History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups ~ "Old L - P Files"
For those of you who are not familiar with the format I use for Web Pages, take some time to look at the sections.
For the most part they are organized...But if you cannot find something that is of interest, but not
here, send me a note and I will try to find that item.
Please use this Link: Martha

 
Brief History & Time-Line

 Alaska Sentinel ~ Historical Newspaper
Published Editions: 1902 - 1911 or so
Then changed names: Wrangell Sentinel
Topics: Wrangell, Alaska, Fort Wrangel, Fort Wrangell, Alaska Sentinel, newspaper, Alaska History
Collections: Alaska Sentinel, Newspapers


Biographies - Books
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Vol XXXIII - History of Alaska: 1730 - 1885
The Index is here ~ Read Online or Download

Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography
Vol 4 - Supplemental
By: Dan L Thrapp
The Arthur H Clark Company, Spokane, Washington, 1994
The Index is here ~ Read Online or Download

The Alaska-Yukon Gold Book
Compiled, edited and published:
Sourdough Stampede Association, Inc : Seattle, Washington: 1930
V l Marion ~ Fred N Atwood
The Booklet is chock full of great information:
Including, but not limited to:
The Bandit Prince of Skagway ~ The Sheep Camp Snowslide ~ Marine Disasters [1913] ~ Northern Fraternity
Alaska Yukon Pioneers ~ Ladies of the Golden North ~ Sourdough Stampede Ass'n [Roster w/Portraits]
The book is a fully searchable pdf and can be downloaded from the FS Catalog:  Please use this link

Pan Pacific Who's Who
Copyright 1941
Honolulu Star- Bulletin, LTD, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A.
The Book can be Read Online or Downloaded [Archive.org]
or I will send Scans of Interest. Contact: Martha
This Linked Chart has the Bios for Alaska

"American Women : The official who's who among the women of the nation"
by Howes, Durward, 1899-
Publication date, 1937 - V2
There are two interesting Indexes: Geographical, Occupational
There is one page of Necrology [Names, no Dates, A - K]
The Biographies are Alpha and split into Sections.
The Indexes and Sections are Here
Read Online or Download [Archive.org]

"Tewkesbury's Who's Who in Alaska"
[Includes Business Index]
David & William Tewkesbury 301 Goldstein Building, Juneau, Alaska
200 Lyon Building, Seattle, Wash.
1947, Tewksbury Publishers
The Biographies are brief, but interesting.
There is no Index to the book, so I have split out the brief bios:
A - G ~ H - L ~ M - R ~ S - Z
Then I split out the Business Listings so the files are not so large.
A - C ~ D - I ~ J - W
This Link will search all of the Books in the FS Library

The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be freely accessed.
The Collection is Extensive and Informative:Please use this link for access.


Maps
David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection
Note: The Rumsey Collection now features a way to search Text on Maps
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection
Earthquake Fault Maps
American Georgaphical Society Library - Digital Map Collection
 Humboldt State University Map Collection
MapGoose ~ Alaska 'Topo Zone'
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps ~ Railroad Maps
And, of course, Google Earth
Alaska Mining Claims "Mapper"


>>>What's New<<<

31 May 2025

"Northwest Medicine"
by: Alaska State Medical Association
Volumes 44-55 (1945-1956) of Northwest Medicine, 1-41:1-4 (1959-1999) of Alaska Medicine,
and 154-173 (1991-2000) of the Western Journal of Medicine are available online.
Alaska Medicine and the Western Journal of Medicine ran concurrently between 1991 and 1999.

The Scope and Content of three versions of the Journals for the Alaska State Medical Journal
changed over time, so searching them will require a bit of a different approach.
Use these Terms:
Obituary ~ Onituaries ~ Memorial ~ In Memoriam ~ Deceased, Individual Names and Locations.

In an effort to make this interesting set of Medical Journals
available for Alaska Genealogical and Historical Researchers, I am
trying to figure out how the Content is structured and what might be
the best way of presentation.

All of the issues are on the Archive.org Site and can be viewed, searched and downloaded.

The best way to inspect the Content of an Issue is to take a look at an Index.
Here are the Index pages for the 1945 Issue
https://archive.org/details/northwestmedicin4419nort/page/n8/mode/1up

Genealogocal Research always includes the search for both Biographies and Obituaries.
Fortunately for us, these Journals have both!
The 1945 Issue has a nice indexed list of Obits:
https://archive.org/details/northwestmedicin4419nort/page/n8/mode/1up

Here is a sample
Dr. John G. Abele, former city health officer of Portland, died recently in Roseburg.
He was born .April 7, 1870, near Saginaw, Michigan. Following enlistment in the cavalry and service
in the Spanish .American war he came to Portland, entered and graduated from
the University of Oregon Medical School, 1907. He entered the city health bureau shortly thereafter,
and retired as city health officer in 1937 after 28 years of service.

By the 1960's, the Editors discontinued full Obituaries for the most part and began to use Memorials:
"In memoriam" became the vehicle of rememberance.

