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Guide to Alaska ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
Alaska Information
Alaska became the forty-ninth state of the United States on 3 January 1959. It was the Territory of Alaska before being admitted to the Union. It is the largest state in the Union and is in the northwest of the Americas above Canada. The capital of Alaska is Juneau. There are 19 organized and 1 unorganized boroughs.[1] See Alaska History for more information.
Alaska Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a borough below to go to the borough Wiki article listing more information.
Boroughs and Census Areas
The U.S. state of Alaska is divided into boroughs. Many of the more densely populated parts of the state are part of Alaska's nineteen boroughs, which function somewhat similarly to counties in other states. Boroughs do not cover the entire land area of the state. The area not part of any borough is referred to as the Unorganized Borough.
The Unorganized Borough has been divided into 13 census areas, each roughly corresponding to an election district. However, these areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation. They have no government of their own. Boroughs and census areas are both treated as county-level equivalents by the Census Bureau.[2]
For individuals living in the Unorganized Borough, search for records on the state-level and at surrounding boroughs, if applicable.
Boroughs and Municipalities
Census Areas in the Unorganized Borough, Alaska
Defunct or Renamed Boroughs and Census Areas:
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Alaska" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska (accessed 1 Nov 2016).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Alaska counties:Census areas in the Unorganized Borough" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boroughs_and_census_areas_in_Alaska#Census_areas_in_the_Unorganized_Borough (accessed 31 January 2025).