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==Russian Orthodox Church== | |||
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> | 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. [ | The early records of this church are the single most important source of vital records information for the state. | ||
*[https://wiki.rootsweb.com//wiki/index.php?title=Alaska_Church_Records Copies of all surviving Russian Orthodox records] (in Russian) are at the Bureau of Vital Statistics. | |||
*These have been microfilmed (401 rolls), and there is an online [https://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/docs/asl_%20BX497_A4A47_1984.pdf Inventory: The Alaskan Russian Church Archives] (Washington, D.C.: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 1984). | |||
*Microfilm copies of the Russian Orthodox Church Archives are available at the National Archives' Pacific Alaska Region; the University of Alaska, Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, Alaska; the Alaska State Library, Juneau; University of Alaska Library in Anchorage; and the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City. | |||
*There is an online [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/16305?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Index to baptisms, marriages and deaths in the archives of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Alaska, 1900-1936'''] | |||
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 ($). | |||
During World War II many records of Russian Orthodox baptisms, marriages, and deaths were sent to the Library of Congress to be translated and indexed. The originals are still there. Microfilm copies for 1816 to 1936 are on 25 films at the National Archives—Alaska Region, the Rasmuson Library, the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and through {{FHL|136986|item|disp=FHL film 944197 (first of 4 films)}} | During World War II many records of Russian Orthodox baptisms, marriages, and deaths were sent to the Library of Congress to be translated and indexed. The originals are still there. Microfilm copies for 1816 to 1936 are on 25 films at the National Archives—Alaska Region, the Rasmuson Library, the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and through {{FHL|136986|item|disp=FHL film 944197 (first of 4 films)}} | ||