Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Genealogy

Guide to Anchorage Borough, Alaska ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Neighboring Boroughs and Census Areas

 * Kenai Peninsula Borough
 * Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Quick Facts
The Municipality of Anchorage is a consolidated city-borough with unified home rule. It is the northernmost city in the United States with more than 100,000 residents and the largest community in North America north of the 60th parallel.

Description
The Boroughs was named for the anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek. The Boroughs Government Body is Anchorage Assembly and the Boroughs was created January 1, 1964. The Boroughs is located in the south central area of the state.

Boundary Changes
15 September 1975: Merged with the City of Anchorage along with cities of Girdwood and Glen Alps to form Muncipality of Anchorage as the result of an election.

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

Directories
Alaska Online Historical Directories - identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Includes Anchorage directories.

Newspapers

 * Alaska Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Includes Anchorage newspapers.
 * Anchorage Dispatch News - full-text issues in Google News Archive; covers 1891-1989

Family History Centers

 * Anchorage Alaska Family History Center
 * Anchorage, Alaska

Vital Records

 * 1816-1959 at FamilySearch — index and images

Populated Places

 * Anchorage

Websites

 * Anchorage Borough Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * Anchorage Borough, Alaska GenWeb Project.