Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The Borough has Fairbanks as its seat and the Borough was created January 1, 1964. The Borough is located in the central part of the state.

Borough Courthouse
Fairbanks North Star Borough 101 Laceey St Fairbanks, AK 99707-1267 Phone: 907-452-9277 Fairbanks North Star Borough Website

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:

Census Records

 * See also Using the Census to find other records about ancestors

Church Records
 List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this area - How to Use FS Places

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records
Spanish-American War
 * 1898-1934 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1884-1991 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1900-1972 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

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

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Birth

 * 1816-2005 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1816-2005 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Death

 * 1816-2005 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

FamilySearch Centers

 * Delta Junction Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Fairbanks Alaska FamilySearch Center

Societies

 * Fairbanks Genealogical Society P.O. Box 60534 Fairbanks, AK 99706 Phone: 907-479-2895 Email: [Mailto:fbksgensociety@gmail.com FbksGenSociety@gmail.com] Website
 * Tanana-Yukon Historical Society P.O. Box 71336 535 2nd Ave, Ste 102 Fairbanks, AK 99707-1336 Phone: 907-456-8947 Email: [Mailto:tyhs@alaska.net tyhs@alaska.net] Website

Websites

 * Fairbanks North Star USGenWeb Archives
 * Fairbanks North Star AKGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * Fairbanks North Star Borough Genealogy
 * Fairbanks North Star Borough Trails to the Past
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.