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Title: Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
Post by: Janice M 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

Title: Gold rush...
Post by: J.J. 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

Title: Re: Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
Post by: Janice M 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

Janice

Title: Re: Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
Post by: J.J. 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

Title: Re: Northwest Territories, Nunavut & the Yukon
Post by: Janice M 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