Research Resources

Where to write for records and some great finds over the years that might help you in your search

CENSUS INDEXES

1860, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1869, 1870 and 1880 are available in book form from Accelerated Indexing Systems Int. Inc., P.O. Box 2127, Salt Lake City, UT 84110.

Also available on AIS microfiche at LDS Family History Centers.

Mortality Schedule (individuals who died in the 12 months prior to the census enumeration)

1860  Book format from Accelerated Indexing Systems

1870  Book format from Accelerated Indexing Systems

1880 Microfilm T655-0002 from American Genealogical Lending Library

1910 Arizona   Book format from Family History Society of Arizona

CENSUS MAPS

Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920 by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide.

Maps compare the county boundaries when each census was taken to present day boundaries.

Hardcover. 445pp. Genealogical Publishing Co. 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202.

http://www.genealogical.com/


CHURCH RECORDS

Records kept by local congregations.
(note: several Roman Catholic congregations have sent their older records to the Diocese of Tucson)  

• BILLY KING'S TOMBSTONE by C. Leiand Sonnlchsen. Caldwell 1946. 233p. (reprinted U of A Press, Tucson. 1972]'
• BISBEE DEPORTATION & THE PEOPLE INVOLVED - 1917. Vol. 1.
  Lists of: Special Census of Columbus, New Mexico, Defendants, Plaintiffs, Juries, Deputies, Lawyers' and Attorneys. Available from Arizona State Genealogical Society, Tucson. 
• BISBEE; QUEEN OF THE COPPER CAMPS by Lynn R. Baily. Western Lore Press, Tucson. 1983. 159p.
• COCHISE COUNTY ARIZONA Past and Present by Ervin Bond. 1982.
• FORT HUACHUCA a Brief History by Cornelius C. Smith, np. nd. 34pp illus., paper covers.
• MORMON SETTLEMENT IN ARIZONA by James McClintock AMS Press, New York City.1921 [reprint]
• RAILROADS OF ARIZONA, Vol. 1, The Southern Roads by David F. Myrick. Contains short history of every town in Cochise Co. Berkeley, 1975.
• SAN BERNARDINO (Slaughter) RANCH RECORDS. Microfilm copy. Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum.
• SOUTHWESTERN TOWN, THE STORY OF WILLCOX, ARIZONA by Vernon B. Schultz. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson. 1964. 140p.
• TOMBSTONE IN HISTORY, ROMANCE AND WEALTH by William Hattich. Daily Prospector, Tombstone. 1903. (reprint University of Oklahoma Press. 1981.)
• TOMBSTONE MYTH AND REALITY by Odie B. Faulk. Oxford University Press, NY. 1972. 242p.
  

LIBRARIES – GENEALOGICAL

Family History Centers sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each one of these has the following collections on microfiche:

• AIS index to the 1790-1850* censuses, Family History Library Catalog (which aids in ordering microfilms from Salt Lake City),

 For additonal Family History Centers not listed below, look in the "Yellow Pages under Churches.

• Douglas, 2800-15th St. (use northwest door) 520-364-8075
• St. David, Chapel (use south door on west) 520-586-4879
• Sierra Vista, 2100 Yaqui (use west door on south)
• Family History Library, 35 North West Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84150. 
• Genealogy Library, Dept. of Library, Archives & Public Records, 1700 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007
  

LIBRARIES - PUBLIC

• Benson Public Library, 333 S. Huachuca, 85602 520-586-9535
• Bisbee Public Library, P.O. Box 1857, 85603 520-432-4232
• Charles di Peso Library- Cochise College, Douglas, 85607 520-364-0344
• Douglas Public Library, 625 10th St., 85607 520-304-385
• Huachuca City Public Library, 500-B Gonzales Blvd., 85616 520-456-1063
• Pearce-Sunsites Community Library, 210 Ford Rd. Pearce 85625, 520-826-3866 
• Sierra Vista Public Library, 2950 E Tacoma, 85635, 520-458-4225
• Tombstone City Library, P.O. Box 218, 4th & Toughnut, 85638, 520-457-3612
• Willcox Community Library, 450W. Maley, 85643 384-4271
  

MEDICAL RECORDS

Bisbee, Calumet and Arizona Hospital patient register, 1903-1931. FHL film #0940047 item 1 
Bisbee, Copper Queen Hospital patient register, 1903-1911. FHL film #0940047 item 2-5 
1911-1912. FHL film //0940048 Item 1 


MILITARY RECORDS

• Mexican War - Compiled Service Records in Mormon Battalion. M351 (3 rolls) Available from American Genealogical Lending Library.
• Civil War - Index to Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers - Arizona. M532-1 Available from American Genealogical Lending Library.
• 1918 - Military Petitions for Naturalization at Douglas. See NATURALIZATION and CITIZENSHIP.

MUSEUMS

• Benson Museum, 180 S. San Pedro, 85602 520-586-3070 (San Pedro Valley Arts & Historical Society, P.O. Box 1090, 180 S. San Pedro, 85602 )
• Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum, P.O. Box 14, 5 Copper Queen Plaza. 85603 520-432-7071 
• Cochise County Historical Society Museum, 1116 G Ave, Suite 6, P.O. Box 818, Douglas, 85608
  

• Map and list of Cochise County cemeteries
• Douglas Jewish Cemetery Inscriptions
  

Vol. 2, No. 1 

• Russelville (Johnson) Cemetery

Vol. 2, No. 2 

• Tombstone Historical Jewish Graveyard
• San Bernardino (Slaughter) Ranch Cemetery
• Leake Family Cemetery

Vol. 3, No. 1

• Mexican Research, Old Pirtleville Cemetery
• Sacred Heart Cemetery, Pirtleville
• Cochise County Newspapers

Vol. 3, No. 2 

• Cochise County Churches survey
• Cochise County City Directories

Vol. 4, No. 1 

• Naturalization Records, 
• Round Valley Cemetery
• Calvary Memorial Park (Douglas)

Vol. 4, No. 2 

• Sunnyside Cemetery 
• Hands Cemetery
• Soza Cemetery Gamez Cemetery 
• Apodaca Cemetery

Vol. 5, No. 1 

• Territoral Residents of Cochise County

Vol. 5, No. 2

• Some Residents of Contention City, A.T. 1880-1890

Vol. 6, No. 1 

• Frierson Grave Site
• Miracle Valley Cemetery
• Cochise Memory Gardens (Sierra Vista)

Vol. 6, No. 2 

• More Territorial Residents of Cochise Co.
• Hall Ranch Cemetery, Potter Grave

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