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Overview of the Genealogy Collection

The Genealogy Collection consists of materials from all 50 states of the United States as well as from some foreign countries, family histories, general indexes, journals, ship passenger lists, atlases and biographical encyclopedias. The Collection is classified using the Dewey Decimal Classification System. You may use Library and Archives' online catalog to search for titles that are housed in the Genealogy Collection or to locate maps, federal publications and other resources related to a topic. For more information, please select one of the following:

• Frequently Used Resources
• Genealogy Resources in Other Collections

Frequently Used Resources

• Books and indexes to immigration and naturalization records; the many resources used by P. William Filby in his publication Passenger and Immigration List Index
• Published material for all the states, e.g., vital records, court records, wills and probates, and county histories
• Arizona federal census enumeration rolls (on microfilm), 1860-1930 (see: History and Archives)
• Online census indexes and digitized censuses for other states
• Genealogical periodicals for various states and Canada
• Complete runs of the scholarly genealogical periodicals: New England Historical and Genealogical Register and The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (beginning in 1847 and 1870 respectively)
• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Civil War) and various indexes to pension records for the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Indian Wars, and other military records
• Massachusetts town vital records
• Pennsylvania Archives
• Delaware Archives
• New Jersey Archives
• PERSI™ - The PERiodical Source Index (available through HeritageQuest™ Online on site); access to genealogy articles through interlibrary loan
• Access to FirstSearch, Ancestry Plus and other online databases
• Access to microfilms of hometown newspapers available through interlibrary loan

Genealogy Resources in Other Collections

The Professional Collection contains current genealogical materials which can be circulated or borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Arizona and Southwestern genealogical materials can be found in History and Archives' Arizona Collection. The State Archives also holds many original documents for Arizona, such as: court, marriage, school and voting records, as well as census materials.

The State Library of Arizona holds the Regional Federal Depository Library materials for Arizona. These federal publications include legal, historical and biographical materials which can be useful to genealogists. The Map Collection, Newspaper Collection and Arizona State Agency Publications are also of interest to those with Arizona roots.

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