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Online Records[edit | edit source]
- Arctic & Northern Biographies
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online/Dictionnaire Biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC)
- Canadian Heroes of the Klondike Gold Rush
- American Heroes of the Klondike Gold Rush
Yukon Archives[edit | edit source]
- Pan For Gold Database Includes:
- Francophone Yukoners: This database provides an index to 2495 francophone Yukoners who lived and worked in the Yukon from 1825-1950. The Association franco-yukonnaise published the book 'Empreinte: la presence francophone au Yukon (1825-1950)' in 1997. The book includes brief profiles of some of the people listed in it. The database provides access to the print copy by name and page on which the person is listed. Can be searched by surname, given name, page and call number." Yukon Archives has a print copy of 'Empreinte: la presence francophone au Yukon (1825-1950)', located at 929.371 91 Empr (2 vol. set). See WorldCat for other locations of this book.
Dawson City Museum[edit | edit source]
Today the Dawson City Museum is home to the Yukon's largest historical collection, and an archival collection second only in size to Yukon Archives in Whitehorse. Sources include: manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, biographies, funeral records, church records, NWMP records, Yukon Order of Pioneers membership lists, historic mining Records, placer claims, and newspapers.
Dawson City Museum and Historical Society
Old Territorial Administration Building
595 Fifth Avenue
Box 303
Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0
Canada
Phone: 867-993-5291
8E-Mail: info@dawsonmuseum.ca
FamilySearch[edit | edit source]
- In their honor Biographical profiles, some taken from issues of Dan Sha/The Yukon Indian News. WorldCat
- Biographies of Alaska-Yukon pioneers, 1850-1950[ [https://www.worldcat.org/title/biographies-of-alaska-yukon-pioneers-1850-1950/oclc/31770986 WorldCat
- Gold rush women WorldCat
- Nobody here but us : pioneers of the North WorldCat
- Pioneers, pedlars, and prayer shawls : the Jewish communities in British Columbia and the Yukon WorldCat