Sitka City and Borough Alaska Marriage Records

Search For Marriage Records

NameAddressCityStateZip CodePhone Number
Sitka City and Borough Marriage & Divorce Records Offices
City And Borough Of Sitka Clerk100 Lincoln StreetSitkaAK99835907-747-1826
Sitka Court Marriage License304 Lake StreetSitkaAK99835907-747-3291
Sitka City and Borough Marriage & Divorce Records Databases
Sitka Borough Divorce Certificates
Sitka Borough Marriage Certificates & Records
Sitka Borough, Alaska UsGenWeb Project Website

Statistics

Married Couples1,525 (43.0%)
Unmarried Couples278 (3.3%)
Never Married Men1,130 (31.0%)
Never Married Women933 (26.5%)
Separated Men65 (1.8%)
Separated Women59 (1.7%)
Widowed Men195 (5.3%)
Widowed Women236 (6.7%)
Divorced Men451 (12.4%)
Divorced Women573 (16.3%)

Marriage Records in Sitka City and Borough Alaska

Marriage Records in Sitka City and Borough Alaska is available from the local county office of the clerk of court. There is a fee to apply for records but it is minimal. The records can be requested on line but that can take time. You will have to pay a fee for the searches and must provide the information needed as input into the system.

A person can use this service as many times as they like for no charge. It is also not compulsory to use this service. You can obtain the information you want whenever you want, for no cost, at your own leisure. If you want to check someone’s background, a paid service will produce the information faster and with more detail than an on line search ever could.

There are other benefits to obtaining records this way. An online search will only show records for marriages in Sitka, Alaska. It will not show other records such as divorce records, birth records or divorce decrees. So, if you want to check someone out, you will need to get the records for that specific location.

If you do a genealogy search you will also be unable to find information for someone that was not born in Sitka. You will most likely find that you need to have other information for your research such as location and county. These records are stored electronically so that is why they are free. However, you can obtain access to more data by paying a fee. However, this cost is nominal compared to what you will save in the long run when you have the information you need in one place.

The information contained in the marriage records is more accurate because of the central record keeping system that is in place. Sitka’s Vital Records Office maintains all of the records that are filed in the state so that the information is 100% accurate. This information also comes from the Federal records.

The Office also offers a wide range of information that you can search through such as birth, death, ancestry and marriage records. All of the information that you can find is kept in an easy to use format so that anyone can locate the data they are looking for. The data is maintained on microfiche so that it is easy to retrieve. You can also obtain records of your ancestry for the purposes of genealogy research. Whatever your reasons for using the records, you will be able to find what you need when you conduct an online search.