Yukon Genealogy Records Online

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Yukon Archives Genealogy Research Database : The Yukon Genealogy database is made up of eight separate databases that have been donated to or created by the Ykon Archives since 2002 : Yukon Residents database 1894-1958; Pioneer Cemetery 1900-1965; Grey Mountain Cemetery 1960-1976; Yukon News Obituary Index 1966-2000; Yukon River Basin Deaths and Burials 1887-2007; Francophone Yukoners; Sourdough Air Display 1971-2006; Yukon Barristers Roll 1898-1997.

Index to the 1911 Census of Canada : Yukon.

Alaska-Yukon Goldrush Participants List of over 24,200 goldrush participants.

Dawson City Museum Pan for Gold Database (Yukon, Canada). These records include placer mining applications, a postmaster's list of people traveling in the Klondike, death records, the 1901 census (Dawson City only), NWMP entry records, and lists of people involved with various professions, clubs, and churches.

Pioneer Cemetery, Whitehorse, Yukon (archived Web pages - not always available)

British Yukon Navigation Company - Personnel Records, 1903-48

Index to Arrivals at the Ports of Dawson City & Forty Mile, Yukon Territory and White Pass, British Columbia 1908-1918 (archived Web pages - not always available).

Surname Index to Footprints; The Francophone Presence in Yukon, a two volume publication rresearched and compiled by Caroline Boucher and available through the Association franco-yukonnaise (archived Web pages - not always available).

Historic Yukon & Alaska Hotels, Roadhouses, Saloons & Cafes: Index of Proprietors and Managers

Albertans whose obituaries appeared in the Yukon News 1960 - 2000

Obituaries of British Columbians from The Yukon News obituaries, 1960 to 2000 (Canada)

Early Days on the Yukon: And the Story of Its Gold Finds (Book - Amazon.ca) : William Ogilvie was the first surveyor of the Yukon Territory. Ogilvie is a great storyteller and delights in recounting unique anecdotes and incidents not discussed in other Klondike writings. Originally published in 1913, this book is of great historical significance to anyone interested in the Klondike Gold Rush or the modern development of the north.
This book is also available from Amazon.com (United States) and Amazon.co.uk. Click on links for details.

Land of the Midnight Sun: A History of the Yukon

(Book - Amazon.ca) : This completely revised edition of Land of the Midnight Sun, first published in 1988, is a comprehensive overview of Yukon history. This book places the Klondike Gold Rush within the broader sweep of the past, giving particular emphasis to the role of First Nations people and Aboriginal-white relations and to the lengthy struggle of Yukoners to find their place in the Canadian confederation. This book may also be available from Amazon.com (United States) and Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom). Click on links to check for availability.

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