Genealogy Resources
See Also
 
Obituary Search
Mesa Library's East Valley Tribune Obituary Search, 1997 to present - Find the date an obituary ran in the East Valley Tribune.
Mesa Library Obituary Search Service
Ancestry Library In-library use only - Genealogy research.  Find your family in census, birth, marriage, death, immigration, military, probate, and land records, including, in many cases, images of the original documents. 
Handout for "Researching Your Roots" Class ( PDF document)
Handout for "Researching Your Roots" Class ( web page )
Arizona Genealogical and Historical Societies

Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates
Birth and death certificates are now available to the public online! Births that occurred at least 75 years ago and deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago are available for viewing online

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Check for available resources under Family History; especially check the Arizona Biographical Databases

Cyndi’s List
Links to over 239,00 genealogical Internet sites

Family Search
Links to over 1 billion names in the LDS (Mormon Church) database. Access the catalog of the largest genealogical library in the world – the Family History Library in Salt Lake City

Mesa Regional Family History Center
The second largest branch of the LDS Family History Library right here in Arizona! Search their online catalog; click on hours and map for their hours of operation and directions.  Look here for an index of Arizona obituaries!

RootsWeb 
One of the old
est and respected genealogical database and it’s free! There are many valuable tools and resources; the RootsWeb surname list is just one

USGenWeb
A cooperative project, which maintains genealogical data from every state and county in the United States

WorldGenWeb
Check this giant collaboration of genealogical data and resources if your ancestor immigrated from another country

National & Government Archives

National Archives & Records
Use the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) system to search some of NARA's electronic records holdings; also explore the “Research Room”

US National Archives Microfilm Rentals  
Info on renting film, including US Census film from 1790-1920

Ellis Island
This Ellis Island immigration database lets users search and access the records of those who entered the United States through the Port of New York from 1892 to 1942. Twenty two million + records.

Federal Land Patent Records Site
This government site provides image access to more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908. Images of Serial patents (land titles issued between 1908 and the mid-1960's) are currently being added to this web site.

Social Security Death Index
The SSDI is generated from the U. S. Social Security Administration's Death Master File, a source of over 72 million names. About 98 percent of the deaths in this database occurred between 1962 and the present

 

Libraries

LDS Family History Center  
World's largest genealogical library system
 

Genealogical Products and Services

Ancestry.com Inc.  
Books, magazines, software, and online services

Heritage Quest  
Heritage Quest
magazine, books, software, and microfilm products
 

Genealogical Software

FamilyTreeMaker.com  
Family Tree Maker
for Windows and Mac