Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Anchorage Municipality, Alaska ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The Anchorage Municipality was named for the anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek. The Anchorage Municipality Government Body is Anchorage Assembly and it was created January 1, 1964. It is located in the southern part of the state. The Municipality of Anchorage is a consolidated city-borough with unified home rule. It is the northernmost city in the United States with more than 100,000 residents and the largest community in North America north of the 60th parallel.

Municipality Courthouse
Municipality of Anchorage Courthouse 825 W 4th Ave Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Phone: 907-264-0514 Municipality of Anchorage Courthouse

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 municipality:

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

Directories
Alaska Online Historical Directories - identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Includes Anchorage directories.

Military Records

 * 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

 * Alaska Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Includes Anchorage newspapers.
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1891-1989 Anchorage Dispatch News - full-text issues in Google News Archive; covers 1891-1989

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

 * Anchorage Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Palmer Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Soldotna Alaska FamilySearch Center

Societies
Anchorage Genealogical Society P.O. Box 242294 Anchorage, AK 99524 Email: [mailto:info@anchoragegenealogy.org info@anchoragegenealogy.org] Website                            Facebook Alaska Historical Society P.O. Box 100299 Anchorage AK, 99510-0299 Phone: 907-276-1596 Email: [mailto:members@alaskahistoricalsociety.org info@anchoragegenealogy.org] Website      Facebook Chugiak Eagle River Historical Society 18606 Old Glenn Highway Anchorage, AK 99567 Phone: 907-688-4706 Website Facebook

Websites

 * Anchorage Municipality Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * Anchorage Municipality AKGenWeb
 * 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.