The Index entries looked like this: 1960
In Memoriam:
William P. Blanton, M.D 41 [Full Obit]
Stan Lee Edward, M.D. . 42
A. O. Rogers 42
John Harold Clements, M.D 92

In 1991, there were nice indexes of memorials
https://archive.org/details/westernjournalof1541cali/page/744/mode/1up

In 1995, there were still a few entries for the "In Memoriam" Section

By the year 2000, there were no Memorals at all
The Alaska Journals also have Membership Information, County Rosters, Changes of Address
and "Local News Items" which are always interesting.

The best way to find the Local News Articles is to use Locations
for searching: For Instance, using 'Sitka' brings up 58 hits in the 1959 Issue.
Like This...

Sitka—Mrs. Phil (Mildred) Moore has main-
tained a full-time job as Dr. Phil’s office nurse ever since he opened his Orthopedic clinic in Sitka. In the
past year. Dr. T. M. Moore (no relation), has joined Dr. Phil, making the Moore Clinic really the Moore
Clinic, so that one nowadays speaks of Dr. Phil or Dr. T. M. instead of Dr. Moore. Dr. T. M.’s wife Shirley
will soon be an active auxiliary member. She is the mother of a four-year-old and a two-year-old, and
still finds time and energy to put in considerable time doing secretarial work for the clinic. The new Moores have come to Sitka from St. Louis.
[Pg 37, March 1959]

Using the Tutorial I have written will give you an idea on how to use the
valuable files on the Archive Site.


Medical and Surgical Directory
of The United States
R L Polk & Co, Publishers,
1886
This is the link for the AK Pages

There is also information on the following:
Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards.
Medical Corps of the United States Navy
Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service.
Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards.

Medical and Surgical Register
of The United States
R L Polk, Publishers,
Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago
1890
This is the link for the AK Pages

There is also information on the following:
Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards.
Medical Corps of the United States Navy
Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service.
Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards.

Note:
Polk's Medical Register and Directory of North America
There are quite a few: Scroll
Years: 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1917
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The Family Search Historical Image Section
has a nice selection of BIA Family Census [Village] Records
I had a difficult time trying to find a definitve explanation of the process by which the
information was gathered. There was really nothing to find, but from looking at the files, two things stand out:
I did manage to find this...
However...
1: Teachers gathered from either students or parents information and recorded it on printed forms
2. BIA Agents or their Assistants recorded information 'on site' on printed forms.
This is evident in the fact that they entered data on living conditions.
The time frame for the Information found ranges from about 1913 to 1972.
Explanation about "Roll Numbers"
Below is an index of the Information available on Family Search.
There are also films in the National Archives, Archive.org Site and Access Genealogy.
Here are some 'Sample' Census Files - These were downloaded from Family Search.
Paimiut Family Census: 1939 ~ Halibut Cove Family Census: 1938
Chevak Family Census: 1962 - Note Redacted Information
Cordova: Alaska Medical Services - Family Folder: 1934

Now...
 Here are searchable and linked pdf's that will enhance your searching.
Family [Village], Census, Chevak, Copper Center, AK
Family [Village], Census, Cordova, Chugash CA, AK
Family [Village], Census, Fortuna Ledge, Kusilvak CA, AK
Family [Village], Census, Halibut Bay, Kenai Peninsula, AK
Family [Village], Census, Ouzinkle, Pilot Station, Lake & Peninsula Borough, AK
Family [Village], Census, Pimute - Port Moller, Kusilvak CA,AK



The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be freely accessed.
The Collection is Extensive and Informative: Please use this link for access. [Archival Databases]

Alaska State Library
Interesting Collections:
Genealogical Resources ~ Historical Collections ~ Historic Alaska Newspapers and more...

Goodies from the 'WayBack Machine"
Alaska Railroad: Archived Websites: From 2007 and on...
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Family Search: Historical Images
Resources: "Alaska as part of the Russian Empire"
This is a Searchable and Linked pdf for all the Categories Below



Annual Report to the Commissioner of Education, Washington, DC
of the
US Public School at Egegik, Alaska
30 June 1929 ~ FS Film 106814686

Lake and Peninsula Mining Records: Family Search



Access: Log into your FS Account and then use this link.

Miscellaneous Records: Film 105915367 - Kvichak
This film is a collection of 'odds and ends'
There are Homestead, Divorces, Naturalizations, Mining Claims and ???
There is an index: Images 243--270

Alaska Records in the National Archives: Please use this Link


Lookups:
I found no Lookup Volunteers for Lake - Peninsula Borough,
But, that said, I have access to the following Subscription Databases
and am happy to do limited lookups:

Databases [Library Editions]
Heritage Hub: Contact Martha


There were some great bits and pieces of information found in the old Lake-Peninsula Files:
They have been reformatted and are linked below

Aircraft Ownership ~ Boat Ownership
Towns [Historical and Modern]
Birth Records: Gleaned by Norma in 2018 [Family Search]
Social Security Deaths, Index
Obituaries: Records sent in by Volunteers
1984 Directory: Jpg's converted to one pdf. Please use this Link