Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Genealogy

United States Alaska  Municipality of Anchorage

Quick Facts
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.

Parent Borough
1 January 1964: Greater Anchorage Area Borough was created.

Boundary Changes
15 September 1975: Merged with the City of Anchorage along with cities of Girdwood and Glen Alps to form Muncipality of Anchorage as the result of an election.

Populated Places

 * Anchorage

Neighboring Boroughs and Census Areas

 * Kenai Peninsula Borough
 * Matanuska-Susitna 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 Anchorage directories.

Newspapers

 * Alaska Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Includes Anchorage newspapers.
 * Anchorage Daily News - full-text issues in Google News Archive; covers 1891-1989

Family Histroy Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Anchorage Alaska Family History Center
 * Anchorage, Alaska

Websites

 * Anchorage Borough Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * Anchorage Borough, Alaska GenWeb Project.