Yakutat Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Yakutat 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 after the Tlingit, Yaakwdáat ("the place where canoes rest") but it originally derives from an Eyak name diyaʼqudaʼt and was influenced by the Tlingit word yaakw ("canoe, boat"). The Borough has Yakutat as its seat and the Borough was created September 22, 1992. The Borough is located in the southeast area of the state.

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

Family History Centers

 * Yakutat Alaska Family History Center

Vital Records

 * 1816-1959 at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

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