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*'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].  
*'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].  


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=== [STATE] Record Finder  ===


== Record Finder Table for [STATE] ==
This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].'''
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
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This Record Finder table links to the [STATE] topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| style="padding:10px"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| style="padding:10px"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| style="padding:10px"|'''3. Other useful records'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="padding:10px"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Birth information
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
|-
| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="padding:10px"|Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="padding:10px"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="padding:10px"|Parents
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="padding:10px"|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
*[[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
|-
*[[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE], United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="padding:10px"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Maiden name
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]  
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="padding:10px"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Immigration date  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| style="padding:10px"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Naturalization
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
|}
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Voting Records|Voting Records]]
*[[[STATE] Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
|}
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or Race
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="padding:10px"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
Physical description
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
| style="padding:10px"|
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
|-
*[[[STATE] History|History]]
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}


=== Adoption ===
=== Further [STATE] Research  ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].'''
 
*For online record collections, go to [[[STATE] Online Genealogy Records|'''[STATE] Online Genealogy Records.''']]
Search all of the [https://famiysearch.org/searh/collection/location/10?region=United%20States%20of%20Amer Arizona record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>  
*For more research on [STATE], including research at the county level, visit the [[[STATE], United States Genealogy|'''[STATE]''']] page on the Research Wiki.
*Search all of the [https://famiysearch.org/searh/collection/location/10?region=United%20States%20of%20Amer Arizona record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>  


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Revision as of 08:04, 24 September 2020

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Beginning Research
Record Types
Arizona Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

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Arizona Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Arizona:

Arizona Online Genealogy Records
How to find Arizona Birth Records
How to find Arizona Marriage Records
How to find Arizona Death Records

Arizona Research Tips[edit | edit source]

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Arizona.

  • Birth information: Birth records in Arizona start on the county level in 1909 - although not all counties complied with the law. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
  • Finding Parents: The State of Arizona began recording deaths in 1844. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Arizona death records
  • Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

[STATE] Record Finder[edit | edit source]

This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].

1. What you are looking for: 2. Try these records first: 3. Other useful records

Birth information

  • [[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
  • [[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
  • [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
  • [[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]
  • [[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
  • [[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
  • [[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]
  • [[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
Marriage information
  • [[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
  • [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
  • [[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible records]]
  • [[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]
  • [[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]
  • [[[STATE] Military Records|Military records]]
Death information
  • [[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
  • [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
  • [[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
Parents
  • [[How to Find [STATE] Birth Records|Birth records]]
  • [[How to Find [STATE] Death Records|Death records]]
  • [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
  • [[[STATE] Census|Census]]
  • [[[STATE] Church Records|Church records]]
  • [[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
  • [[[STATE], United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]

Maiden name

  • [[How to Find [STATE] Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
  • [[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate records]]
  • [[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]

Immigration date

  • [[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
  • [[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
  • [[[STATE] Census|Census]]
  • [[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
  • [[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
  • [[[STATE] History|History]]

Naturalization

  • [[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
  • [[[STATE] Census|Census]]
  • [[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Voting Records|Voting Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
  • [[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]

Physical description

  • [[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
  • [[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)
  • [[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
  • [[[STATE] History|History]]

Further [STATE] Research[edit | edit source]

  • Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[[STATE] Record Finder]].
  • For online record collections, go to [[[STATE] Online Genealogy Records|[STATE] Online Genealogy Records.]]
  • For more research on [STATE], including research at the county level, visit the [[[STATE], United States Genealogy|[STATE]]] page on the Research Wiki.
  • Search all of the Arizona record collections at FamilySearch.

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