Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library

United States Arizona  Archives and Libraries  Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library

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Contact Information
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Address:


 * 201 N. Stone Ave
 * Tucson, AZ 85701

Telephone: 520-594-5500

Hours: Holiday closures


 * Mon-Wed: 9am-8pm
 * Thu: 9am-6pm
 * Fri: 9am-5pm
 * Sat: 10am-5pm
 * Sun: 1pm-5pm

Directions, maps, and public transportation:


 * Map:


 * Directions


 * Public transportation: Bus Routes: 1-10, 16, 19, 21-23, 81-83, 102, 103, 105, 106, 391.

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description
The Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.

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Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside), CA. Federal court records and federal agencies in Arizona.
 * State Library, Phoenix, has a large book/periodical collection including immigration, vital records, courts, wills, county histories, and Internet sites. The  starting place for AZ family history research.
 * State Archives, Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos.
 * Bancroft Library, Univ. Calif. Berkeley Early settlers, migration trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories. They probably have more Arizona historical material than any repository in Arizona.
 * Southwest Museum Braun Research Library, Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.
 * Family History Library, Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm.

Similar Collections


 * Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.

Neighboring Collections


 * University of Arizona Special Collections, Tucson, materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.
 * Pima County Vital Records births 1950-present; and deaths.
 * Pima County Superior Court marriages, criminal, civil, divorces, probate and tax court cases.
 * Pima County Recorder's Office land and mortgage records.
 * U.S. District Court Tucson Division civil, criminal, appellate, and bankruptcy cases.
 * Pima County Genealogical Society, Tucson, membership, organization, research tool box, meetings and seminars.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: Coschise, Graham, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma, and in Mexico:  Sonora.
 * Mesa FamilySearch Library, Mesa, 81,000 microfilms including AZ censuses, 40,000 books (many local histories), 129 public computers, and over 90 classes and workshops per month.
 * West Valley Genealogical Society, Youngstown, an active society with a good little library. Probably represents outside Arizona better because of retirees who contribute from all around the U.S.
 * Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Phoenix, exhibits and genealogical classes.
 * Arizona State University Library, Tempe, a good place to look for early Arizona families.
 * Northern Arizona University Cline Library, Flagstaff, includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or nations): California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah; in Mexico: Baja California, Sonora, and Mexico.
 * California State Archives, Sacramento, has county records of the state, such as court records, prison records, wills, deeds, as well as military records, state census records, and school records.
 * Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson City, births, marriages, deaths, censuses, military.
 * New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, government records since 1621, manuscripts, Catholic church records, census, wills, family histories, letters, diaries, maps, photos.
 * Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals.
 * Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land.