North Slope Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to North Slope 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 has Barrow as its seat and the Borough was created as an July 2, 1972. The Borough is located in the northern part of the state.

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

Neighboring Boroughs

 * Northwest Arctic Borough
 * Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
 * Yukon Territory (Canada)

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

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

 * Fairbanks Alaska FamilySearch Center

Vital Records

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

Websites

 * USGenWeb Archives. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this borough.
 * AKGenWeb.
 * North Slope Borough, Alaska Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Genealogy Search CountyOffice.org
 * Genealogy Trails