Arizona Genealogy – Free Arizona Genealogy

This Arizona Genealogy page of our website provides direct links to major databases and historical titles and information found on Arizona genealogy and history, whether they exist on our site, or across the web.

Arizona Biographies

Arizona Cemetery Records

Arizona Census and Tax Records

Arizona Court Records

  • Arizona, Maricopa County Probate Records, 1870-1930
    This collection contains images of the probate case files from the Maricopa County Superior Court.
  • Inmate Data Search
    100 Years of Inmate Admissions, 1872-1972.
  • Bisbee Deportation Documents – Cochise County Clerk of Superior Court
    The Bisbee Deportation documents are comprised of about 1,600 court documents filed in 1919 and 1920 in Cochise County Superior Court, pertaining to Cochise County Case number 2725, entitled, State of Arizona, Plaintiff, vs. Phelps Dodge Corporation, A Corporation, et als., Defendants,. The Bisbee Deportation started as a labor dispute between some members of the International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union and the three mining companies in early June of 1917. The issues were focused on working rules, safety regulations and the requirement for a physical examination, rather than wages and benefits. With the arrival of hundreds of Industrial Workers of the World sympathizers in late June who were vowing to shut down all the copper mines from Montana to Mexico, the conflict intensified and culminated in a community action on July 12, 1917.
  • Cochise County Territorial Court Documents
    In May of 1881, just three months after Cochise County was formed out of southeastern Pima County, district court sessions began in Tombstone, Arizona. The 652 page collection contains brief notations by the district court clerk of matters and proceedings taken up by the judge – in the order they were presented. Aficionados of Cochise County Territorial history will enjoy “seeing” the characters of the day make their appearance in court – and getting a sense of the cadence of court business procedures from a time long past.
  • Legal and Court History of Cochise County
    The first submission to this collection is the recently rediscovered Coroner’s Inquest of the October 26, 1881 incident commonly referred to as “The Gunfight at the OK Corral.” On March 31, 2010, while reorganizing a records storage area in the old county jail, two deputy clerks discovered these long-missing documents. The OK Corral documents section of this collection includes typewritten versions created in the 1960s by deputy clerks. While there are a few errors in these transcriptions, they can be of help in deciphering the handwritten originals.
  • Arizona, Maricopa County Probate Records, 1870-1930
    This collection contains images of the probate case files from the Maricopa County Superior Court for the years 1870 to 1930.
  • Murder & Mayhem – The Strange Saga of Winnie Ruth Judd
    A selection of photographs and letters from around Arizona about the infamous “trunk murderess”; Winnie Ruth Judd. She was tried and convicted of the murder and subsequent dismemberment of her two friends. In a strange turn of events, she was found insane and placed in the state mental hospital for almost forty years. This is her saga.

Arizona Directories

  • Arizona City and Business Directories
    The directories document the population and businesses of 19th century Arizona and are used on a daily basis by researchers. In addition to a list of residents and businesses, researchers can find occupations, if a woman was a widow or head of household, or whether the resident owned or rented the property. Many directories contain a history of the city, state and region, information on the climate, topography and natural resources of the area, and in some instances photographs.
  • 1881 Arizona business directory and gazetteer
    Containing the names and post-office addresses of all merchants, manufacturers and professional men in the territory of Arizona; territorial, county, city and town officers, a description of the different mining districts and the names of mining superintendents; also, a gazetteer of the counties, cities and towns, giving a full exhibit of their mineral, agricultural and manufacturing resources; with an appendix, containing the names and addresses of wholesale merchants and manufacturers in the city of San Francisco.
  • Flagstaff Telephone and City Directories 1931-1981
    The Flagstaff Telephone Directories span the years of 1931 through 1981 (some years are missing). They include various communities in north central Arizona, including Grand Canyon, Williams, Winslow, Ash Fork, Munds Park, Camp Verde, Clarkdale, Cottonwood, Sedona, Seligman, Page, Jerome, and more. The directories sometimes include community street maps. White and Yellow pages are included.

Arizona Genealogy Websites

Arizona Genealogy

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