Origin of state's name: Based on an Aleut word "alaxsxaq" literally
meaning "object toward which the action of the sea is directed" or more
simply "the mainland".
Origin of state's name: Based on an Aleut word "alaxsxaq" literally
meaning "object toward which the action of the sea is directed" or more
simply "the mainland".
AlaskaGenWeb
AKGenWeb extends a sincere thank you to our past State Coordinators. Mary Cronin Nichols for her work as the original State Coordinator and Captain Pat Smith for his dedicated efforts to provide useful resources and information.
ALASKA PROJECT Lookups: Personal lookups are normally provided only to confirm or deny a name's inclusion in a commercially available resource. For details a researcher normally purchases the copyrighted resource from the author or agent. Lookup volunteers often do far more research in locally available public resources. Be sure to thank the volunteers for their committment. ************ AlaskaGenWeb Archives Do you have resources pertaining to Alaska, i.e. records, bibles, old newpapers, etc, or any listing of persons, places, and dates, which would help other genealogists? If you would be willing to lookup information, please contact Sarah Ligon with your holdings. These could also be transcribed for inclusion in the Archives, with permission of course. Ketchikan
An annotated database, by the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive , updated 1 Apr 1997, now over 2800 names of those who participated in the Gold Rush of 1898-99 by going over Valdez Glacier to the Copper River Area. Resources used included mining location records, 1900 census, diaries, letters, books, newspapers, and many names from Passenger lists on vessels departing, Portland, Seattle, and Port Townsend for Valdez and the Copper River Area. Whenever possible, the person's hometown, place of birth, date of birth are given. One man's
Diary of the Gold Rush
~ Links to Canadian Genealogy ~ inGeneas ~ Canadian Genealogical Research and Searchable Databases Genealogy Centre with indexes that I have compiled. The information that these indexes lead to in my 6,000-page database(fully referenced) is available for the asking (ie roadhouse owners index - I will email whatever I have on the roadhouse that is named). |
