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<center>''The Alaska Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Alaska. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br>
<center>''The Florida Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Florida. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br>
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== Alaska Research Strategies  ==
=== Alaska Research Strategies  ===


Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Alaska:<br>  
Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Alaska:<br>  
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===Finding Alaska Birth, Marriage or Death Records===
*[[GuidedResearch:Alaska|Finding Alaska Births, Marriages, and Deaths using Guided Research]]


===Finding Alaska Records===
:[[Alaska Online Genealogy Records|Alaska Online Genealogy Records]]
*[[Alaska Record Finder]]
:[[How to Find Alaska Birth Records|How to find Alaska &nbsp;Birth Records]]
:[[How to Find Alaska Marriage Records|How to find Alaska Marriage Records]]
:[[How to Find Alaska Death Records|How to find Alaska Death Records]]
 
=== Alaska Research Tips  ===
 
These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Alaska.
 
*'''Birth information:''' Birth records in Alaska start on the borough level in 1913. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to improve accuracy.
*'''Finding Parents:''' They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Alaska death records]]
*'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses.]]<br>


===Alaska Statewide Databases===
=== Alaska Record Finder  ===
*[[Alaska Online Genealogy Records|Alaska Online Genealogy Records]]


===Alaska Research Process===
This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Alaska Record Finder]].'''
*[[Step-by-Step Alaska Research, 1880-Present]]
 
*[[Step-by-Step Alaska Research, 1850-1910]]
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*[[Alaska Descendancy Research]]
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*[[How to Find Alaska Birth Records|How to find Alaska Birth Records]]  
| style="padding:10px"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''
*[[How to Find Alaska Marriage Records|How to find Alaska Marriage Records]]  
| style="padding:10px"| '''2. Try these records first:'''
*[[How to Find Alaska Death Records|How to find Alaska Death Records]]
| style="padding:10px"|'''3. Other useful records'''
*[https://library.alaska.gov/public/akgene.html Alaska Genealogy Resource Guide] at Alaska State Library
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Birth information
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*[[How to Find Alaska Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find Alaska Death Records|Death records]]
*[[Alaska Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alaska Church Records|Church records]]
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*[[Alaska Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Alaska Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Alaska Bible Records|Bible records]]
*[[Alaska Military Records|Military records]]  
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| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information
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*[[How to Find Alaska Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
*[[Alaska Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alaska Bible Records|Bible records]]
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*[[Alaska Church Records|Church records]]
*[[Alaska Probate Records|Probate records]]
*[[Alaska Military Records|Military records]]
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| style="padding:10px"|Death information
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*[[How to Find Alaska Death Records|Death Records]]
*[[Alaska Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Alaska Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Alaska Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Alaska Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alaska Bible Records|Bible Records]]
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| style="padding:10px"|Parents
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*[[How to Find Alaska Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find Alaska Death Records|Death records]]
*[[Alaska Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alaska Census|Census]]
*[[Alaska Church Records|Church records]]
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*[[Alaska Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alaska, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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Maiden name
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*[[How to Find Alaska Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
*[[Alaska Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alaska Probate Records|Probate records]]
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*[[Alaska Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Alaska Military Records|Military Records]]
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Immigration date
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*[[Alaska Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Alaska Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Alaska Census|Census]]
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*[[Alaska Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Alaska Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alaska History|History]]
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Naturalization
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*[[Alaska Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Alaska Census|Census]]
*[[Alaska Court Records|Court Records]]
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*[[Alaska Voting Records|Voting Records]]
*[[Alaska Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alaska Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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Physical description
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*[[Alaska Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Alaska Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)
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*[[Alaska Biography|Biography]]
*[[Alaska History|History]]
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== Alaska Research Tips ==
=== Further Alaska Research  ===
These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Alaska: <br>
*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Alaska Record Finder]].'''
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*For online record collections, go to [[Alaska Online Genealogy Records|'''Alaska Online Genealogy Records.''']]
'''Birth and Death information:'''<br>
*For more research on Alaska, including research at the county level, visit the [[Alaska, United States Genealogy|'''Alaska''']] page on the Research Wiki.
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*'''''Statewide registration:''''' Territorial registration of births and deaths began in 1913 and was generally complied with by 1945
*'''''Access to records:''''' See [[Alaska Vital Records]] for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Alaska.
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'''Substitute Records:'''
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*'''''Secondary source:''''' Substitute records are used when primary sources do not exist for an event, such as birth, marriage, and deaths. Secondary sources list information about the event but they were not recorded at the time of the event and they are not an official record of the event.
*'''''Accuracy:''''' Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help varify information.
*'''''List of substitute records:''''' See [[Alaska Substitute Records|Alaska Substitute Records]] for more information.
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'''Finding Parents:''' 
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*'''''Death records:''''' Death records created by the state starting in 1913 may contain parents of the deceased. Information was not always provided and the accuracy of the information was limited by the grieving relatives' memory.  
*'''''Obituaries:''''' Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See [[Alaska Newspapers]] and [[Alaska Obituaries]] for more information.
*'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denominiation of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Alaska Church Records]] for more information.
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'''Census Records:'''
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*'''''Check all census years:''''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census to learn more about them and their family members. See [[Alaska Census|Alaska Census Records]] for more information.
*'''''Clues to other records:''''' There are clues in censuses regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records.
*'''''Finding families:''''' Starting in 1850, all members of the household were listed in the census. By 1880, relationship to the head of household was added.


== Further Alaska Research  ==
*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Alaska.pdf Alaska Family History Library Research Outline]
*[http://akgenweb.com/  AKGenWeb] Alaska GenWeb Project
*[http://genealogytrails.com/alaska/ Alaska Genealogy Trails] - State of Alaska Records Guide
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ak/ Cyndi's List] - Alaska genealogy websites
*[http://www.raogk.org/alaska-genealogy/ Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness] - State of Alaska Records Guide


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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page

The Florida Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Florida. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.



Alaska Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Alaska:

Alaska Online Genealogy Records
How to find Alaska  Birth Records
How to find Alaska Marriage Records
How to find Alaska Death Records

Alaska Research Tips[edit | edit source]

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Alaska.

  • Birth information: Birth records in Alaska start on the borough level in 1913. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
  • Finding Parents: They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Alaska death records
  • Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

Alaska Record Finder[edit | edit source]

This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Alaska Record Finder.

1. What you are looking for: 2. Try these records first: 3. Other useful records

Birth information

Marriage information
Death information
Parents

Maiden name

Immigration date

Naturalization

Physical description

Further Alaska Research[edit | edit source]

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