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Offline Janice M

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Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
« on: Friday 15 September 06 05:16 BST (UK) »
Yukon Genealogy
http://www.yukongenealogy.com/

Yukon & Alaska Genealogy
http://www.yukonalaska.com/pathfinder/gen/

Yukon/Alaska Genealogy - Resources & Databases
http://www.explorenorth.com/library/ya/bl8y.htm

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Gold rush...
« Reply #1 on: Friday 03 November 06 04:20 GMT (UK) »
The Rush for Gold – the three major gold rushes of western Canada—

Fraser River gold rush - 1858
Cariboo gold rush - early 1860’s
Klondike gold rush - late 1890's

Alaska-Yukon Goldrush Participants ( not all are occ: miners)
http://familychronicle.com/klondike.htm

Those researching the Yukon Gold rush - may find something here
Make sure to type in surname only, as forename may only be initialed...
SCROLL DOWN to see ALL THE RESULTS of your search!!!!!!!!

http://www.yukongenealogy.com/cgi_bin/databases/search.asp?

Yukon 1901 census...sometimes lists of names only... so no d.o.b.
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/districts/district206.html

About the Klondike Gold Rush
http://www.kokogiak.com/klon/default.asp?

find a ship from U.S or western coastal ports to the Yukon, Klondike, Alaska Gold field ports
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=klondike/manifest.cfm

Sources on the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes, 1896-1914
http://library.state.ak.us/hist/parham.html

some yukon history
http://www.hougens.com/yukonHistory/nuggets_year/2000s.aspx?nugget=1840
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Re: Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 02 January 07 04:58 GMT (UK) »
Books about the Yukon found on http://www.ourroots.ca/

Early Days in the Yukon & the story of its gold finds
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2959

Historical Notes on the Yukon District
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2964

Overland to Klondike
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3005

Facts for Klondyke and Alaska seekers
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3002

The Pioneers of the Klondyke
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3012

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Elder, Stewart, Johnston, Baskerville, Marks, Carson, Leitch, Bulloch, Thomson, Allen, Campbell, Gordon, Murray, Kelly, Chambers, Black, Cheyne, Youngson, Williamsdaughter, Anderson, Briggs, Pirie, Clark, Philp, Mannel, Lander, Rough, Lean, Bate, Brown, Oliver, Kitt, Shards, Bennet, Young, Petrie, Wylie, Herbertson, Martin, McAlister, Best, Ginn, Ross, McIntosh, McGillivray, Russell, Pettigrew, Fyfe, Barrie

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Re: Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 04 November 07 17:29 GMT (UK) »
yukon images- database of archived photos....six collections, each with their own database
http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/digitization/public/index.php#search

Alaska, U.s. digital collection
http://content.lib.washington.edu/alaskawcanadaweb/index.html

List of drowning victims...Yukon
http://explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-drownings3.htm

Some noteables from the goldrush, listed by place of origin....
Canadians:  http://yukonalaska.com/klondike/byprovince.html
U.S. : http://yukonalaska.com/klondike/bystate.html

published stories and noteables from the Klondike Gold Rush
http://yukonalaska.com/klondike/archive.html
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Re: Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 11 June 08 04:22 BST (UK) »
Yukon Goldrush Participants
http://www.familychronicle.com/klondike.htm

British Yukon Navigation Company
WP&YR Records Personnel Records, 1903-48

http://www.yukonalaska.com/pathfinder/gen/byn_employees.html

Canadian Border Entry Lists, 1908-1918
Index to Arrivals at the Ports of Dawson City & Forty Mile, YT and White Pass, BC

http://web.archive.org/web/20050416042348/http://www.rootsweb.com/~canyk/cbelad.html

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

http://www.yukonalaska.com/pathfinder/gen/rhse_ownersAC.html

Index of Obituaries, Yukon News, 1960 - 2000
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~abarchiv/obityukon.htm

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbc/yn_obits_bc_strays.htm

Elder, Stewart, Johnston, Baskerville, Marks, Carson, Leitch, Bulloch, Thomson, Allen, Campbell, Gordon, Murray, Kelly, Chambers, Black, Cheyne, Youngson, Williamsdaughter, Anderson, Briggs, Pirie, Clark, Philp, Mannel, Lander, Rough, Lean, Bate, Brown, Oliver, Kitt, Shards, Bennet, Young, Petrie, Wylie, Herbertson, Martin, McAlister, Best, Ginn, Ross, McIntosh, McGillivray, Russell, Pettigrew, Fyfe, Barrie