Yakutat Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Yakutat Borough, Alaska ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Alaska Online Genealogy Records

Description
Yakutat Borough was formed from the Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon Census Area on September 22, 1992. The Borough was named after the Tlingit, Yaakwdáat ("the place where canoes rest") but it originally derives from an Eyak name diyaʼqudaʼt and was influenced by the Tlingit word yaakw ("canoe, boat"). The Borough has Yakutat as its seat. It 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)
 * Yukon Territory (Canada)
 * Valdez-Cordova Census Area
 * Hoonah-Angoon Census Area

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

Gazetteers

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

 * Cordova Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Haines Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Juneau Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Yakutat Alaska FamilySearch Center

Vital Records

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

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Alaska GenWeb Project, Yakutat Borough.
 * The has some records for Yakutat Borough.
 * Yakutat Borough, Alaska Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)