Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Genealogy

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

Description
The Anchorage Borough was named for the anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek. The Anchorage Borough Government Body is Anchorage Assembly and the Anchorage Borough was created January 1, 1964. The Anchorage Borough is located in the southern part of the state.

Historical 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.

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

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

Neighboring Boroughs and Census Areas

 * Kenai Peninsula Borough
 * Matanuska-Susitna Borough

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 municipality:

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

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.

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

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

FamilySearch Centers

 * Anchorage Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Palmer Alaska FamilySearch Center
 * Soldotna Alaska FamilySearch Center

Societies
Anchorage Genealogical Society P.O. Box 242294 Anchorage, AK 99524 Email: [mailto:info@anchoragegenealogy.org info@anchoragegenealogy.org] Website                            Facebook Alaska Historical Society P.O. Box 100299 Anchorage AK, 99510-0299 Phone: 907-276-1596 Email: [mailto:members@alaskahistoricalsociety.org info@anchoragegenealogy.org] Website      Facebook Chugiak Eagle River Historical Society 18606 Old Glenn Highway Anchorage, AK 99567 Phone: 907-688-4706 Website Facebook

Vital Records

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

Websites

 * Anchorage Borough Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * Anchorage Borough AKGenWeb