage certificate data, along with reports of adoption.

Anchorage High School Yearbook Index Online. [1917-1978] - Go to Alaska Collection Librarian’s Office to view Anchorage High School Yearbooks . [1917–2010]. Yearbooks in the Alaska Collection, area use only and requires ID.

Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery site –Links to a Master Burial List is searchable by last name.

Anchorage Obituary Index Online, [1-1-1981 through 10-1-2001] - Obituaries after 2001, see the print newspaper obituary indexes in the Alaska Collection.

Alaska & Polar Periodical Index at University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library - APPI cites articles about Alaska, northern circumpolar nations, and Antarctica. It does not contain the text of those articles, but all are received by UAF Rasmuson Library. More than 200,000 articles are covered, from the 1980s to the present.

Anchorage Public Library TopicTrail : Genealogy Resources in Alaska Collection – Link to this PDF document.

Guide to Alaska Museums and Historical Societies – Museums Listings by Alaskan cities A–W, site includes addresses, contact information, and brief annotation about the organization.

Yukon Archives Genealogy Databases - Searchable databases for Yukon genealogy, including ‘Pan for Gold,’ and includes unique databases: Francophone Yukoners; Sourdough Air Display, 1971-2006; and Yukon Barristers Roll. Here is a link to the Yukon Archives Finding Aid (86pp) " Genealogical Resources at the Yukon Archives ".

Browsing the Shelves - If you prefer just to browse the shelves, try these call numbers: AK-R 071 (for newspaper indexes) AK-R 929 (for genealogy)

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