Alaska Death Certificates

Ordering Alaska Death Certificates Online

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General Information on Ordering Alaska Death Certificates

A spouse, parent, child or sibling of a deceased person may purchase a certified copy of the death certificate. Send the request form or a letter which includes the following:

• Full name as it appears on the certificate
• Date of death
• Town, city or village where the death occurred
• Reason for requesting the certificate
• Your relationship to the person named on the certificate

If you are not the spouse, parent, child or sibling of the deceased person, a letter or document from the office or the agency that needs the death certificate must be submitted with the request.

Information for Genealogists

For assistance with your family history research, please do not contact the State of Alaska. Instead please refer to the following websites for help:

• Alaska Birth, Marriage and Death Records - online databases of primary records.

• Alaska Adoption Registry - for help with locating adoptees and birth families from Alaska.

• Alaska Obituaries - find obituaries from Alaska newspapers.

• Social Security Death Index - National database of deaths dating back to the 1940's.