Haines Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Haines Borough, Alaska ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Alaska Online Genealogy Records

Description
The Borough seat is Haines and the Borough was created 29 August 1968. The Borough is located in the southeastern part of the state.

Boundary Changes
29 August 1968: Formed as a third-class borough.

1970: Annexed 420 miles to the south and merged with Fort Chilkoot.

17 October 2002: The borough merged with the City of Haines to form home-rule borough.

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

Neighboring Boroughs

 * British Columbia (Canada)
 * Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
 * Juneau Borough
 * Skagway Municipality

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:

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Gazetteers

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

Maps

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

Military

 * 1898-1934 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1884-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1900-1972 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

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

FamilySearch Centers

 * Haines Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Juneau Alaska FamilySearch Center

Vital Records

 * 1816-1959 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection

Websites

 * Haines Borough Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * Haines Borough Alaska GenWeb Project
 * CountyOffice.org