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- This article is about the southwestern U.S. state. For other uses, see Arizona (disambiguation).
ArizonaWelcome to Arizona,
the Grand Canyon State
- There are 21 Indian reservations in Arizona.
- Explored 1540; few setters until 1840.
- Early records in Spain, Mexico, New Mexico.
- U.S. territory after Mexican War 1846-1848.
- 1853 Gadsden Purchase added land south of the Gila River for Butterfield Overland Mail and Southern Pacific Railroad routes.
Counties
- Apache
- Cochise
- Coconino
- Gila
- Graham
- Greenlee
- La Paz
- Maricopa
- Mohave
- Navajo
- Pima
- Pinal
- Santa Cruz
- Yavapai
- Yuma
- Extinct or Renamed Counties:
- Arizona County NM · Bernalillo NM · Castle Dome · Doña Ana NM · Ewell · Mesilla · Pah-Ute AZ · Rio Arriba NM · Rio Virgin UT · San Juan NM (extinct) · Santa Ana NM · Socorro NM · Taos NM · Valencia NM
- Previous Jurisdictions to land in Arizona shows when counties were created, maps, and where their records are now located.
Major Repositories
Arizona Archives and Libraries · National Archives Pacific Region (Riverside) · Mesa Family History Center · Family History Library
Migration Routes
Colorado River · Little Colorado River · Gila River · Beale Wagon Road · Butterfield Overland Mail · Honeymoon Trail · Juan Bautista de Anza Trail · Old Spanish Trail · Route 66 · Atlantic and Pacific Railroad · Santa Fe Railway · Southern Pacific Railroad · Texas and Pacific Railway
Did You Know?
- Gretna Greens. When an eloping Arizona couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, or Yuma, Yuma, Arizona.[1]
- Prison Records. Arizona Department of Corrections has a searchable online database of 100 years of Inmate Admissions (1872 - 1972).
Wiki Articles on Arizona topics linking to FamilySearch Historical Record Collections
- Arizona Births and Christening (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Arizona Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Arizona Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Arizona Mariages, (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Arizona, Maricopa County Probate Case Files (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Arizona Service Records of Confederate Soldiers of the Civil War (FamilySearch Historical Records)
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References
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- ↑ Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in Genealogy Blog at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).
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