Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Santa Cruz County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Arizona Bullion (Harshaw, Pima County, Ariz.)1880-1???
- Arizona State Democrat (Nogales, Ariz.)1931-19??
- El Imparcial (Tucson, Ariz.)1929-19??
- El Monitor (Nogales, Ariz.)1889-1895
- International (Nogales, Ariz.)1925-1926
- La Union (Nogales, Ariz.)1918-191?
- Nogales Daily Herald (Nogales, Ariz.)1914-1918
- Nogales Herald (Nogales, Ariz.)1918-1994
- Nogales International (Nogales, Ariz.)1926-1979
- Nogales International (Nogales, Arizona)1926-1979
- Nogales Morning Democrat (Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Ariz.)1921-1923
- Nogales Morning Times (Nogales, Ariz.)1917-19??
- Nogales Sunday Herald (Nogales, Pima County, Ariz.)1888-189?
- Santa Cruz Patagonian (Patagonia, Ariz.)1912-1929
- Santa Cruz Patagonian (Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Ariz.)1949-195?
- The Border Vidette (Nogales, Ariz.)1894-1934
- The Border Vidette (Nogales, Pima County, Arizona)1894-1934
- The Bullet (Nogales, Ariz.)1922-19??
- The Daily Morning Oasis (Nogales, Ariz.)1917-1920
- The Daily Morning Oasis (Nogales, Arizona)1917-1920
- The Daily Nogales (Nogales, Pima County, Ariz. Territory)1892-1894
- The Democrat Junior (Nogales, Ariz.)1923-1923
- The Oasis (Arizola, Ariz.)1893-1920
- The Oasis (Arizola, Arizona)1893-1920
- The Walker Canyon Reporter (Walker Canyon, Nogales, Ariz.)1936-19??
- The Weekly Arizonian (Tubac, Ariz.)1859-18??
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Santa Cruz County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county recorder and the clerk of the superior court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county recorder
Deeds, mortgages and other land records.
- The clerk of the superior court
Marriage licenses, divorces, probate (wills and estates) and civil and criminal cases.
- The Arizona State Archives
In Phoenix: territorial and county records, including some older court and probate files.
- Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Recordsfree
The state archives in Phoenix, with territorial and county records and the Arizona Memory Project's digitized collections.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Arizona, Santa Cruz" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Pima County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Pima County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1899, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Arizona began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1909. For earlier events, look in county records, church records and newspapers, and remember that the area's records before 1863 may be with New Mexico Territory.