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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
Voting Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
GAZETTEERS Several helpful gazetteers Will C. Barnes' Arizona Place Names. Revised and enlarged by Byrd H. Granger. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1982. (FHL book 979.1 E2b.)
Walker, Henry P. and Don Bufkin. Historical Atlas of Arizona. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979. (FHL book 979.1 E7w.)
Sherman, James E., and Barbara H. Sherman. Ghost Towns of Arizona. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. (FHL book 979.1 H2sj.)
Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person. Some important collections are:
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection. This collection consists of transcripts of a few Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library, Washington, D.C., and is on FHL film 844408.
Computer Pedigree Index. The Arizona State Genealogical Society is gathering and indexing pedigree charts on computer. Its original emphasis was families from the Tucson area, but anyone is welcome to participate.
Family Group Records: Collected and Compiled by the Former Spanish-American Mission. This is a collection of family group sheets showing the ancestry of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Southwest. It is on FHL Latin America films 940001-6.
The following important events in the history of Arizona affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements.
1776
The Spanish established a garrison at Tucson.
1821
Arizona became a part of Mexico. Apache troubles eliminated white settlements except in Tucson.
1846
The Mormon Battalion 1848-1853
Mexico ceded the portion of Arizona north of the Gila River to the United States. This became part of New Mexico Territory in 1850. In 1853, the Gadsden Purchase 1863-1866
Arizona was organized as a separate territory 1870-1910
The non-Indian population of Arizona increased from fewer than 10,000 to over 200,000 as settlers moved in from many states and countries.
1912
Arizona became a state.
Sources for studying the history of Arizona include:
Farish, Thomas Edwin. History of Arizona. 8 vols., San Francisco: Filmer Bros. Electrotype Co., 19--? Reprint of Phoenix: N.p., 1915-18. (FHL book 979.1 H2f; v. 1-4 on film 934825 items 1-4.)
Wyllys, Rufus Kay. Arizona: The History of a Frontier State. Phoenix: Hobson and Herr, 1950. (FHL book 979.1 H2w.)
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of Arizona have been published. Two of the most useful are:
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GENEALOGY
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HISTORY
built Cooke's Wagon Road, south of the Gila River. The road became a favorite route into Arizona and California for early prospectors and pioneers.
added the area south of the Gila.
. The first four counties were organized in 1864. In 1866, the northwestern part of Arizona Territory was transferred to the new state of Nevada.
that includes some local histories is Donald M. Powell, Arizona Gathering II, 1950-1969: An Annotated Bibliography (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1973; FHL book 979.1 A3pa).
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