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SITKA BOROUGH, ALASKAUS GENWEB PROJECT |
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| Alaska Bureau Of Vital Statistics |
350 Main
Street The Alaska
Bureau of Vital Statistics is responsible for managing vital records
in the State of Alaska. Vital records in Alaska include birth, death,
fetal death, divorce and marriage certificate data, along with reports
of adoption. For information about your family member's Alaska vital
record contact our Record Processing Unit: (907) 465-3392. Vital records
are confidential and may not be released to a third party until 100
years after a birth, or 50 years after a death, marriage, or divorce.
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| Sitka Borough Clerk |
304 Lake
Street Boroughs
do not have vital record keeping duties. They do collect property taxes,
record deeds, etc., but all the vital records are collected and kept
by the state vital statistics office. |
| VitalChek | A
private company from which you can order vital record copies. |
| City and Borough of Sitka | 100
Lincoln Street Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-1816 fax (907) 747-7403 |
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Official
Home Page |
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| AK GenWeb Archives | Contains
some excellent material - Census records, burial records, WWI draft registrations,
early AK pioneer obituaries, etc. |
| Family History Center (Mormon) | Sitka
Family History Center 105 Shotgun Alley Sitka, Alaska Phone: 907-747-5407 Hours: M-T 9am-12pm; W 6pm-9pm; F 1pm-4pm |
| Sitka Convention & Visitors Bureau |
P.O. Box
1226
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| Kettleson Memorial Library |
320 Harbor
Drive |
| Sitka Lutheran Church | Located
downtown on Lincoln St. P.O. Box 598 Sitka, AK 99835 Phone: 907-747-3338. This is
the oldest Lutheran Church on the West Coast of North America. The congregation
was founded in 1840 by Finnish Lutherans who worked for the Russian
American Company. Now part of the Alaska Synod, Region 1, of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). |
| Sheldon
Jackson Museum Open summer: Daily 9-5; winter: Tu-Sa 10-4. Admission: Adults $3; Youth 18 & under Free; Members Free; Museum Pass: $10. |
Located
on the campus of Sheldon Jackson College Extensive Alaska Native collections in the oldest concrete structure in Alaska. Native artist demonstrators each summer. An Alaska State Museum since 1984. Store. Scope of collections is Alaska Native materials prior to the1930s |
| Isabel
Miller Museum Open May - Sept: Daily 9-5; Oct - May: Tu-Sa 10-noon, 1-4. |
Located
downtown in the Harrigan Centennial Building. 330 Harbor Drive Informative
and attractive displays about the lives and histories of the people
who have lived in Sitka--the Tlingits, the Russians, and the early American
settlers in the 13th colony. |
| Sitka Historical Society |
330 Harbor
Drive
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| Alaska State Archives | |
| Alaska State Library | |
| Sitka National Historical Park Open year-round; call for hours. |
Located
at 106 Metlakatla Street The national
historical park has a collection of commanding totems along paths that
weave through the rain forest. Tlingit ethnographic items, Tlingit and
Haida totem poles, Russian American historical and archaeological collections,
archives and herbarium specimens. Tlingit artists demonstrate, teach
traditional crafts. Store. Sitka: The park also is the site of the Southeast
Alaska Visitor Center, where travelers can watch native artists at work. |
| The
Russian Bishop's House Open by appointment. Admission: $3. |
Located
in downtown Sitka on Lincoln Street. One of
four original Russian structures remaining in North America. Exhibits
interpret Russian American fur trade in Alaska, and the roles of the
Russian American Company and Russian Orthodox Church. |
| Southeast
Alaska Indian Cultural Center Open May - Sept: Daily 8-5; Oct - Apr: M-F 8-5. |
106 Metlakatla
St. Displays.
Artists and demonstrators in wood carving, silver, weaving, and sewing.
Classes on NW Coast art. |
| National Archives and Record Administration | 654
West Third Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501-2145 Phone: 907-271-2441 E-mail: archives@alaska.nara.gov Fax: 907-271-2442 |
| Alaska Historical Society | P.O.
Box 100299 Anchorage, AK 99510-0299 |
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