Maricopa County, Arizona Genealogy

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Parent County
1871--Maricopa County was created 14 February 1871 from Yavapai, Yuma, and Pima Counties. County seat: Phoenix

Cities
Apache Junction (most of Apache Junction is in Pinal County) | Avondale | Chandler| El Mirage | Gilbert | Glendale | Goodyear | Litchfield Park | Mesa| Peoria (part of Peoria is in Yavapai County) | Phoenix| Scottsdale | Surprise | Tempe | Tolleson

Towns
Buckeye | Carefree | Cave Creek| Fountain Hills | Gila Bend | Guadalupe | Paradise Valley | Queen Creek (part of Queen Creek is in Pinal County) | Wickenburg| Youngtown

Other Communities
Aguila | Anthem | Arlington | Circle City | Higley | Komatke | Laveen | Liberty | Mobile | Morristown | Palo Verde | Tonopah | Tortilla Flat | Waddell | Wintersburg | Wittmann

Neighboring Counties

 * Gila
 * La Paz
 * Pima
 * Pinal
 * Yavapai
 * Yuma

Cemeteries

 * City of Mesa Cemetery - information provided by cemetery office to Mesa Regional Family History Center (burials complete through end of August 2008)
 * City of Mesa Cemetery located at 1212 North Center Street, Mesa, Arizona at Findagrave.com
 * City of Mesa Cemetery burial information from USGenWeb Maricopa County, Arizona
 * Double Butte Cemetery burial records are at the City of Tempe web site.
 * Double Butte Cemetery burial records at The Family History Society of Arizona.
 * Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona at Interment.net
 * Liberty Cemetery, Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona at Findagrave.com
 * Twin Butte Cemetery Project, Tempe, Arizona at MigrationTrails.com

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records: Alma, Avondale, Buckeye, Capitol (Phoenix), Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Lehi, Mesa, Mesa 1st, Mesa 2nd, Mesa 3rd, Mesa 4th, Mesa 5th, Mesa 6th, Mesa 7th, Mesa 8th, Papago, Phoenix, Phoenix 1st, Phoenix 2nd, Phoenix 3rd, Phoenix 4th, Phoenix 5th, Scottsdale, Spanish-American and Tempe.

Land
Searchable land records together with all other recorded documents, with images, from 1871 are available free through the website of the Maricopa County Recorder. http://recorder.maricopa.gov/recdocdata/

Newspapers
The Arizona Republic

The Phoenix Gazette

The East Valley Tribune

The Mesa Tribune (may have changed name to the present East Valley Tribune)

Vital Records
2,970 marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog