Alaska Archives and Libraries

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


 * Alaska State Archives 141 Willoughby Avenue Juneau, AK 99801 Telephone: 907-465-2270 Fax: 907-465-2465 Internet: http://www.archives.state.ak.us/
 * National Archives—Alaska Region Federal Office Building 654 West Third Avenue, Room 012 Anchorage, AK 99501 Telephone: 907-271-2441 Internet: http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/anchorage/
 * 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 Internet: http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/
 * Alaska State Library Alaska Historical Collections State Office Building P.O. Box 110571 Juneau, AK 99811-0571 Telephone: 907-465-2910 Fax: 907-465-2665 Internet http://library.state.ak.us/hist/pca/pca.html
 * University of Alaska, Fairbanks Elmer E. Rasmuson Library310 Tanana Drive Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800 Telephone: 907-474-7224 Fax: 907-474-6841 Mailing address: P.O. Box 756800 Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800 Internet: http://www.uaf.edu/
 * Anchorage Museum of History and Art 121 W. 7th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 Telephone: 907-343-4326 Fax: 907-343-6149 Internet: http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/

The museum has an archive section.

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. (FHL book 979.8 A3u; fiche 6101864.)

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. (FHL book Q 970 A3w.)

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:


 * Locate other researchers
 * Post queries
 * Send and receive E-mail
 * Search large databases
 * Search computer libraries
 * Join in computer chat and lecture sessions

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Alaska in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 2007, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

The USGenWeb Project
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

Roots-L

 * http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/

A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.

FamilySearch™

 * www.familysearch.org

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.