Arizona Colonial Records

History
Franciscans began establishing Spanish missions in northeastern Arizona in 1629. The Jesuits established missions in southeast Pima in 1692. A chain of missions, known as the Pimería Alta, dotted the Arizona-Sonora frontier. Arizona became a part of Mexico in 1810, and became a U.S. territory in 1863.

Additional Readings

 * History of the Pacific States of North America: Arizona and New Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft. 1888. Reprint. Tucson: W.C. Cox, 1974, film 0934827.
 * Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources by Henry Putney Beers. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979. This includes Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
 * Materials in the National Archives Relating to the Mexican States of Sonora, Sinaloa, and Baja California by John P. Harrison. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1952
 * Pioneer Days in Arizona from the Spanish Occupation to Statehood by Frank C. Lockwood. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1932.
 * Desert Documentary: The Spanish Years, 1767-1821 by Kieran McCarthy. Tucson: Arizona Historical Society, 1976.
 * Hispanic Arizona, 1536-1856 by James E. Officer. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 1987.
 * Paths of the Padres Through Sonora: An Illustrated History and Guide to Its Spanish Churches by Paul M. Roca. Tucson: Pioneers' Historical Society, 1967.
 * Sources for Tracing Spanish-American Pedigrees in the Southwestern United States: California and Arizona by Thomas Workman Temple. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1969, fiche 6039366.