Talk:List of parishes in Alaska (USA)
Alaska seems to have a lot of OCA parishes. In looking over their listings a number of parishes lacked contacts or a priest. I assume some of these parishes are only serviced when possible. It was also evident that a few priests were serving several different parishes. The next step seems to be to find out which parishes those are, which parishes are still active, etc. I have also noticed that those more familiar with a state (e.g. Magda with Texas) can break up these many towns/cities into broader categories. I'm sure this is what this article needs as well. Joe 30 Nov 2005
- Hi Joe, I would say that all of the parishes are probably "active" in some way, even if that means a priest visits once a year. I think there's something like 80 parishes and 30 priests. They fly around a lot. But, yep, it would be great to have someone who is more familiar with the situation to pitch in. Fr. John
Searching for cities/towns
These were some of the harder locations to pinpoint. A number of the town were listed on the OCA as one name, but were actually known by other names. I think some of them maybe local names. They were harder to find on Google Maps. When in doubt I Googled the name and looked for zip codes. I then looked for cities listed with that zip code.
Misspellings
- Belkofsky appears to be really spelled as Belkofski
- Kokhonak could be confused with Kokhanok (other side of Lake)
- Nondolton appears to be really spelled as Nondalton
Hard to find
- Atmartluaq seems to be a part of Aniak
- Eklutna Village seems to be part of Chugiak
- Ekuk seems to be a part of Dillingham
- Iguigig: aka King Salmon or part of King Salmon community
- Lime Village seems to be a part of McGrath
- Nanwalek was known as English Bay
- Newhalen seems to be a part of Iliamna
- Ohagamiut
- Pitka's Point
- Portage Creek is aka Ohgsenakale
- Spruce Island is not listed, but Ouzinkie is
- St. Paul Island shows up as St. George on Google Maps
- Telida and Nikolai and McGrath all seem to be close, but are in the Anchorage deanery. weird.
- Tuntutuliak seems to be part of Bethel
These sites were also helpful in pinpointing locations:
Joe 4 Dec 2005
Headers
Doesn't this seem like a few too many headers? If there is going to be only one listing under a header, it would seem better to group them a bit. —Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 23:13, December 1, 2005 (CST)
Do we need to put the particular OCA Deaneries in? Also, there are some links to the OCA directory which have virtually no information... [5] I think I'm biased against linking to the directories (in general for all the state articles) in favor of having only the links to the parish websites. —magda (talk) 08:21, December 2, 2005 (CST)
- Hahaha. I knew I could depend on you two to give me your opinions. In response to Dcn. Andrew: Yes, I am in the process of grouping by boroughs and will eventually remove the SW, SE, etc. designations. Have a look back then. In response to Magda: I was trying the deaneries as an option. Easily removed or changed, but in my opinion, good to know nonetheless. Yes, I knew I was going to get some feedback for listing the OCA's parish pages, but this makes it so handy if the information needs to be checked. Again, a matter of personal preference. Seeing as this is more of a directory kind of article (not really encyclopedic) I figured why not give it a shot. Let me know your thoughts.