Aleutians East Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Aleutians East Borough, Alaska ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The Borough was named for Aleutian Islands. It was formed from the Aleutian Islands Census Area. The Borough has Sand Point as its seat and the Borough was created on October 23, 1987. The Borough is located in the southwestern part of the state.

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

Neighboring Boroughs and Census Areas

 * Aleutians West Census Area
 * Lake and Peninsula Borough

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:

Directories
Alaska Online Historical Directories - identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Includes the 1923-4 Alaska-Yukon Territory Polk Business Directory which has listings for Akutan, Belkofski, Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove, and Unga (see the Skagway-Valdez-Wrangell-Alaska Territorial link).

Military

 * 1898-1934 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1900-1972 - at FamilySearch — index

Vital Records

 * 1816-1959 at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * Aleutians East Borough Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * Aleutian Islands GenWeb Project, part of the Alaska GenWeb Project.