Petersburg Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Alaska Online Genealogy Records

Description
The Borough was formed from the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area. It was created January 3, 2013. The Borough has Petersburg as its borough seat. The Borough is located in the southeastern part of the state.

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

Neighboring Boroughs

 * British Columbia (Canada)
 * Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
 * Juneau Borough
 * Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
 * Wrangell Borough

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:

FamilySearch Centers

 * Petersburg Alaska FamilySearch Center

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Maps

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

Newspapers

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

Vital Records

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

Websites

 * Petersburg Borough. Alaska GenWeb Project
 * Wrangell Petersburg Census Area, Alaska Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)