Alaska substitute birth, marriage, and death records online lists alternate places to look for BMDs including family bibles, census records, cemetery records, funeral home records, obituaries, probate records, military records, naturalization and citizenship records, and more.

 

If you haven’t been able to find an ancestor in Alaska Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online, these are some great substitute birth, marriage, and death record options.

 

Family Bibles
  • Family bibles often include a front page where family names, birth dates, and birth places are recorded
Census Records
  • US Census records from 1850 forward contain the age and state or country of birth for each member of a household
  • Some census records give the month and year of birth
  • Some census records give the relationship to the head of the household
Cemetery Records
  • Cemetery headstones usually give the birth and death year and sometimes the complete birth and death dates
  • Some tombstones include the country of birth
Funeral Home Records
  • Funeral home records may contain copies of obituaries or notes, records about the date of death, details about the grave location, information about the funeral service, and information about surviving family, residences, and more
Obituaries
  • Obituaries usually include the birth date and place, marriage date, death date and place, and biographical information for the deceased as well as family names
Probate Records
  • Probate records may include the date of death, last will and testament listing family relations, an inventory of possessions, deeds, and more
Military Records
  • Military records may include the birth date and place
  • Pension records may include the birth date and place
  • Military records may include a physical description of the person and names of a parent
Naturalization & Citizenship Records
  • These may include the birth date and place
  • Name changes and aliases
  • Residence prior to arrival, residence after arrival, and much more

 

 

 

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US possible substitute collections with Alaska BMDs

See also Alaska Census Records online

See also Alaska Funeral Home Records online

See also Alaska Military Records online

See also Alaska Naturalization and Citizenship Records online

See also Alaska Obituaries online

See also Alaska Probate Records online

US – Newspapers – Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922, MH

US – Directories – City Directories by DistantCousin Genealogy, MH

US – Passport – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, MH

US – Pension Records – United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, at FS, index & images

US – Pension Records – United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, at FS, index & images

US – Pension Records – United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, at FS, index & images

US – Pension Records – United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, at FS, index & images

 

 

Alaska statewide possible substitute BMD collections

See also Alaska Census Records online

See also Alaska Military Records online

See also Alaska Naturalization and Citizenship Records online

See also Alaska Obituaries online

See also Alaska Probate Records online

 

Alaska – Alaska, Pioneer Home discharge index, 1913-1958, at FS, index links to images

Alaska – Alaska, mixed vital records, 1916-1929, at FS

Alaska – Census Records

Alaska – Coroner’s Records – Alaska, coroner’s inquests, 1904-1959, at FS

Alaska – Coroner’s Records – Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Coroner’s Inquests, 1913-1958, at FS, index links to images

Alaska – Workhouse – Alaska, Pioneer Home discharge index, 1913-1958, at FS, index links to images

 

 

 

Alaska substitute collections with possible birth, marriage, and death info

See also Alaska Census Records online

See also Alaska Funeral Home Records online

See also Alaska Military Records online

See also Alaska Naturalization and Citizenship Records online

See also Alaska Obituaries online

See also Alaska Probate Records online

 

Aleutian Islands – Church Records – AKGenWeb Archives Church Records, at AKGenWeb Archives 

Aleutian Islands – Native Races – Census of Unalaska and Aleutian Villages, Alaska, March, 1878

Anchorage – Newspapers – Alaska, Anchorage, Newspapers : Anchorage Daily News (selections Only), 1970-1980

Bethel-Wade Hampton Area – Church Records – AKGenWeb Archives Church Records, at AKGenWeb Archives  

Juneau – Medical Records – Alaska, Juneau Saint Ann’s Hospital Birth Records, 1913-1947, at FS

Kenai Peninsula – Church Records – AKGenWeb Archives Church, at AKGenWeb Archives 

Misc/Unknown Borough – Church Records –  AKGenWeb Archives Church, at AKGenWeb Archives 

Nome – Church Records – AKGenWeb Archives Church, at AKGenWeb Archives  

Seward – Newspapers – Index to the Seward Gateway, a Newspaper, 1904-1910

Sitka – Church Records – AKGenWeb Archives Church, at AKGenWeb Archives  

Sitka – Medical Records – Alaska Pioneer’s Home, at FS

Sitka – Medical Records – Alaska, Pioneer Home Discharge Index, 1913-1958, at FS

Skagway – Medical Records – Alaska, Skagway, Hospital Birth Records, 1908-1937, at FS

Skagway – Medical Records – Alaska, Skagway, Probate, Sanity Hearings, and Guardianship Records, 1898-1960, at FS

Unalaska – Native Races – Census of Unalaska and Aleutian Villages, Alaska, March, 1878

 

 

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