Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Kodiak Island 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 was named for Kodiak Island. The Borough seat Kodiak and the Borough was created September 24, 1963. The Borough is located in the southwestern part of the state.

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

Neighboring Boroughs

 * Kenai Peninsula
 * Lake and Peninsula

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

 * Anchorage Alaska Family History Center
 * Cordova Alaska Family History Center
 * Homer Alaska Family History Center
 * Kodiak Alaska Family History Center
 * Palmer Alaska Family History Center
 * Seward Alaska Family History Center
 * Soldotna Alaska Family History Center

Societies

 * Kodiak Historical Society 101 East Marine Way Kodiak, Alaska, 99615 907-486-5920 Website

Vital Records

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

Websites

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