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The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.
Archives
Anchorage Alaska Museum of History and Art
625 C Street
Anchorage Alaska, 99501
Telephone:907-929-9200
Fax:907-929-9290
E-mail:museum@AnchorageMuseum.org
Website
The Anchorage Museum connects people, expands perspectives, and encourages global dialogue about the North and its distinct environment.
Alaska State Libraries Archives & Museum
141 Willoughby Avenue
Juneau, AK 99801
Telephone: 907-465-2270
Fax: 907-465-2465
The museum has an archive section.
Archives West
Formerly Northwest Digital Archives. Contains listings of archives in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, and Utah.
National Archives at Seattle
6125 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98115-7999
Telephone: 206-336-5115
Fax: 206-336-5112
E-mail
Website
The museum has an archive section.
Documents and materials generated by the United States Federal Government offices and courts for the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska are preserved here. Search the National Archives Catalog for information about the records that have been digitized.
- The National Archives holds Federal military service records from the Revolutionary War to 1912 in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. See details of holdings.
- Military records from WWI - present are held in the National Military Personnel Records Center (NPRC), in St. Louis, Missouri, See details of holdings.
- The National Archives does not hold state militia records. For these records, you will need to contact the appropriate State Archives.
Libraries
Alaska State Library
Physical address:
395 Whittier Street, Juneau, AK 99801
Mailing address:
Alaska Historical Collections
State Office Building
P.O. Box 110571
Juneau, AK 99811-0571
Telephone: 907-465-2910
Fax: 907-465-2665
Website
E-mail
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
310 Tanana Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800
Telephone: 907-474-7224
Fax: 907-474-6841
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 756800
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800
Website
E-mail
Societies
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
E-mail
Website
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. FS Library fiche 6101864; book 979.8 A3u
- 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. FS Catalog books 979.7 A3w v. 1 – 6