Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library

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Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library

Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library Contact Information E-mail:  Ask Us Via Email Address: 1221 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Telephone:  602-262-4636 Hours and holidays:   Mon, Fri, Sat - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tue, Wed, Thu - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sun - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Map, directions, and public transportation: Map:  Google map: Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library. Directions  From the North. Take I-17 S/Black Canyon Fwy S toward Phoenix. Merge onto I-10 E/Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway/Papago Fwy E via EXIT 200A toward Tucson/Central Phoenix, 1.5 mi. Take the 7th Ave exit, EXIT 144A, 0.3 mi. Keep right to take the 7th Ave S ramp, 0.08 mi. Merge onto N 7th Ave, 0.09 mi. Turn left onto W Roosevelt St, 0.5 mi. Turn left onto N Central Ave, 0.3 mi. 1221 N CENTRAL AVE is on the right. From the East. Turn onto US-60 W toward Phoenix. Merge onto I-10 W/Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway toward I-10 W/Phoenix, 9.8 mi. Take the 3rd St exit, EXIT 145B, on the left, 0.4 mi. Turn left onto N 3rd St, 0.2 mi. Keep right at the fork to continue on N 3rd St, 0.06 mi. Take the 1st right onto E Roosevelt St, 0.2 mi. Turn right onto N Central Ave, 0.3 mi. 1221 N CENTRAL AVE is on the right. From the South. Merge onto I-10 W/Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway toward Phoenix. Take the 3rd St exit, EXIT 145B, on the left, 0.4 mi. Turn left onto N 3rd St, 0.2 mi. Keep right at the fork to continue on N 3rd St, 0.06 mi. Take the 1st right onto E Roosevelt St, 0.2 mi. Turn right onto N Central Ave, 0.3 mi. 1221 N CENTRAL AVE is on the right. From the West. Merge onto I-10 E/Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway/Papago Fwy E toward Phoenix. Take the 7th Ave exit, EXIT 144A, 0.3 mi. Keep right to take the 7th Ave S ramp, 0.08 mi. Merge onto N 7th Ave, 0.09 mi. Turn left onto W Roosevelt St, 0.5 mi. Turn left onto N Central Ave, 0.3 mi. 1221 N CENTRAL AVE is on the right. Public transportation:  Valley Metro bus routes ZERO, 17, and LTRL (Valley Metro Rail) all stop near Central Ave/McDowell about 2 blocks north of the Burton Barr Central Library. Internet sites and databases: Burton Barr Central Library directions, events, hours, study rooms/rentals, and ask us. Phoenix Public Library Catalog online (can be limited by location). Arizona Room collection description. Government Resources as a Federal Depository Library. Collection Description The Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library has an Arizona history collection which is a good place for genealogy research. The Arizona Room  includes Spanish American War Rough Rider correspondence and news clippings, Arizona city directories, Arizona high school yearbooks, 1870-1930 U.S. federal censuses, Arizona newspaper and periodical indexes, maps, and federal government records. Phoenix Public Library is also a depository for U.S. Government documents. Alternate Repositories If you cannot visit or find a source at the Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside), CA. Federal court records and federal agencies in Arizona. State Library, Phoenix, has a large book/periodical collection including immigration, vital records, courts, wills, county histories, and Internet sites. The  starting place for AZ family history research. State Archives, Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos. 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. Southwest Museum Braun Research Library, Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm. Similar Collections Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, the Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here. Neighboring Collections 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. Arizona State University Library, Tempe, a good place to look for early Arizona families. 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. Maricopa County Office of Vital Registration births 1950-present; and deaths. Maricopa County Superior Court Clerk marriages, criminal, civil, divorces, probate and tax court cases. Maricopa County Recorder's Office land and mortgage records 1871-present. U.S. District Court civil, criminal, appellate, and bankruptcy cases. Maricopa Historical Society, Wickenburg, exhibits and publications. Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Phoenix, exhibits and genealogical classes. Repositories in surrounding counties: Gila, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma. Arizona Historical Society, Tucson Library and Archives, has a Mexican and an early Arizona collection, Colorado River topics, manuscripts 1860-present, oral histories, maps, and photos. University of Arizona Special Collections, Tucson, materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs. Northern Arizona University Cline Library, Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories. Repositories in surrounding states (or nations): California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah; in Mexico: Baja California, Sonora, and Mexico. California State Archives, Sacramento, has county records of the state, such as court records, prison records, wills, deeds, as well as military records, state census records, and school records. Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson City, births, marriages, deaths, censuses, military. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, government records since 1621, manuscripts, Catholic church records, census, wills, family histories, letters, diaries, maps, photos. Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals. Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land. Sources