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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
Before 1900 the largest religious group in [[Alaska Genealogy|Alaska]] was the [[Russian Orthodox Church in the United States|Russian Orthodox Church]], which was introduced to the [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alaska_Church_Records Alaskan natives in the eighteenth century ]by Russian fur traders.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{WorldCat|536068|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | Before 1900 the largest religious group in [[Alaska, United States Genealogy|Alaska]] was the [[Russian Orthodox Church in the United States|Russian Orthodox Church]], which was introduced to the [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alaska_Church_Records Alaskan natives in the eighteenth century ]by Russian fur traders.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{WorldCat|536068|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | ||
The early records of this church are the single most important source of vital records information for the state. [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alaska_Church_Records Copies of all surviving Russian Orthodox records] (in Russian) are at the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Marriage records are available in the Findmypast [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=alaska United States Marriages – Alaska, 1895-1944] collection ($). | The early records of this church are the single most important source of vital records information for the state. [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alaska_Church_Records Copies of all surviving Russian Orthodox records] (in Russian) are at the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Marriage records are available in the Findmypast [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=alaska United States Marriages – Alaska, 1895-1944] collection ($). | ||
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