Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona Genealogy

General Information
Mesa, Arizona Home Page The official website. Mesa Historical Museum

Archives and Libraries
City of Mesa Public Library Mesa, Arizona Regional Family History Center See also Mesa Family History Center Mesa Community College Elsner Library

For a list of all of the public libraries in Arizona, see PublicLibraries.com

Cemeteries
City of Mesa Cemetery - burials provided by the cemetery office to the Mesa Regional Family History Center (burials complete through February 2008)

City of Mesa Cemetery on Find-A-Grave

Mesa Family History Center (Mesa, Arizona) Mesa cemetery records, combined surname index volumes one, two and three

Cemetery and sexton records of Mesa, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957

Mesa, Arizona, city cemetery markers, as of November 1992, gathered and compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mesa, Arizona Central Stake Young Women, Mesa, Arizona : s.n., 1995

Church Directories
Tri-stake directory Maricopa, Mesa, Phoenix - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stake and ward officers, general membership, Phoenix, Arizona? : s.n., 195?

Church Records
You will find additional records by doing a place search in The Family History Library Catalog for "Arizona, Maricopa, Mesa."

Arizona (Mesa) temple baptisms for the dead (1927-1974) and heir indexes (1927-1959) Sealings for the dead, couples and children (includes some living spouses and children), 1942-1970; heir index, 1944-1972 Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1907-1911; record of members, 1906-1938

Directories
R. L. Polk and Company, Mesa - Tempe (Maricopa County, Arizona) city directory including Chandler and Gilbert, contains buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory, Dallas, Texas : R.L. Polk &amp; Co., 1965-

Bibliography on the History of Mesa
References to call numbers are those in the Mesa Public Library:

75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee History of Lehi, 1877-1952. Mesa, Arizona: Mesa Tribune Printers, 1952. [979.173 SE82S]

Christmas Stories from Mesa's Past. Mesa, Ariz.: Mesa Historical Museum, 1995. [394.2663 C464M]

City of Mesa Original Townsite Historic Building Survey, 3 volumes. Tempe, AZ: Woodward Architectural Group, 1993. [720.979173 C498c]

City of Mesa Temple, Evergreen and Escobedo Neighborhood Historic Building Survey, 4 volumes. Tucson, AZ: Architecture Co., 1997. [720.979173 C498m]

Cox, Maxwell B. Mesa's Historic Real Estate Directory. Mesa, Ariz.: Mesa Southwest Museum, 1981. [917.9173 M56MC]

Crismon, Charles H. Who is Mesa. Mesa, AZ: Crismon, 1988. [920.0979173 C868

Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Mesa, AZ: Diamond Jubilee Steering Committee, 1953. [979.173 D541d]

Donaldson, Marion. Desert Village. Mesa, AZ: Sun Valley shopper, 1952. [979.173 D714]

Front Page. Mesa, AZ: Mesa Tribune, 1978. [979.173 F928]

Horton, Arthur Gotzian. An Economic, Political and Social Survey of Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun. Tempe, AZ: Southside Progress, 1941. [979.173 H789

Laird, Linda. Mesa Historical Survey. Mesa, AZ: Mesa Parks and Recreation Dept, 1984. [979.173 L144]

Mead, Tray C. Mesa: Beneath the Shadows of the Superstitions. Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1988. [979.173 M4 61]

Melvin, Holland. A History of Mesa. Tucson, AZ: Melvin, 1933. [979.173 M498H]

Merrill, W. Earl. One Hundred Echoes from Mesa's Past. Mesa, AZ: Merrill, 1975. [979. 173 M552p]

Merrill, W. Earl. One Hundred Footprints on Forgotten Trails. Mesa, AZ: Merrill, 1978. [979.173 M552t]

Merrill, W. Earl. One Hundred Steps Down Mesa's Past. Mesa, AZ: Merrill, 1970. [979.173M552o]

Merrill, W. Earl. One Hundred Yesterdays. Mesa, AZ: Lofgreen, 1972. [979.173 M552]

Mesa (Ariz.) Fire Dept. Yesterday and Today, 2 volumes. Mesa, AZ: Mesa Fire Dept, 1981-1989. [629.92]

Mesa at War, 1941-1945. Mesa, AZ: Mesa Historical Society, 1997. [979.173 M56w 1997]

Mesa Centennial, 1878-1978. Mesa, Az: Hogue Printing, 1978. [979.173 M56]

Otis, Reta Reed. Mesa, Desert to Oasis. Mesa, Ariz: Mesa Historical Society, 1996. [979.173 OT4M]

Our Town. Mesa, AZ: Mesa Unified School District. 1947-. [979.173 OU7] 2-6th ed.

West Second Street Historical District. Mesa, AZ: s.n. 1994- [917.9173 W52w 1997]