Pima County, Arizona Genealogy

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History
Pima County, named for the Pima Indians, is in southeastern Arizona. Today it is home to Arizona's second largest metropolitan area, which includes Tucson, which is also its county seat, and the location of many records of value to researchers of this area.

It is part of the 'Gadsden Purchase', the last area in the lower 48 United States to be ceded to the United States by Mexico. Tucson itself had been a community for many years and in 1847 the United States flag was first raised over Tucson by the United States Mormon Battalion, the party that blazed the southern route across to San Diego.

Parent County
1864--Pima County was created 15 December 1864 as an original county. County seat: Tucson

Populated Places
Binghampton. Outside of Old Tucson there was a Mormon settlement called Binghampton. There are a series of leaflets published that contain many of the stories of this community, "Binghampton: The Life and Times of its people since 1892". Author is unknown, but going to the Binghampton Cemetery caretaker is the key to research for these ancestors. See cemetary reference below.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cochise
 * Graham
 * Maricopa
 * Pinal
 * Santa Cruz
 * Yuma

Cemeteries
Binghampton LDS Cemetery (aka Mormon Cemetery) Located, in Tuscon, north of River Road At: 4001 N. Alvernon Way

Binghampton Cemetery Gravestones (photographed)

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Ajo
 * Binghampton
 * Tucson

Vital Records
4,742 marriages from 3 Sep 1864 to 20 Sep 1943 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates (including Pima County) available from the Arizona Department of Health Services. As of 2009, birth certificates from 1855-1933 and death certificates from 1844-1958 are provided in .pdf.

Societies and Libraries
Arizona State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 42075 Tucson, AZ 85733 AzSGS.org

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog