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=== Adoption  ===
=== Adoption  ===


[http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/alaska-laws.html Alaska Adoption Laws] allow adopted adults 18 years or older to obtain copies of their original birth certificates along with other identifying information including changes in birth parents' names or addresses. Birth parents can request information about adoptees 18 years or older if the adoptee has agreed (in writing) to disclose that information. Contact the [http://www.hss.state.ak.us/DPH/bvs/ Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics] for more information. General information about adoption may be found at [[Adoption Research|United States Adoption]].
[http://laws.adoption.com/statutes/alaska-laws.html Alaska Adoption Laws] allow adopted adults 18 years or older to obtain copies of their original birth certificates along with other identifying information including changes in birth parents' names or addresses. Birth parents can request information about adoptees 18 years or older if the adoptee has agreed (in writing) to disclose that information. Contact the [http://www.hss.state.ak.us/DPH/bvs/ Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics] for more information. General information about adoption may be found at [[Adoption Research|United States Adoption]].  


== Marriage Records  ==
== Marriage Records  ==
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== Alaska&nbsp;Native Population  ==
== Alaska&nbsp;Native Population  ==
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*[[Alaska Newspapers|Newspapers&nbsp;Records]]&nbsp;Obituary, birth and marriage announcements, and death&nbsp;notices.&nbsp;  
*[[Alaska Newspapers|Newspapers&nbsp;Records]]&nbsp;Obituary, birth and marriage announcements, and death&nbsp;notices.&nbsp;  
*[[Alaska Periodicals|Alaska Periodicals]]
*[[Alaska Periodicals|Alaska Periodicals]]
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== Tips  ==
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*Privacy laws restrict access to the records of [[Finding Living People in the United States|living individuals]]. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anone except&nbsp;to the individual or a&nbsp;direct relative.
*Privacy laws restrict access to the records of [[Finding Living People in the United States|living individuals]]. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anone except&nbsp;to the individual or a&nbsp;direct relative.


*Search for Vital Records in the [[Family_History_Library_Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]]&nbsp; by using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search&nbsp;]&nbsp;an then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search '''Alaska '''to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name&nbsp;of the county '''to locate records kept by that county.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*Search for Vital Records in the [[Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]]&nbsp; by using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search&nbsp;]&nbsp;an then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search '''Alaska '''to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name&nbsp;of the county '''to locate records kept by that county.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;


== Archives, Libraries and Societies  ==
== Archives, Libraries and Societies  ==
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== References  ==
== References  ==


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"Interview with Stephanie Walden, Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics." Telephone interview. 18 Aug. 2009.  
"Interview with Stephanie Walden, Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics." Telephone interview. 18 Aug. 2009.  
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