Alaska, Pioneer Home discharge index, 1913-1958

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes discharge records from 1913-1958. The Alaska Pioneer Homes system was first established in 1913 when the territory established a home in Sitka for indigent men. The age requirement of 65 years was implemented in 1915. Women were first admitted in 1950. Additional homes were opened in Fairbanks in 1967, Palmer in 1971, Anchorage in 1977, Ketchikan in 1981 and Juneau in 1988.

• Related Article
• Gretchen L. Lake and David A. Hales. Alaska's Native Population: Sources for Genealogical and Historical Research National Genealogical Society Quarterly ( ): 277-292
• R. Bruce Parham, compiled How to find your gold rush relative : sources on the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes (1896-1914) Anchorage, Alaska : National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Alaska Region, 1997 FS Library 979.8 A1 no. 12

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

• Name
• Residence
• Death date
• Country of origin
• Next of kin

Collection Content

Sample Image

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  1936 Discharge Card