Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library: Difference between revisions

'''Address:'''<ref name="Joel">[http://www.library.pima.gov/locations/MAI/ Joel Valdez Main Library] in ''Pima County Public Library'' (accessed 13 February 2015).</ref>  

'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Joel" /> &nbsp;520-594-5500<br>  

'''Hours:'''<ref name="Con" /> &nbsp;[http://www.library.pima.gov/holiday-closures/ Holiday closures] <br>  

*'''Public transportation:'''<ref name="Joel" /> [http://www.suntran.com/routes.php Sun Tran] Bus Routes: 1-10, 16, 19, 21-23, 81-83, 102, 103, 105, 106, and 391 stop near the Valdez Main Library. <br>

The Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.<ref name="DB15">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Genealogy related resources include ''Academic OneFile'' biographies, ''Ancestry Library Edition'', ''Biography in Context'', ''Biography Reference Center'', ''Chronicling America'' newspapers, ''Encyclopedia Judaica'', ''Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History'', ''Encyclopedia of American Religions, Genealogy Connect, Heritage Quest Online, Military History Magazine, National Archives'' genealogy, obituaries, and history, ''Newsbank'' newspapers, obituaries, and death notices, and ''Public Records''.<ref>[http://www.library.pima.gov/resource/ A - Z Resources] in ''Pima County Public Library'' (accessed 19 February 2015).</ref>  

*[[State Library of Arizona|State Library]], Phoenix, has a large book/periodical collection including immigration, vital records, courts, wills, county histories, and Internet sites. ''The&nbsp;'' starting place for AZ family history research.<ref name="DB15">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>  

*[[Arizona State Archives|State Archives]], Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos.<ref name="GFH">[http://www.azlibrary.gov/sla/genealogy-and-family-history Genealogy and Family History] in ''Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records'' (accessed 10 February 2015).</ref>  

*[[California Archives and Libraries#Bancroft|Bancroft Library, Univ. Calif. Berkeley]] Early settlers, migration trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories. They probably have more Arizona historical material than any repository in Arizona.<ref name="DB15">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 15. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>  

*[[Southwest Museum Braun Research Library]], Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.<ref name="DB15" />

*[[Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library]] The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.<ref name="DB15" />

*[[University of Arizona Special Collections]], Tucson, materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.<ref name="DB15" />

*[[Mesa FamilySearch Library]], Mesa, 81,000 microfilms including AZ censuses, 40,000 books (many local histories), 129 public computers, and over 90 classes and workshops per month.<ref name="DB15" />

*[[West Valley Genealogical Society]], Youngstown, an active society with a good little library. Probably represents outside Arizona better because of retirees who contribute from all around the U.S.<ref name="DB15" />

*[[Arizona State University Library]], Tempe, a good place to look for early Arizona families.<ref name="DB15" />

*[[Northern Arizona University Cline Library]], Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.<ref name="DB15" />