Alaska Census

United States U.S. Census   Alaska  Census

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Alaska, click here

Online indexes and images

 * Ancestry.com, "1890 Veterans Schedules" at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8667 (accessed 10 February 2010). Index should includes naval vessels in Alaskan waters, but this is uncertain.

Microfilm images
Federal Non-Population Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives


 * 1929 Agriculture


 * Farms and Ranges
 * Livestock not on Farms and Rangers

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
1890 Veterans. A census of Union veterans on naval vessels in Alaskan waters.


 * Ronald Vern Jackson, et. al., 1890 U. S. Vessels and Navy Census Index: Special Schedule of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Salt Lake City: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1983)[].

State and Territorial Censuses
Alaska took censuses in the years between the federal censuses, the dates listed in the chart. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.

For a list of available Alaska Territory censuses, click here.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Alaska censuses, click here.

Why use a census?
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


 * index searching tips
 * analyzing and using what you find
 * census accuracy
 * historical background
 * contents of various census years and types