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1 I Srflfe Wmii nn I v >v . m L\.» i #1,-; • ^ \a —5jj 3? * n* it vy ■ r 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