Pribilof Islands, Alaska : genealogy and census

2009·41.3 MB·English

by  Lindsay, Betty A

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Pribilof Islands, Alaska
A Historical Account Told Through Illustrated
_Gefiiafogy and' Ce'nsut Woprds
Genealogy and census
DEDICATION
For All People
Who Came, Went, Stayed
Upon the Seal Islands Alaska
AND
Especially to the Unaagin for their contributions and sacrifices
towards sustaining the nations fur-seal industry and the
preservation of the northern fur seal
Cover Illustrations, L-R and (page location herein and contributing source):
(top) Auxenia Stepetin (p. 461; Edward Lester Jones, 1915, Report of Alaska Investigations in 1914);
Sarah (Lekanof) Merculief (p. 25; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library, Edward C. Johnston
Collection); Anton Melovidov, native chief (p. 233; American Museum of Natural History, Harry D.
Chichester Collection)
(center) Demetri Lestenkof (p. 22; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library, Edward C. Johnston
Collection); Aleut mother and children 1890 (p. 201; National Anthropological Archives, Joseph Stanley
Brown Collection); Christopher Malavansky (p. 23; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library,
Edward C. Johnston Collection)
(bottom) Paukoff, Porfaria (p. 210; National Anthropological Archives, Arctic Aleut Collection); Isaiah
Merculief (p. 26; National Marine Mammal Laboratory Library, Edward C. Johnston Collection);
St. Paul woman 1895 (p. 280; University of St. Andrews Library, Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Collection)
Pribilof Islands, Alaska
A Historical Account told through
Illustrated genealogy and census records
Genealogy and census
(Limited Edition)
by Betty A. Lindsay and John A. Lindsay
NOAA Ocean Service
Office of Response and Restoration, Seattle, WA
March 2009
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORR 18
Gary Locke
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator
John H. Dunnigan
Oceans Services and Coastal Zone Management
NOAA Ocean Service
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
Limited Edition: _l_of 100
This entire publication may be cited as follows:
Lindsay, Betty A. and John A. Lindsay. Pribilof Islands, Alaska: Genealogy and Census
U.S. Dept, of Com., NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORR 18.
In partial fulfillment of the Memorandum of Agreement Among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer Regarding National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Actions Pursuant to its withdrawal from the Civil Administration of St. Paul Island, Alaska Including
the Seal Islands Historic District National Historic Landmark, and Executive Order 13287 and NOAA's Preserve
America Initiative.
ISBN 978-1-60319-002-2
ALTHOUGH RELEASED BY NOAA, THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT REFLECT, REPRESENT, OR
FORM ANY PART OF THE SUPPORT OF THE POLICIES OF NOAA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. FURTHER,
RELEASE BY NOAA DOES NOT IMPLY THAT NOAA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AGREE WITH THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN.
Library of Congress
2010 443945