Alaska Archives and Libraries
United States 
Alaska Archives and Libraries
The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.
- Alaska State Archives
141 Willoughby Avenue
Juneau, AK 99801
Telephone: 907-465-2270
Fax: 907-465-2465
Internet: http://www.archives.state.ak.us/ - National Archives—Alaska Region (Anchorage)
Federal Office Building
654 West Third Avenue, Room 012
Anchorage, AK 99501
Telephone: 907-271-2441
Fax: 907-261-7813
Internet: http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/anchorage/ - Genealogical Society of Southeastern Alaska
P.O. Box 6313
Ketchikan, AK 99901 - Alaska Historical Society
P.O. Box 100299
Anchorage, AK 99510-0299
Telephone: 907-276-1596
Fax: 907-276-1596
Internet: http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/ - Alaska State Library
Alaska Historical Collections
State Office Building
P.O. Box 110571
Juneau, AK 99811-0571
Telephone: 907-465-2910
Fax: 907-465-2665
Internet: http://www.library.state.ak.us/ - University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library310 Tanana Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800
Telephone: 907-474-7224
Fax: 907-474-6841
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 756800
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800
Internet: http://www.uaf.edu/ - Anchorage Museum of History and Art
121 W. 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Telephone: 907-343-4326
Fax: 907-343-6149
Internet: http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/
The museum has an archive section.
Two helpful guides to Alaska records are:
Ulibarri, George S. Documenting Alaskan History: Guide to Federal Archives Relating to Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1982. (FHL book 979.8 A3u; fiche 6101864.)
University of Washington (Seattle) Library. The Dictionary Catalog of the Pacific Northwest Collection of the University of Washington (Seattle) Libraries. Six Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall and Company, 1972. (FHL book Q 970 A3w.)
Web Sites
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Alaska in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.
Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways:
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.
Cyndi's List - United States - Alaska
Roots-L
A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.
FamilySearch™
The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.
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