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WELCOME TO HAINES BOROUGH A PART OF THE ALASKA GENWEB PROJECT BOROUGH CO-HOST NEEDED! |
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Welcome to the Haines, Alaska GenWeb Project. We are part of the US GenWeb Project. I'm Melissa Lennhart, your Haines Borough Coordinator. Please feel free to make this site your own. You are welcome to submit any data, photos, or other information that you think would be helpful for genealogical researchers. Items can be submitted as Word documents, Excel Documents, or scans. I would really like to find a co-host for this Borough - preferably someone with knowledge of the area. Web skills are desirable but not required. If you are interested please email me for more information. You can also visit our Volunteer Page to get an idea of different ways to help. |
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WHAT'S NEW? | Easily determine what material has been added to this site since your last visit. | ||
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AIRCRAFT OWNERSHIP | A listing of all aircraft registered in Haines Borough | ||
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | Under development. Please submit any good local history sources that you are aware of. | ||
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BIOGRAPHIES | Under development. | ||
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BOAT OWNERSHIP | A listing of all watercraft registered in Haines Borough. Sorted by vessel name. | ||
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CEMETERIES - JONES POINT | Frankie Perry, from Haines, Alaska has been photographing the Jones Point Cemetery in Haines. Thank you so much Frankie! | ||
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CHURCHES | Under development. | ||
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DEATHS | These death records are taken from the Social Security Death Index. Compiled courtesy of Sherri Bradley. | ||
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DEEDS | Theresa
Stiner, Haines Recorder PO Box 111013 Juneau, AK 99811-1013 |
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Location) 400 Willoughby Ave 3rd Floor Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 465-2514 (Fax) 465-3454 |
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Recording District Covers: Chilkat * Chilkoot * Gantegastaki * Haines * Kalwatta * Klukwan * Letnikof Cove * Moose Valley * Pleasant Camp (Aband) * Porcupine (Aband) * Sunshine * Wells |
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FAMILY HISTORY CENTER (MORMON) | Haines
Family History Center Small Track Rd Right Corner Haines, Alaska Phone: 907-766-2379 Closed until further notice |
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HISTORY OF THE HAINES AREA | |||
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LOOKUPS AND VOLUNTEERS | We need you! Please visit this page to see how you can help. | ||
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MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES & HISTORICAL SOCIETIES | |||
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MAPS | Nice collection of Alaska maps to help you with your research | ||
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NATIVE CULTURE MAP | Shows the Native groups in Southern Alaska, courtesy of W. "Bill" Jones of Stratford, Florida | ||
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NEWSPAPERS - CURRENT | Chilkat Valley Newspaper | ||
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NEWSPAPERS - HISTORICAL | This shows what newspapers were available and when. | ||
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OBITUARIES | New! Feel free to submit any Haines-related obits that you may have so that we can post them here. | ||
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PHOTOS | Under development. Feel free to submit photos for posting. | ||
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PIONEERS | These names are indexed from Haines area history books and will be expanded as new sources are discovered. | ||
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PROBATE AND COURT RECORDS | |||
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QUERY / MESSAGE BOARDS | These have been upgraded and combined with the Ancestry Boards. Post/View queries, bios, bible records, deeds, obits, pensions, and wills here. These are a valuable resource and all genealogists need to learn how to use them. | ||
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RESOURCES | Haines
Borough, AK 103 Third Avenue S. P.O. Box 1209 Haines, Alaska 99827 Phone (907) 766-2231 Fax (907) 766-2716 |
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SURNAMES | Research your family name through the Ancestry.com surname boards | ||
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TIMELINE OF ALASKA HISTORY | A timeline to help you figure out what happened and when. | ||
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TOWNS, VILLAGES & POPULATED PLACES |
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Chilkat
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History:
Former Tlingit Indian village; abandoned about 1910. The name "Chilkat"
refers to a tribe of Tlingit, and means "salmon storehouse."
Description: on the Chilkat Peninsula, on E shore of Chilkat Inlet, 2
mi. S of the center of Haines, 18 mi. SSW of Skagway, Coast Range
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Chilkoot
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History:
Former Tlingit village named for the Chilkoot Tribe that lived there.
