Photo Credit: Lisa Maloney Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska This site is part of The AKGenWeb and the USGenWeb®        Welcome My name is Martha and I will be your host for "all things on the Kenai Peninsula". I do not live in Alaska, but upon discovering that a distant Cousin was born on the Peninsula, I thought it a grand idea to learn more about the frozen north. So, join me in an online adventure: Discovering Family & Historical Resources for the Kenai Peninsula. Questions? Ideas? Contact me using this link: Martha Table of Contents History ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Biographies ~Lookups ~ 'Gleans: Old Kenai Files' Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries and Newspaper Items Military ~ Native Tribes ~ Court & Legal Records ~ Odds & Ends ~ FS: Historical Images [Includes Coroner Records] <New Site> "Alaska Additions" - New Resources to enhance your visit to the AKGenWeb [Off Site] Kenai's Neighbors: Anchorage ~ Matanuska-Susitna ~ Bethel Lake & Peninsula ~ Valdez - Cordova Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries and Newspaper Items Births The early Birth Records for Kenai and the rest of Alaska are mostly to be found in Church & Russian Mission Records. There are some on FS. I found one film with a few Births from 1913 - 1915. Film # 106498043: Please use this link for the Chart with Image Ranges The very best bet to find early births in Alaska is to use the FS Catalog and do a search for 'Alaska Baptism's' Use the 'Keyword' function, there are a lot of Church Records: There are 2 pages of linked resources. 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 +++~?~+++ Filmed Records: Family Search Catalog and Historical Images Section "B ' M ' D's" Seward: 1903 - 1972 - Linked PDF Kenai Peninsula, Alaska : Marriages: LDS Films Film # 106498042 / 1913-1915 +++~?~+++ 100818116 - 100818117 - 100843156 Homer, Seldovia & Seward are here. Film # 106498042 / 1913-1915 +++~?~+++ Historical Images: Kenai Peninsula Marriages Homer ~ Kenai ~ Seldovia ~ Seward: 1917 - 1971 Remember: Marriage Information can be located in Newspapers: Chronicling America has Alaska Newspapers in it's Digital Collection Please use this link: Free Access, with thanks to the Library of Congress Here is the updated file for Alaska Digital Historic Newspapers: Chronicling America <<<NEW>>> Ancestor Hunt has a very comprehensive list of Free Digital Newspapers Please use this link. Seward Death Records Film # 106498059: 1950 - 1958 This is a strange film, it includes a typed document before the regular indexes Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Death Certificates LDS Films: 100818109 - 100818110 - 100843153 - 106198044 - 106439878 +++~?~+++ Alaska Vital Records : Deaths LDS Film 100818116: 1816-2005 POB: Kenai Peninsula, AK  ~ Note: Many of the entries are Children +++~?~+++ Kenai Death Records and Certificates: Historical Images: 1903 - 1972 Kenai ~ Seldovia ~ Seward Cemeteries According to information that the former CC left, there were only 3 Cemeteries on the Kenai Peninsula... F~A~G lists 23: Anchor Point, Clam Gulch, Cooper Landing, Gerhardus Brandt Gravesite, Halibut Cove, Homer, Hope, Kachemak City, Kalifornsky, Kasilof, Kenai, Nanwalek, Nikiski, Nikolaevsk, Ninilchik, Osmar's Dock Cemetery, Port Graham, Seldovia, Seward, Soldotna, Sterling, Sunrise Cemetery,  Tyonek Here is the info from the old Kenai files: Homer Hickson Cemetery I found an old book which contains deaths in the National Cemetery at Sitka. Published in 1948, it may contain burials that are not listed elsewhere. The book can be downloaded here. +++~?~+++ Cemetery Records Copied by members of the L. D. S. Church in the United States Typed by members and the Genealogical Society Salt Lake City, Utah [Most of these were done in the 1960's] Volume 61 has 4 Alaska Cemeteries Egegik and Naknek - Bristol Bay Seldovia - Kenai Valdez - Valdex-Cordova The Pages for the 4 above Cemeteries can be found using this link The File is a searchable pdf Obituaries ~ Death Notices ~ Newspaper Articles Heritage Hub: Obituaries Kenai Obits: Updated to 31 December 2023 Heritage Hub includes NewsBank Newspapers Please use this link for the updated Index. September 2024 Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years. But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha Below is a list of the Newspapers used for the update Kenai Peninsula Clarion, The (Kenai, AK) ~ Anchorage Daily News (AK) Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK) ~ Homer News (AK) There is a comparitively new Obituary Site that I just found. "Tribute Archive" ~ Very Nice: Photos and Obituaries ~ Many States and Countries +++~?~+++ 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 & Dates: Martha A Free AK Newspaper... Douglas Island Newspaper: 1898 > 1921 The above newspaper is available on Chronicling America Please use this link for the pdf index  [FS Catalog] +++~?~+++ Tidbits of Sublette County, Wyoming, Compiled by: Anna Lee Woffinden There are indexes at the end of each Booklet They contain all sorts of newspaper articles: Birth, Death, Marriages, Funeral & Burial Announcements and Accidents The Booklets are in the FS Catalog: Please use this link "The Fine Print" Kenai Peninsula Borough Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham AKGenWeb State Coordinator: Norma Hass Assistant State Coordinator: Martha A C Graham If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please review our "Volunteer" page and contact us! There are many ways to participate. 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