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Previous Jurisdictions to Land in Arizona (view source)
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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. | ||
* | *Determine where your ancestors lived and when they lived there | ||
*Identify the jurisdiction covering the land when your ancestors lived there | *Identify the jurisdiction covering the land when your ancestors lived there | ||
*Determine the record repositories for that jurisdiction in the present day | *Determine the record repositories for that jurisdiction at that time | ||
*Determine where those record repositories are located in the present day | |||
For example, suppose you were told your ancestor lived in Tucson, Arizona Territory in 1861. | For example, suppose you were told your ancestor lived in Tucson, Arizona Territory in 1861. | ||