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

Borough Courthouse
Yakutat Borough P O Box 160 Yukutat, AK 99689 Phone: 907-784-3323 http://www.yakutatak.govoffice2.com/

Boundary Changes

 * Parent Borough(s):
 * Borough Seat:
 * Yakutat Borough, Alaska Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by borough provided by Newberry Library
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Census Records

 * See also Using the Census to find other records about ancestors

Church Records
 List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this area - How to Use FS Places

Maps and Gazetteers

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


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

Military Records
Spanish-American War
 * 1898-1934 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1884-1991 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1900-1972 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

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

Other Records
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Vital Records

 * 1816-2005 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

FamilySearch Centers

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

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Alaska GenWeb Project, Yakutat Borough.
 * Yakutat Borough, Alaska Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.