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Trying to find Alaska yearbooks? This is the place to find free online yearbooks.
Why? Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun sets of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same school’s yearbooks are available online.
Alaska Yearbook Finder
- A.J. Dimond High School
- Abbott Loop Christian School
- Chugiak-Gruening Junior-Senior High School
- University of Alaska
- Fairbanks High School
- Rural Alaska Honors Institute
- Homer High School
- Douglas High School
- Douglas High School
- Juneau High School
- Juneau High School
- Juneau-Douglas High School
- Ketchikan High School
- Ketchikan High School
- Palmer High School
- Mt. Edgecumbe Boarding School
- Mt. Edgecumbe High School
- Unalaska City High School
- Wrangell Institute
To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Yearbooks Frequently Asked Questions
This page links to thousands of digitized yearbooks by state or province, city, and school, including free collections from public archives and libraries.
Yearbooks typically contain class photos, student names, clubs, sports teams, and messages from peers. Staff photos from teachers and custodians are helpful. You can also discover nicknames, middle, and maiden names.
Browsing through old yearbooks isn’t just for fun. They are legitimate genealogical documents. Names, locations, photos, and interests place a person at a certain time in their life. This discovery can help with their family genealogy.
2 replies on “Free Alaska High School and College Yearbooks Online”
For Chugiak High school it really should be Chugiak as it isn’t located in Eagle River. It serves the communities of Chugiak, Birchwood, Peter’s Creek, and Eagle River.
Chugiak Alum 1985
Fixed. Thanks!