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On Saturday I was at my local Family History Center trying to find more information on a gentleman who died in July of 1970 in Phoenix.  Basically - I need his obituary so I can learn more about his family and where he hails.  I thought - check the databases at my local public library ( Phoenix Public Library ).  It referred me to a local Family History Center ( Mesa Regional Family History Center ) which maintains a database called AZObits .  What a wonderful resource!  I found the obituary I was researching (well, information that one exists - not the complete obituary), along with the newspaper where it was published.  Now - to find that newspaper and see if the July 1970 issue was in an online database. I searched and searched to no avail.  I eventually wound up at NewspaperArchive.com and they indeed had my newspaper, but I really didn't feel like paying for a membership just yet.  And, I am not really interested in making a trip to the...

In October 2009, a new Phoenix Family History Library opened, located at 3102 North 18th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona.  This library was the dream of Gene and Janet Carruth, created from three separate small family history libraries of the Phoenix East Stake and the Phoenix Stake.  The library offers computer-aided research (free!), as well as a wide selection of films, microfiche, and an extensive print library (over 5,000 reference books). Join us on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 9pm, and on Saturdays from 12-5pm. Phoenix Family History Center   3102 North 18th Avenue ( Map it!   North of Thomas, East of 19th Avenue) Phoenix, AZ 85015-5811 (602) 264-2825.   ‎

Geneabloggers.com is sponsoring "52 Weeks To Better Genealogy," and I decided to work on Challenge #6 - Online Databases.  The challenge for this week was to visit your library's website and see if your card grants you access to online databases.  My main library?  Phoenix Public Library. First, do you have a library card?  Sign up!  After you sign up and log on, click on the Research tab to get to this page: You can browse by subject or index.  You can look at all Databases, Websites, or just the Magazines & Newspaper Index.  I selected to browse by subject “Family & Home” and these options were available: Adoption   Birth, Death Certificates & Obituaries , which showed 3 sources: Arizona Republic 1999-Present (database, that takes you to ProQuest) Mesa Regional Family History Center (web site – can search AZ Obituaries, Arizona Births and Deaths, Arizona Cemeteries (entire state, or by counties) Obituary Daily Times (part of Rootswe...