In the 1880 Census Ivan Petroff listed "Chilcoot." The population
in 1890, including the mission, was 106. In 1881 the U.S. Navy recorded
"Chilcoot or Tananei." Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) spelled
the name "Tschilkut." Reported as "Tenany," an Indian
fishing village, by C. M. Willard (1884, p. 140). Description: between
Lutak Inlet and Chilkoot Lake, in course of Chilkoot River, 12 mi. SW
of Skagway, Coast Mts
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Covenant
Life
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No
information available. Located on USGS Skagway B-3 map.
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Excursion
Inlet
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History:
Name published by US@C&GS in the 1943 Coast Pilot (p. 409). Description:
population 23, cannery at mouth of Excursion Inlet, 5 mi. N of the Porposie
Island and 38 mi. NW of Juneau, St. Elias Mts.
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Gantegastaki
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History:
Former Tlingit Indian village name obtained in 1880 from an Indian interpreter,
as "Gan-te-gas-tak-heh," meaning "village on right bank
of river," by Marcus Baker, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
In the 1880 Census, Petroff (1884, p. 31) listed "Yondestuk,"
population 171; and in the same year, Captain L. A. Beardslee, U.S. Navy
(USN), recorded the name "Tondust." The present inhabitants
call it "Yindastuki." In 1867 this Indian village consisted
of 12 houses; 13 years later it had grown to 16 houses and 171 people.
In 1952 only a few houses remained. Description: at Haines Airport at
mouth of Chilkat River, 17 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts
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Haines
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History:
Former incorporated City of Port Chilkoot merged with Haines in March
1970; named Haines in 1884 for Haines Mission, originally established
in 1881 as Willard Mission by Presbyterian missionaries; earlier the place
had been known as Dtehshuh (Indian village name meaning "end of the
trail"). Description: On W shore of Portage Cove, 26 km (16 mi) SW
of Skagway; T 30, R 59 E, Cooper River Mer.
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Kalwatta
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History:
Name of an Indian village reported as "Katkwaltn" by USGS in
1898. Village "was abandoned over 60 years ago after being inundated
during a flood." Robertson reported the full native name as "Kahtkwaltoo,",
which means "armour of wooden sticks", referring to the armour
worn by a Kulkwan chief. Description: site of an Indian village, on Haines
Highway, 5 mi. SE of Wells and 20 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts
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Lutak
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No
information available. Located on USGS Skagway B-2 map.
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Mosquito
Lake
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No
information available. Located on USGS Skagway C-3 map.
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Mud
Bay
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No
information available. Located on USGS Skagway A-2 map.
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Port
Chilkoot
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History:
Former incorporated City of Port Chilkoot merged with Haines in March
1970; originally named Fort William H. Seward in 1904 by the War Department;
in 1922, the name was changed to Chilkoot Barracks for the Chilkoot Indian
tribe; about 1943 private citizens purchased the land and renamed it Port
Chilkoot. Description: Section of the City of Haines, 1.1 km (0.7 mi)
S of Haines; former incorporated City of Port Chilkoot merged with Haines
in March 1970, T 30 S, R 59 E, Copper River Mer
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Tanani
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History:
This is the name of a Tlingit Indian village said to mean "leaping
place," reported by Aurel and Arthur Kruase (1883, map) and published
by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot
(p. 200). In 1883 it consisted of three houses.
Description: on Tanani Bay, at head of Chilkoot Inlet, just S of Tanani Point, 14 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts. |
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Wells
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History:
local name reported by Wright (1904, pl. 2 and pl. 11), U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS). A mining office was established here in 1900, and in 1903
it was a post for the Northwest Mounted Police on what was then the provisional
boundary between the United States and Canada. Description: on E shore
of Chilkat River, 1.8 mi. NW of Klukwan and 22 mi. W of Skagway; Coast
Mts.
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VITAL RECORDS | Handled by the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics. Under Alaska law, all Vital Statistics records are strictly confidential until they become public records. Births become public records 100 years after the event; deaths, marriages, and divorces become public records 50 years after the event. | ||
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YEARBOOKS
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This is an area where volunteers can be of great help. If you have an old yearbook, scan it in and send it to the Borough Coordinator. | ||
Should you have any questions, please email the Borough Coordinator.
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