Cemeteries in Border, Alaska

Private Cemeteries in Border, Alaska often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Border, Alaska are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Border, Alaska are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in Border, Alaska , including the names of deceased individuals, their birth and death dates, data about relatives, and cemetery locations. Additionally, you can obtain historical records and conduct searches for ancestors interred in Border, Alaska .

Our database contains records of burials from 2 cemeteries.

As spring thaws the ground made hard as granite by a long Alaska winter, cemeteries throughout the state are preparing to bury scores of people who died during the last seven months.

Burial should be a minimum of 3.5 to 4 feet below the ground surface. Burial in a casket or vault is not required. Grave sites should not be located on a slope or other area where erosion could eventually expose the body. All grave sites should be a minimum of 200 feet from any stream, lake, or potable water supply.

In Alaska, state laws and regulations are relatively silent on the matter of burying human remains on private property. However, many communities in the State of Alaska have local ordinances that address this issue.

Because of the extremely low temperatures, there are only about four months out of the year during which it's possible to bury a body. For the other eight, the ground is frozen solid. So bodies that aren't cremated need to be kept in winter storage.

Some may have put the corpses in trees, but that would have been not only grisly but also an open invitation to dangerous animals already starving in the harsh Alaskan winter. Usually, they built a funeral pyre and burned the body. Some put the corpse in a nearby shed or outhouse and set fire to it.

Brightly colored houses in Alaska that house spirits until they are ready to move on | © Jeffrey Beall / Flickr. The final resting places of more than 100 people are topped with riotously colorful “spirit houses.”

Some may have put the corpses in trees, but that would have been not only grisly but also an open invitation to dangerous animals already starving in the harsh Alaskan winter. Usually, they built a funeral pyre and burned the body. Some put the corpse in a nearby shed or outhouse and set fire to it.

Brightly colored houses in Alaska that house spirits until they are ready to move on | © Jeffrey Beall / Flickr. The final resting places of more than 100 people are topped with riotously colorful “spirit houses.”