Ketchikan Genealogy (in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Ketchikan are also found through the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Alaska pages.


Ketchikan Birth Records

1818 -1963 Alaska Vital Records (selected years) Ancestry online

Alaska, Birth Records, 1913-present Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records Section

Ketchikan Cemetery Records

Bayview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Bayview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bayview Cemetery Records Interment online

Pennock Island Saxman Native Graveyard Billion Graves online

Ketchikan Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Ketchikan City Directories

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Ketchikan thru Ketchikan and Vicinity, November 1943 thru November 1962 Library of Congress online

Ketchikan Death Records

1818 -1963 Alaska Vital Records (selected years) Ancestry online

Alaska, Death Records, 1890-present Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records Section

Ketchikan Map Records

Ketchikan 1914 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Ketchikan 1914 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Ketchikan 1927 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Ketchikan 1927 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ketchikan, Ketchikan Census Division, Alaska, November 1914 Library of Congress online

Ketchikan Marriage Records

1818 -1963 Alaska Vital Records (selected years) Ancestry online

Alaska, Marriage Records, 1890-present Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records Section

Ketchikan Military Records

World War I Draft Registration - Ketchikan City Genealogy Trails online

Ketchikan Newspapers and Obituaries

Daily Progressive-Miner 1915-1916 Newspapers.com online

Daily progressive-miner 07/01/1916 to 01/31/1919 Genealogy Bank online

Index to mining-related articles in Ketchikan newspapers Alaska State Libraries, Archives & Museums online

Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle 01/03/1955 to 03/05/1955 Genealogy Bank online

Ketchikan Daily News 04/13/1955 to 09/16/1958 Genealogy Bank online

Ketchikan Miner 1913-1915 Newspapers.com online

Ketchikan Mining News 1907-1907 Newspapers.com online

Ketchikan miner 03/16/1907 to 07/23/1915 Genealogy Bank online

The Ketchikan miner. (Ketchikan, Alaska) (from Jan. 3, 1913 to Sept. 16, 1915) Chronicling America online

The Ketchikan mining news. (Ketchikan, Alaska) (from Jan. 18, 1907 to March 8, 1907) Chronicling America online

The daily progressive-miner. (Ketchikan, Alaska) (from Sept. 23, 1915 to June 30, 1916) Chronicling America online

Offline Newspapers for Ketchikan

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Alaska Fishing News. (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1934-1945

Daily Miner. (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1906-1915

Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle. (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1919-1957

Ketchikan Daily Alaska Fishing News. (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1945-1947

Southeastern Log. (Ketchikan, Alaska) 1971-1989

Ketchikan School Records

Ketchikan High School - Kayhi Yearbook (Ketchikan, AK), 1953, 1957 E Yearbook online

Ketchikan High School yearbook, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1953, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ketchikan High School yearbook, 1953, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1968 Classmates online

Ketchikan High School yearbook, 1953, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1968 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online


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