I am also very interested in Gustavus, Alaska!
A cousin of my grandfather (Alfred Otto “Fred” Matson) lived there; his
parents were born in Finland and emigrated, his father became fisherman in
Washington.
Gustavus has a wonderful site here www. gustavushistory.org/ (remove the
space after www.)
Try
Gustavus, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon (CA), Alaska, United States
It is in Geo
Regards
Henry
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From: Chris Summers [mailto:genealog...@summerscs.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 12:32 PM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: [LegacyUG] And a US Census Area
I added most of the locations to the USA County Verifier. Census areas
should be in the USA County Verifier. How are you entering the location?
Don't add "Census Area" or other designation for that area - just enter the
name.
You can confirm that they're in the USA County Verifier by looking at
Adding to the confusion. I assume “CA” means Census Area. But I’m sure many
people at first glance will think Canada or even California.
John S. Adams
Ventura, CA (not a Census Area)
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From: Henry T. Peterson Jr.
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 12:41 PM
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I am a glutton for the Census, so I cannot resist sharing the following gem
from the U.S. Census Bureau. I find that it answers many of my questions about
U.S. Census geography and thus about how I might enter a location.
Geographic Areas Reference Manual,
The State of Alaska is divided up into Boroughs for the purposes of local
government and administration. This vast area has no local-level government
other than that of school districts and municipalities within its limits. Many
of the villages do have tribal governments, however. Except within
I'm a glutton for punishment and this topic of a county name for Gustavus was
bothering me. So, I picked up the phone and called Gustavus City Hall. The
wonderful clerk there reminded me that Alaska does not have counties but rather
"boroughs" similar to Louisiana's "parishes". However, Alaska
You could still enter that geographic description in the county area. Even if
you decided to leave the county area blank, you should then add a note
providing the specific information.
You didn't state when your son was married in Alaska but I would assume that it
was post Alaskan statehood.
If it were me, I would use that County field to enter "Hoonah-Angoon Census
Area"; the field doesn't have to be used for 'county' specifically. Many
countries don't have such a designation. It just gives you a way to record
from smallest municipality to largest. If you didn't record it in such
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