Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Alaska Online Genealogy Records

Description
The Borough was named for Kenai Peninsula Borough. The Borough seat Soldotna and the Borough was created January 1, 1964. The Borough is located in the southern part of the state.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this borough.

Neighboring Boroughs

 * Anchorage Municipality
 * Bethel Census Area
 * Kodiak Island Borough
 * Lake and Peninsula Borough
 * Matanuska-Susitna Borough
 * Valdez-Cordova Census Area

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this borough:

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Maps

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this borough - How to Use FS Places

Military

 * 1898-1934 at FamilySearch  — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1884-1991 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1900-1972 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

FamilySearch Centers

 * Anchorage Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Cordova Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Homer Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Palmer Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Seward Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Soldotna Alaska FamilySearch Center

Societies

 * Kenai Totem Tracers Genealogy Society PO Box 4380 Kenai, AK 99611 Email: [mailto:totemtracers@hotmail.com totemtracers@hotmail.com] Website Facebook


 * Resurrection Bay Historical Society 336 3rd Ave. Seward, AK


 * Soldotna Historial Society 461 Centennial Park Road Soldotna, AK 99669 907-262-3832 Website

Vital Records

 * 1816-1959 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Alaska GenWeb Project, Kenai Peninsula Borough.
 * The has some records for Kenai, Alaska.
 * Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * CountyOffice.org
 * Genealogy Trails