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Previous Jurisdictions to Land in Arizona (view source)
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*Determine where your ancestors lived and when they lived there | *Determine where your ancestors lived and when they lived there | ||
* | *Determine the jurisdiction covering the land in that day and its records repository | ||
*Determine if that jurisdiction exists today | *Determine if that jurisdiction exists today and where its record repository is now located | ||
*Determine if the records were moved to a different record repository and where it is now located | |||
*Determine if the records were moved to a different record repository | |||
Also remember, records of your ancestor were sometimes recorded in a county or jurisdiction next-door to where your ancestor lived. Maybe there was confusion as to where the borders lay. Or maybe it was a shorter distance to the neighboring county seat. There could be several good reasons. But treat this as the exception to the rule and check the most obvious place first. | Also remember, records of your ancestor were sometimes recorded in a county or jurisdiction next-door to where your ancestor lived. Maybe there was confusion as to where the borders lay. Or maybe it was a shorter distance to the neighboring county seat. There could be several good reasons. But treat this as the exception to the rule and check the most obvious place first. | ||