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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''E-mail:'''<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Research Assistance] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 12 Feb 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Ask a research question]. <br>  
'''Email:'''<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Research Assistance] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 12 Feb 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/research-assistance Ask a research question]. <br>  


'''Address:'''<ref name="Home">[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ Home] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 12 February 2015).</ref>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="Home">[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ Home] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 12 February 2015).</ref>  
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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


Materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.<ref>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> The ''Southwest and Arizona Collection'' &nbsp;has culture and history, including American Indians, Spanish and Mexican settlement, and other groups since the 1800s. Also includes biographical sketches, ephemera, and photos. Their ''Borderlands Collection'' covers the U.S. Southwest and from Baja California to Tamaulipas, Mexico. Digital collections include photos, the ''Arizona Index'', Arizona-Sonora papers, land grants, Mexican-American press, family papers, ranching and cattle company records.<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections Special Collections] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 16 February 2015).</ref>
Materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.<ref>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)}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> The ''Southwest and Arizona Collection'' &nbsp;has culture and history, including American Indians, Spanish and Mexican settlement, and other groups since the 1800s. Also includes biographical sketches, ephemera, and photos. Their ''Borderlands Collection'' covers the U.S. Southwest and from Baja California to Tamaulipas, Mexico. Digital collections include photos, the ''Arizona Index'', Arizona-Sonora papers, land grants, Mexican-American press, family papers, ranching and cattle company records.<ref>[http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections Special Collections] in ''University of Arizona Special Collections'' (accessed 16 February 2015).</ref>


=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===
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*[[National Archives Pacific Region (Riverside)|National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside)]], CA. Federal court records and federal agencies in Arizona.  
*[[National Archives Pacific Region (Riverside)|National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside)]], CA. Federal court records and federal agencies in Arizona.  
*[[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>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>  
*[[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>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)}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library 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>[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>  
*[[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>[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>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>  
*[[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>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)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library 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.
*[[Southwest Museum Braun Research Library]], Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library], Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm.


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
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*[http://pimacountygenealogysociety.blogspot.com/ Pima County Genealogical Society], Tucson, membership, organization, research tool box, meetings and seminars.  
*[http://pimacountygenealogysociety.blogspot.com/ Pima County Genealogical Society], Tucson, membership, organization, research tool box, meetings and seminars.  
*''Repositories in'' '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Cochise County, Arizona|Coschise]], [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]], [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa ]], [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]], [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]], and [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]], and '''''in Mexico:&nbsp;''''' [[Sonora]].  
*''Repositories in'' '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Cochise County, Arizona|Coschise]], [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]], [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa ]], [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]], [[Santa Cruz County, Arizona|Santa Cruz]], and [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]], and '''''in Mexico:&nbsp;''''' [[Sonora]].  
*[[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.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/centers/mesa_arizona Mesa Arizona FamilySearch Center], Mesa, 81,000 microfilms including AZ censuses, 40,000 books (many local histories), 129 public computers, and over 90 classes and workshops per month.
*[[Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library]] The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.  
*[[Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library]] The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.  
*[[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.
*[[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.
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