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Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
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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 ~ Family Search: Historical Images
Kenai's Neighbors:
Anchorage ~ Matanuska-Susitna ~ Bethel
Lake & Peninsula ~ Valdez - Cordova
Search Kenai
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.
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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
FS Filmed Records:
There are a lot of films with good records and indexes.
If you have trouble navigating the FS Catalog, send along a note.
Please include the Film # in question or a general question on how to use the Catalog.
It is a viable resource, but takes some getting used to.
Contact: Martha
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska : Marriages: LDS Films
Film # 106498042 / 1913-1915
100818116 - 100818117 - 100843156
To find the images for the above 3 films, use the regular FS Search Function:
Scroll down toward the bottom left of the screen where it says Batch/Film #
and plug in the film number of the person of interest, then update.
Homer, Seldovia & Seward are here.
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
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Ancestor Hunt has a very comprehensive list of Free Digital Newspapers
Please use this link.
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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
Film Indexes for Death Records & Certificates for Seldovia & Seward are here.
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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
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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.
Lookups Available: 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
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"The Fine Print"
Kenai Peninsula Borough Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
AKGenWeb State Coordinator: Norma Hass
Assistant State Coordinator: Martha A C Graham
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There are many ways to participate. If you have an idea or comment please let us know.
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