Alaska Archives and Libraries

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Alaska
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The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.

Anchorage Alaska Museum of History and Art
625 C Street Anchorage Alaska, 99501 Telephone:907-929-9200 Fax:907-929-9290

The Anchorage Museum connects people, expands perspectives, and encourages global dialogue about the North and its distinct environment.

Alaska State Archives
141 Willoughby Avenue Juneau, AK 99801 Telephone: 907-465-2270 Fax: 907-465-2465 [mailto:archives@alaska.gov E-mail] Website The museum has an archive section.

National Archives at Seattle
6125 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, Washington 98115-7999 Telephone: 206-336-5115 Fax: 206-336-5112 [mailto:seattle.archives@nara.gov E-mail] Website The museum has an archive section.

Documents and materials generated by the United States Federal Government offices and courts for the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska are preserved here. Search the National Archives Catalog for information about the records that have been digitized.
 * The National Archives holds Federal military service records from the Revolutionary War to 1912 in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. See details of holdings.


 * Military records from WWI - present are held in the National Military Personnel Records Center (NPRC), in St. Louis, Missouri, See details of holdings.


 * The National Archives does not hold state militia records. For these records, you will need to contact the appropriate State Archives.

Alaska State Archives Yukon Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics
Physical Address address ADDRESS 395 Whittier Street Juneau, AK 99801

Mailing Address PO Box 110571 Juneau, AK 99811-0571 Fax: 907.465.2151 [mailto:rims@alaska.gov E-mail]

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

National Archives - Anchorage Alaska
654 West Third Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501-2145 Phone: (907) 271-2441 Website [mailto:isoo@nara.gov E-mail] [mailto:archives@alaska.gov E-mail]

The best government source for federal records such as:
 * U.S. Census Records
 * Social Security Death Index
 * Federal Land Patent Records
 * Naturalization Records
 * Maps

Alaska State Library
Physical address: 395 Whittier Street, Juneau, AK 99801

Mailing address: Alaska Historical Collections State Office Building P.O. Box 110571 Juneau, AK 99811-0571 Telephone: 907-465-2910 Fax: 907-465-2665 Website [mailto:asl@alaska.gov; E-mail]

University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library 310 Tanana Drive Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800 Telephone: 907-474-7224 Fax: 907-474-6841 Mailing address: P.O. Box 756800 Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800 [http://www.uaf.web@alaska.edu. Website] [mailto:uaf.web@alaska.edu. E-mail]

Genealogical Society of Southeastern Alaska
P.O. Box 6313 Ketchikan, AK 99901

Alaska Historical Society
P.O. Box 100299 Anchorage, AK 99510-0299 Telephone: 907-276-1596 Fax: 907-276-1596 [mailto:members@alaskahistoricalsociety.org E-mail] Website

Two helpful guides to Alaska records are:


 * Ulibarri, George S. Documenting Alaskan History: Guide to Federal Archives Relating to Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1982.


 * University of Washington (Seattle) Library. The Dictionary Catalog of the Pacific Northwest Collection of the University of Washington (Seattle) Libraries. Six Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall and Company, 1972.