Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Coroner's Inquests - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Commissioner's Court coroner's inquest records for various localities in Alaska. Digital images of the originals are held by the Alaska State Archives in Juneau, AK.

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 * Connie Malcolm Bradbury and David Albert Hales, Alaska sources : a guide to historical records and information resources North Salt Lake, Utah : Heritage Quest, c2001 FHL 979.8 H2br
 * United States Commissioner's Court. Coroner's inquests, 1904-1959
 * Anchorage, coroner's records, ca. 1900-1959
 * Bethel, coroner's records, 1914-1955
 * Cape Nome Precinct, coroner's records, 1900-1959
 * Circle City, payments for John Crane, coroner, 1897-1899
 * Copper Center, coroner's inquests, 1949-1954
 * Cordova coroner's inquests, 1908-1959
 * Fairbanks, coroner's inquests, 1904-1960
 * Juneau, civil and criminal dockets, coroner's inquest and civil journal, 1889-1960
 * Juneau, coroner's records, 1899-1969
 * Nenana Precinct, coroner's records, 1918-1959
 * Nome, coroner's inquests, 1900-1959
 * Petersburg, coroner's records, 1924-1959
 * Seward, coroner's records, ca. 1900-1959
 * Sitka, coroner's records, 1912-1944
 * Skagway, coroner's records, 1898-1935
 * Tanana and Fort Gibbon Military Base, coroner's records, 1908-1922
 * Valdez Coroner's inquest records, 1908-1940
 * Whittier, coroner's records, ca. 1900-1959
 * Wrangell, coroner's inquests, 1903-1959

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 * Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-2005

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