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Bethel-Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
This Site is part of
The AKGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb® Project Welcome:
My name is Martha and I will be your host for 'all things' in this part of our world.
I do not live in Alaska so cannot do 'on the ground research'
but, that said, I am an excellent online researcher and might be able
to find that 'missing portion of your Ancestral Pie'
Please use this Link for Contact: Martha
Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ "Old" Bethel Files ~ Odds and Ends
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Newspapers ~ Lookups ~ Family
Military ~ Family Search Historical Images ~ Native American's
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Bethel - Kusilvak Census Area: Neighbors
Bristol Bay Borough & Dillingham ~ Kenai Borough
Lake & Peninsula ~
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Yukon - Koyukuk
Towns & Villages: Historical and Otherwise
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Search Bethel - Kusilvak Census Area Pages
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Newspapers~ Lookups ~ Family ~ Vital "Odds"
Birth Records Birth Records for the Bethel - Kusilvak Census Area
[Both Early and Later] and the rest of Alaska are mostly to be found in Church & Russian Mission Records.
There are some on FS in their Catalog
There is one film [1491161] Norma extracted the data, the rest of the info from the film is available
in the FS, Catalog
That File can be found here
There are also Birth Records listed on the Chart below for 'Historical Images'
and...
Russian Greek Orthodox Greek Catholic Church Records
Baptism, Marriage & Death Films
Please use this link for a Chart with Film Numbers, Dates and Image Ranges
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Marriage Records:
Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages
This link is for folks born in Alaska and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925
[Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses]
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link
This is the link for FS Historical Images: Vitals
FS Historical Images has Marriage Records for the following "Neighbors":
[CA = Census Area]
Bristol Bay / Unorganized ~ Central, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Chandalar, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Circle,
Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Ft Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Galena, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Kvichak,
Lake & Penn ~ Lake & Peninsula Borough ~ Manley Hot Spgs, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Nenana, Yukon-Koyukuk,
C-A ~ Nulato, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A Rampart, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Tanana, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Tolovana,
Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A ~ Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk, C-A
Remember, folks often 'ran away to be married'
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Death Records & Resources
Early Death Records may be found in Church Records as listed in the above chart.
Filmed Death Records and Certificates from FS are listed in the "Historical Images" Chart above.
Death Records: 1916 - 1974
Communities: Akiachak, Akiak, Bethel, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Kwethluk, Napakiak, Quinhagak, Tuntutuliak, and others.
Please Use This Link for Films or Use This Link to do a 'Name Search'
Death Listings: Social Security Records [Thanks Norma]
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Cemeteries
The Old Bethel-Kusilvak Cemetery Files have been reformatted into one searchable file:
Some of the old files were actually single obituaries submitted by volunteers:
Alakanuk ~ Aniak ~ Bethel ~ Chevak ~ Emmonak
Hooper Bay ~ Kipnuk ~ Kwigillingok Moravian
Mountain Village ~ Ptarmigan ~ Quinhagak ~ Ridgecrest
Toosok Bay ~ Tuntutuliak ~ Kupreanof Island
Find-A-Grave [POD = Bethel Census Area, AK]
Sunset Gardens [Surnames] ~ Kake Village
Soldiers Cemetery at Fort Bethel ~ Bethel City
Kusilvak Memorial [Surnames Extracted from F-A-G]
Please use this Link
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Obituaries & NewsPaper Abstracts
Obituaries
Heritage Hub: Updated to 31 December 2023
Please use this link for index
Lookups Available: Contact Martha
Note: Heritage Hub is available through many Local Public Libraries: Access with
your Library Card
There is a comparitively new Obituary Site that I just found.
"Tribute Archive" ~ Very Nice: Photos and Obituaries ~ Many States and Countries
Douglas Island Newspaper: 1898 > 1921 The above newspaper is available on Chronicling America
Obituaries: Alaska Weekly & Alaska Sportsman Index
The book listed above was found in the FS Catalog.It was published by the Alaska State Library, Juneau, AK
There is no date of publication, but the latest obit is listed for 1966.
Below is a list of the Newspapers and Codes used in the Index: Here is the Index: FS Catalog
AFN - Alaska Fishing News ~ AS - Alaska Sportsman ~ AW - Alaska Weekly CDA - Cordova Daily Alaskan ~ CL Chitina Leader ~ CWT - Cordova Weekly Times ~ DAD - Daily Alaska Dispatch FDT - Fairbanks Daily Times ~ FWT - Fairbanks Weekly Times ~
FST - Fairbanks Sunday Times JE - Juneau Empire (and its predecessors) ~ KC - Ketchikan Chronicle ~ KWM - Ketchikan Weekly Miner KDN - Ketchikan Daily News ~ MJ Mining Journal ~ PF - Pacific Fisherman WS Wrangell Sentinel ~ YVN - Yukon Valley News
The Papers are available in "My Heritage". I have access to the Library edition, Lookups Available:
Send Name of interest & Dates for Lookup: Martha
There was a nice set of Obituaries contributed by the former CC and Volunteers.
They have been reformatted for easier access. Please Use These Links: A > L / M > Z
Lookups
I have access to the following Subscription Databases [Library Editions]
Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] ~ My Heritage
Lookups: Contact Martha
'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
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Digital Historical Newspapers Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives
Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free]
This file is a list of Alaska Newspapers on Chronicling America with
clickable links to the actual digital item
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"Tidbits of Sublette County, Wyoming"
Compiled by:
Anna Lee Woffinden
The Booklets have indexes at the end.
Please use this link to download from Family Search Catalog
They contain all sorts of newspaper articles:
Birth, Death, Marriages, Funeral & Burial Announcements and Accidents
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"The Fine Print"
Bethel-Kusilvak Census Area: Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
AKGenWeb State Coordinator: Norma Hass
Assistant State Coordinator: Martha A C Graham
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