Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Genealogy

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

Description
The Borough has Kotzebue as its seat and the Borough was created as an June 2, 1986. The Borough is located in the northwestern part of the state.

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

Neighboring Boroughs

 * North Slope

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
 * [URL FamilySearch Places]

Military

 * 1898-1934 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1884-1991 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1900-1972 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Vital Records

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

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Alaska GenWeb Project - Northwest Arctic Borough.
 * Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)