Arizona, Cochise County, Voting Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This publication consists of voting records known as Great Registers from the County Recorder in Cochise County, Arizona for the years 1882 through 1932. The microfilm of the original records and photocopy of the typescript it located at the Cochise County Courthouse in Bisbee, Arizona. The register for 1898 is missing and was not microfilmed. More records may be added as they become available.

Collection Content
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Arizona.
 * Arizona Voting Registers
 * Arizona Guided Research
 * Arizona Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1910 &#124; 1900-Present

Family History Library Holdings

 * Great register, Cochise County, 1881-1910; Cochise County, Arizona, 1912-1926; index to great register, 1922-1932.
 * Record of declaration of intention, 1913-1958.
 * Petition and record for naturalization, 1912-1947.
 * Naturalization stubs, ca 1881 - 1993
 * Naturalizations 1884 -1914 US District Court
 * Lynn R. Bailey and Don Chaput. Cochise County stalwarts : a who's who of the territorial years : merchants, miners and millmen, ranchers and farmers, hostelers and restaurateurs, bankers, attorneys and judges, contractors, freighters, stage line operators and blacksmiths, saloonists and gamblers, marshals, sheriffs, and constables, printers, lumbermen, postmasters, journalists, educators, politicians and promoters, and a few badmen and outlaws, who made an impact, thrown in for flavor. 2 volumes. Tucson, Arizona : Westernlore Press, 2000. FHL 979.153 D3b

Related Digital Books

 * Arizona State Genealogical Society.Great register of voters, county of Cochise, territory of Arizona, 1890.
 * Great register of the county of Cochise, Territory of Arizona, for the year 1884

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