Alaska Land Records

Alaska is a federal-land state. Lands were generally bought from the government or from other individuals. Records for the government land offices of Juneau, Nome, and Sitka include cash entries, homestead final certificates, canceled homestead entries, and canceled Indian allotments. The National Archives in Washington, D.C. has these records as well as an index to the cash entry files for Alaska. Patents, tract books, and township plats are on file at the Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage Federal Office Building, 701 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99513. The National Archives/Alaska Region also holds copies of the tract books, township plats, and other records of the GLO (forerunner to the BLM).

The Alaska State Archives has descriptions and maps of mining claims. For land transferred between individuals, records are filed at the office of the district recorder in each judicial district; similar to a county recorder in other states.

Hone, E. Wade. Land and Property Research in the United States. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Inc., 1997.

Woerner, R.K. The Alaska Handbook. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1986.

Alaska BLM Office:

BLM-Alaska State Office
222 W 7th Avenue #13
Anchorage Alaska 99513
(907)271-5960
(907)271-3684 (FAX)

Alaska State Historical Society:

Alaska Historical Society
(524 West Fourth Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501-location)
PO Box 100299 (mailing address)
Anchorage, AK 99510-0299
(907) 276-1596

Alaska County Courthouses:

Anchorage
Munic. of Anchorage Borough Clerk
3601 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Telephone: (907) 264-0514

Bristol Bay Borough
Bristol Bay Borough Clerk
P.O. Box 189
Naknek, AK 99633-0189
Telephone: (907) 246-4240

Haines Borough
Haines Borough Clerk
P.O. Box 1209
Haines, AK 99827-1209
Telephone: (907) 766-2801

Juneau Borough
Juneau Borough Clerk
155 South Seward Street
Juneau, AK 99801-1332
Telephone: (907) 463-4700

Kenai Peninsula Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk
P.O. Box 850
Soldotna, AK 99669-0850
Telephone: (907) 283-3110

Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Clerk
344 Front St.
Ketchikan, AK 99901-6431
Telephone: (907) 225-3195

Kodiak Borough
Kodiak Borough Clerk
710 Millbay Road
Kodiak, AK 99615-6340
Telephone: (907) 486-1600

Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Clerk
P.O. Box 1608
Palmer, AK 99645-1608
Telephone: (907) 746-8102

Naknek Borough
Naknek District Court Clerk
350 E. Cahlia
Palmar, AK 99645
Telephone: (907) 246-4240

North Slope Borough
North Slope Borough Clerk
P.O. Box 69
Barrow, AK 99723-0069
Telephone: (907) 852-4800

North Star Borough
North Star Borough Clerk
P.O. Box 1267
Fairbanks, AK 99707-1267
Telephone: (907) 452-9210

Northwest Arctic Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough Clerk
P.O. Box 1110
Kotzebue, AK 99752
Telephone: (907) 442-3208

City and Borough of Sitka
City and Borough of Sitka Clerk
304 Lake Street
Sitka, AK 99835-7563
Telephone: (907) 747-3291

County Public Records
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