Arizona WPA Pioneer InterviewsDid you know that the Works Project Administration (WPA) put many people to work interviewing early pioneers in Arizona? Are you asking if these records are available? Jeannie Rogers, a fellow genealogist, and I created an index of the data from the Arizona WPA records. We had originally set out to glean the names, birth dates, birth locations, and other genealogy-specific data, and get this published in a couple of days. Well, as we started reading the stories, we got engrossed in reading the stories of hardship, Indian raids, outlaws, and courage that it took more than just a couple days to collect the information.
In addition to the list of interviews and biographical sketches, some of the more interesting stories have been transcribed and are available from the links below. |
Biographical Sketches & Pioneer Interviews |
If you think you have found an ancestor on the list and the information is not included on these pages, you can get the information by contacting the Arizona Collection of the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records.
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Arizona Names Index |
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