Alaska Census

United States U.S. Census Alaska Census

Tips

If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
On the family group record show each person's census listings.
Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.

For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Alaska indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library**
1940 N/A	1910 and Soundex
1930	1900 and Soundex
1920 and Soundex

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1031
1920 T625 and Soundex M1597

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Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Alaska, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Ancestry.com, "1890 Veterans Schedules" at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8667 (accessed 10 February 2010). Index should includes naval vessels in Alaskan waters, but this is uncertain.

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Non-Population Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives

1929 Agriculture

Farms and Ranges

Livestock not on Farms and Rangers

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

1890 Veterans. A census of Union veterans on naval vessels in Alaskan waters.

Ronald Vern Jackson, et. al., 1890 U. S. Vessels and Navy Census Index: Special Schedule of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Salt Lake City: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1983)[FHL Book 973 X22j 1890].

State and Territorial Censuses[edit | edit source]

Alaska took censuses in the years between the federal censuses, the dates listed in the chart. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.

For a list of available Alaska Territory censuses, click here.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Alaska censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]