Miscellaneous Books, as their name implies, contain land records, proof of labor, plat maps, court documents, a few marriage records and whatever fell under the Miscellaneous category. Brand Indexes and Books are very useful, if a relative had a ranch. Assessment Rolls contain lists of taxable persons and their property. Coroner or Justice Court records detail inquests held for deaths that occurred by violence or under suspicious conditions. Great Registers contain personal information required of those who registered to vote.
Early ones contain only men.
Superior Court records include pre-WW II marriage licenses, wills, probate cases, and civil and criminal cases. The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records is limited by law to those birth records more than 75 years old, death records more than 50 years old. The Arizona History and Archives Division currently maintains microfilm of Birth Records from the 1890s through 1925 Death Records from the 1890s through 1950. If you need a record for legal purposes, such as establishing age for Social Security, you must obtain a certified copy from the Office of Vital Records. Our Division can only certify that copies are from microfilm held by the Division.