United States Resources: Arkansas

    Arkansas Traveler quilt square based on Maggie Malone's 1,001 Patchwork Designs

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Arkansas Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Arkansas Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-ar: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Arkansas--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-ar: Where to write for Arkansas vital records, Arkansas genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Includes a good overview of the materials available at the Arkansas History Commission. Or check Arkansas Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Arkansas Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Arkansas Genealogy and History Pages

  • Arkansas at Linkpendium
  • Arkansas Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Arkansas
  • The USGenWeb Project - Arkansas
  • American Local History Network
  • The Original Arkansas Genealogy Project
  • A Guide to Arkansas Genealogy Resources from GeneaSearch

    General Resources

  • Arkansas Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Arkansas
  • LDS Research Outline for Arkansas
  • Arkansas Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Arkansas
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Arkansas Census Records at Census Finder
  • The Department of Arkansas Heritage
  • Arkansas Land Records from the General Land Office
  • Arkansas Genealogy from the Newberry Library
  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the Civil War
    • Selections from the Southern Historical Collection
      • Mississippi and Arkansas
  • Census Online: Arkansas
  • Earthquake History of Arkansas
  • Arkansas Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Ghost Towns of Arkansas
  • Arkansas Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums in Arkansas
  • Arkansas Archeological Survey
  • Arkansas Postal History
  • Arkansas Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • Abandoned U.S. 71
  • Abandoned Arkansas 7

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • Arkansas State Library
  • The Arkansas History Commission and State Archives
  • Special Collections at the University of Arkansas including finding aids to many manuscript collections such as:
    • Manuscript Resources for the Civil War
    • Manuscript Resources for Women's Studies
    • The Mary Dengler Huggins Collection
    • Butler-Paisley Family Papers including a record (on the web page) of the Alexander Butler (1807-1881) and Mary Wyche Reavis (1813-1890) family.

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Arkansas Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Saving Graves: Arkansas
  • Arkansas-Cemeteries Mailing List Homepage

    Ethnic and Religious

  • African Ancestry in Arkansas
  • Persistence of the Spirit: African-American Experience in Arkansas
  • Black Schools in Columbia County
  • History of the Cherokee
  • History of the Cherokee
  • Cherokee History up to the Trail of Tears and through the present
  • Delaware History
  • Illinois History

    Local History and Information

  • History of Southwest Arkansas
    • Old Washington State Park
    • Black Schools in Columbia County
    • Golden Reflections Oral History Project Memories of Southwest Arkansas
  • Arkadelphia History
  • Arkansas County Links
  • Ashley County Links
  • Baxter County Links
  • Benton County Links
  • Boone County Links
  • Bradley County Links
  • Brinkley History
  • Calhoun County Links
  • Carroll County
  • Carroll County Links
  • Chicot County
  • Chicot County Links
  • Clark County Links
  • Clay County Links
  • Cleburne County Links
  • Cleveland County Links
  • Columbia County Links
  • Conway History
  • Conway County Links
  • Information on the History of Cotter, Arkansas
  • Craighead County Links
  • Crawford County Links
  • Crittenden County Links
  • Cross County Links
  • Dallas County Links
  • Desha County Links
  • Drew County Links
  • Eureka Springs - Victorian History
  • Faulkner County Links
  • Franklin County Links
  • Fulton County Links
  • Garland County Links
  • Grant County Links
  • Greene County Links
  • Hempstead County Links
  • Hot Spring County Links
  • Hot Springs History
  • Howard County Links
  • Independence County Links
  • Izard County Links
  • Jackson County Links
  • Jefferson County Links
  • Johnson County Links
  • Lafayette County Links
  • Lawrence County Links
  • Lee County Links
  • Lincoln County Links
  • Little River County Links
  • Logan County Links
  • Lonoke County Links
  • Madison County Links
  • History of Malvern
  • History of Marion County Arkansas
  • Marion County Links
  • Miller County Links
  • Mississippi County Links
  • Monroe County Links
  • Montgomery County Links
  • Nevada County Depot Museum with historical info about Nevada County
  • Nevada County Links
  • Newton County, Arkansas
  • Newton County Links
  • Ouachita County Links
  • Perry County Links
  • Phillips County Links
  • Pike County Links
  • Poinsett County Links
  • Polk County Links
  • Pope County Links
  • Prairie County Links
  • Pulaski County Links
  • History of Randolph County
  • Randolph County Links
  • Rogers Water - A Historical Perspective
  • "Digging Up Roots" St. Francis County
  • Saint Francis County Links
  • Saline County Links
  • Scott County Links
  • Searcy County Links
  • Sebastian County Links
  • Sevier County Links
  • Sharp County Links
  • Stone County Links
  • Union County Links
  • Van Buren County Links
  • Old Washington, Arkansas - History
  • Washington County Links
  • White County Links
  • Woodruff County Links
  • Yell County Links
  • A History of Yellville, Arkansas

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Arkansas locations
  • Arkansas from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Arkansas Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • Civil War Map of Battles, State of Arkansas
  • Civil War Sites in Arkansas
    Message Boards
    • Civil War, Arkansas RootsWeb
    • Arkansas in the Civil War history-sites.com
    • The Civil War in Arkansas civilwarbuff.com
  • Union Regimental Index: Arkansas
  • Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #1655, Jonesboro, AR with Arkansas Civil War information

    Confederate Units

  • 1st Arkansas Returns Flag of 76th Ohio
  • Reminiscences of Company "H", First Arkansas Mounted Rifles
  • Sixth Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Capital Guards
  • The Richland Rangers Company D, of the 13th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

    Union Units

  • First Arkansas Union Cavalry

  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Arkansas
  • Historical Photographs of Southwest Arkansas

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Arkansas Genealogical Society
  • Arkansas Family History Association

      Lineage

    • Sons of Confederate Veterans, Arkansas Division
      • Colonel Robert G. Shaver Camp #1655 - Jonesboro
    • Missouri Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (includes Arkansas)

      Railroad

    • Kansas City Southern Historical Society
    • Little Rock Chapter - National Railway Historical Society

      Regional

    • The Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association
    • Tri-County Family History Association - Genealogical and Family research in Conway, Perry, and Van Buren Counties

      Local

    • Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Boone County Genealogical Society
    • Bradley County Genealogical Society
    • Carroll County Historical & Genealogical Society
    • Conway County Genealogical Association
    • Garland County Historical Society
    • Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Jefferson County Genealogical Society
    • Johnson County Historical Society
    • Historic Genealogical Society of Marion County Arkansas
    • Ouachita-Calhoun Genealogical Society
    • Pike County Archives and History Society
    • Pulaski County Historical Society
    • Scott County Historical & Genealogical Society
    • Genealogy Division of the Stone County Historical Society
    • Texarkana USA Genealogical Society
    • White County Historical Society
    • Woodruff County Historical Society
    • Yell County Historical and Genealogical Society

    Vital Records

  • Arkansas Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Arkansas Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Genealogy-Books.com
  • SK Publications Arkansas Census Books and CDs
  • From the University of Arkansas Press, books about Arkansas and Regional Studies
  • Arkansas Research
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