Free access.
Ancestry.com hosts the world’s largest database of genealogical records.
Voter registration rolls from 1880 to 1900 for Gila County
Homestead plat map land records
Historical record books by state
A plethora of information at your fingertips.
Payson Roundup, Backbone, Mogollon Advisor, & Rim Country Gazette Newspapers
Printed papers dating back to 1953
Student Family Reports & Oldest Family Member Interviews
A project by Payson students in 1986 and 1987. We are in the process of digitizing the cassette tapes.
Federal Census Records for all AZ counties from 1860 to 1920
Payson mortuary records, and records of several area cemeteries
Gila County School Census 1882 to 1907, and 1920
How-to search guides
Local Family History Books & Genealogy Files
Complied by families local to the Northern Gila County towns and communities of Payson, Pine, Strawberry, and Star Valley.
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
128 volume series I-V Complete
Services
& Resources
Come in and grow your family tree. We have kind, knowledgeable volunteers who can help you begin or continue the search for your roots in the only public heritage library within 100 miles.
The NGCGS provides information nationwide and has assisted
authors to find information for books about local history;
sent copies of newspaper articles to out-of-state requestors;
local students prove Native American or Pioneer ancestry to qualify for scholarships;
people in locating parents, other family members, and heirs to estates;
individuals in researching inherited illnesses in their medical history;
and responded to many requests for information about people who lived here in the past.
