What's New

Here is a log of the latest updates, changes, and additions to this Fairbanks AKGenWeb site.

2024 Mar 14 - Added Bunnell, Fitzgerald, Nerland, Olcott, Rivers, and Spencer biographies from Pan-Pacific Who's Who
2024 Mar 14 - Fixed redirected links (no broken links found)

2023 Jul 21 - Updated neighbor from Valdez-Cordova to Copper River
2023 Jul 10 - Ran a link checker and removed the one reported broken link

2022 Sep 27 - Changed site layout for better mobile viewing
2022 Sep 25 - Applied a new look to this site
2022 Sep 24 - Fixed redirected off-site links (on pages: census, offices, resources, search)
2022 May 27 - Fixed links to neighboring boroughs
2022 May 17 - Secured Search to allow autofill in search criteria box
2022 Jan 17 - Fairbanks North Star Borough & SE Fairbanks Census Area AKGenWeb made Available for Adoption
2022 Jan 03 - Added Resource link to Historical Marker Database

2021 Feb 20 - Added Resource links to free obituaries

2020 Dec 13 - Thanks to Denise Wells, added host logo and link
2020 Nov 10 - Added Resource link to FamilySearch's Alien Arrivals collection
2020 Apr 20 - Added Birch Hill Cemetery burials listing
2020 Mar 18 - Added Resource link to Eagle - Fort Egbert
2020 Mar 04 - Thanks to Kim Schley, added her Ted & Babe LOWELL query

2019 Oct 11 - Added 1915 Directory T-Z Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2019 Sep 09 - Added 1915 Directory S Fairbanks vbusinesses and surnames
2019 Aug 20 - Added 1915 Directory P-R Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2019 Jul 11 - Added 1915 Directory N-O Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2019 Jun 06 - Added Head Start newspaper article and Resource link to Tundra Times
2019 May 18 - Added 1915 Directory M Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2019 Apr 27 - Added 1915 Directory J-L Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2019 Mar 30 - Added 1915 Directory H-I Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2019 Feb 21 - Added 1915 Directory F-G Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2019 Jan 02 - Added 1915 Directory D-E Fairbanks businesses and surnames

2018 Dec 03 - Added 1915 Directory C businesses and surnames
2018 Nov 19 - Added 1915 Directory B Fairbanks businesses and surnames
2018 Oct 21 - Thanks to Allen Smith, added George Smith biography, and Fairbanks Bridge & Front Street postcards
2018 Oct 05 - Added 1915 Directory introduction thru A businesses and surnames
2018 Aug 18 - Thanks to Skip Coghlan, added Resource link to Mining Museum
2018 Jul 25 - Added some 1800s births
2018 Jun 13 - Thanks to Melissa McCord, added Resource link to 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Chena
2018 May 22 - Added some 1931-1940 births
2018 Apr 29 - Added some 1926-1930 births
2018 Mar 23 - Added some 1900-1925 births
2018 Feb 04 - Thanks to Marsha Bryant, added some marriage certificates
2018 Feb 03 - Thanks to Marsha Bryant, added some death certificates
2018 Jan 27 - Added some marriages
2018 Jan 18 - Added 1957 University of Alaska Yearbook

2017 Dec 05 - Added a list of surnames of people mentioned in This Old House
2017 Nov 15 - Implemented new look courtesy of Marsha Bryant of Templates-In-Time
2017 Nov 10 - Added additional maps, places, cemeteries, photos, and resources
2017 Nov 05 - New Borough Coordinator, Norma Hass, adopted site

22 Feb 2016 Added over 400 additional Death Records

21 May 2015 Corrected death date for Scott Jennings

25 Sep 2011 Added an obituary - Hannah Solomon
21 Sep 2011 Added a new researcher to the Surname Registry
21 Sep 2011 Added a brick wall query, surnames "Schlitz & Toby"
24 Aug 2011 Added the alumni list from Fairbanks High School, years 1913 - 1950
25 Jan 2011 Added many new photos to the Photo Gallery
25 Jan 2011 Added entries on the Museums & Libraries page for the Fairbanks NorthStar Borough Public Libraries, the Delta Community Library, the Family History Centers in Delta Junction and Fairbanks and the Earl E Rasmusen Library at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks
16 Jan 2011 New new photo - sunset over the New Village of Eagle

21 Nov 2010 Added an index to the 1885-1960 Alaska Probate Records for the Fairbanks Precinct
19 Nov 2010 Added a listing of towns, villages & populated areas
26 Sep 2010 Added over 800 additional Death Records
19 Sep 2010 Added a site search engine
18 Sep 2010 Added Obituaries section, beginning with 19 records
04 Aug 2010 Added a new photo of the Fairbanks Ice Carnival, circa 1920
24 May 2010 Added Photo Gallery
10 May 2010 Added the aircraft and boat registrations for Fairbanks North Star Borough and the South East Fairbanks Census Area
12 Apr 2010 Added 34 transcribed news articles
14 Mar 2010 Added links to 9 transcribed news articles
13 Mar 2010 Added a brickwall queries page
13 Mar 2010 Added the areas covered by the Fairbanks Recording District
21 Feb 2010 Added links to the 1880 Census, cemetery transcriptions, Pioneers of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star borough post cards and the AKGenWeb Archives
21 Feb 2010 Added a Surname Registry to the site - who's researching who?
2 Feb 2010 Added over 6500 death records or our site

18 Nov 2009 Sherri Bradley and Annie Geoghegan are the new site coordinators

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