Overview of the history and records useful for family history in the Mountain West Region. The states are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

This lesson in the series explains where Northern New Spain is and why is it important to know about the region.

This section of the presentation highlights migration paths up the Pacific coast of Mexico and California and through the southwest.

The Mountain West region includes the states of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. During this class we will briefly discuss the history and records you will need to use when researching in the Mountain West.

In this section we will talk about the census records found in the Mountain West.

In this section we will talk about voting records and how they can help you in your research.

In this section we will cover the importance of land records in the Mountain West.

In this section we briefly discuss where to get started with Native American Research in the Mountain West.

In this section we will cover the different boundary changes that will affect your research in the Mountain West.

In this section we will discuss the different ways to find border crossings from Mexico and Canada.