US Vital Records

Alaska Vital Records
The state of Alaska began recording births, deaths and marriages in 1913. The Bureau of Vital Statistics has assembled an extensive collection of church records in order to create delayed birth certificates for people who did not have an official record at birth. The bureau will conduct searches of these records, but requests will be denied if the purpose is genealogical.

For births, marriage and death records after 1913, write:

Department of Health and Social Services
Bureau of Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 110675
Juneau, AK 99811-0675
Tel: 907-465-3392
Fax: 907-465-2925
http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/bvs/

For birth, marriage and death records prior to 1913, write the office above or consult the original congregation an ancestor may have been affiliated with. These earlier records will usually be ecclesiastical in nature.

Alaska Research Sources

Alaska Historical Society
524 West 4th Avenue, Suite 208
P.O. Box 100299
Anchorage, AK 99510-0299

National Archives and Records Administration - Pacific Alaska Region
654 West Third Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-2145
Tel: 907-271-2441
Fax: 907-271-2442
http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/

NARA's Pacific Alaska Region in Anchorage has more than 9,000 cubic feet of archival holdings, including textual documents, photographs, maps, and architectural drawings dating from about 1867 to the present. The records were created or received by federal courts and over thirty federal agencies in Alaska. Anchorage is the newest NARA facility and holds numerous cases relating to fishing, land title, and other treaty rights of Indian tribes, and generally reflects the history of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, dating back to the territorial courts.

(The above description was excerpted from "Beyond the Titanic: National and Personal History in the National Archives" by Loretto Dennis Szucs, Ancestry Magazine, March/April 1998, Vol. 16, No. 2. Full text of the article can be found at: /magazine/articles/beyond.htm)

Alaska State Archives & Records Management Services
141 Willoughby Ave.
Juneau, AK 99801-1720
Tel: 907-465-2270
Fax: 907-465-2465
http://www.archives.state.ak.us/

Department of Health & Social Services
Bureau of Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 110675
Juneau, AK 99811-0675
Tel: 907-465-3392
Fax: 907-465-3618
http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/bvs/

Alaska State Library
8th Floor, State Office Building
333 Willoughby Ave.
P.O. Box 110571
Juneau, AK 99811-0571
Phone: 907-465-2925
Fax: 907-465-2990
http://www.library.state.ak.us/

Valdez Museum & Historical Archive
217 Egan Drive
Box 8
Valdez, AK 99686-0008
Tel: 907-835-2764
Fax: 907-835-4597 or 5800
http://www.valdezmuseum.org/

Klondike Gold Rush Centennial 1898-1998: Calendar of Events
http://www.touryukon.com/

Migration - North to Alaska!
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/alaska/statehood.html

The Alaskan Information Center
http://alaskan.com/gen-info.html

Alaska Division of Tourism
http://www.travelalaska.com/