Alaska Vital Records: Difference between revisions

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== Substitute Records  ==
== Substitute Records  ==


Delayed Birth records were created by the [http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/bvs/default.htm Bureau of Vital Statistics] from borrowed microfilms of original Russian Church records.&nbsp; Request for genealogical inquires of this collection are refused. However films of birth, marriages and deaths recorded by the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=525126&subject_disp=Alaska+%2D+Church+records+%2D+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church] from 1816 to 1936 and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=529310&subject_disp=Alaska+%2D+Church+records&columns=*,0,0 LDS member records from 1885 to 1951] are available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] and may be borrowed and viewed&nbsp;at a local [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Center.]&nbsp; These church records are the best source&nbsp;of Alaska&nbsp;Births, Marriages, and&nbsp;Deaths&nbsp;prior to 1950.  
Delayed Birth records were created by the [http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/bvs/default.htm Bureau of Vital Statistics] from borrowed microfilms of original Russian Church records.&nbsp; Request for genealogical inquires of this collection are refused. However films of birth, marriages and deaths recorded by the {{FHL|525126|subject-id|disp=Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church}} from 1816 to 1936 and {{FHL|529310|subject-id|disp=LDS member records from 1885 to 1951}} are available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] and may be borrowed and viewed&nbsp;at a local [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Center.]&nbsp; These church records are the best source&nbsp;of Alaska&nbsp;Births, Marriages, and&nbsp;Deaths&nbsp;prior to 1950.  


*[[Alaska Census|Alaska Census Records]]&nbsp; Early Census were taken and survive for parts of Alaska.  
*[[Alaska Census|Alaska Census Records]]&nbsp; Early Census were taken and survive for parts of Alaska.  
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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 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 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;
{{dead link}}&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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