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This table helps you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research, 1850 and later.  
== Record Finder Table for [STATE] ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


#In column 1, find the category closest to your research goal.
== List of Topics ==
#In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
This Record Finder table links to the [STATE] topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
#In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
#Click the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] or in [[WorldCat Online Catalog|WorldCat]].


''Note: '''Records of previous research ([[Arkansas, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], and [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful. <br>
===Vital Events ===
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" width="74%"
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|-
| '''1. If you need&nbsp;'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| '''2. Look first in'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| '''3. Then search'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Guardianship|Guardianship]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Children
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Guardianship|Guardianship]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| County boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Arkansas Maps|Maps]], [[Arkansas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas History|History]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]] [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Divorce
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records#Divorce Records|Divorce Records]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Emigration
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| Ethnic background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[African-American Resources for Arkansas|African Americans]], [[Indians of Arkansas|American Indians]], [[Arkansas Native Races|Native Races]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration&nbsp;and&nbsp;Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Maps|Maps]], [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]],
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| align="left" | Nationality or Race
| [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | Occupation
::Strategy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]] <br>
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
Check these records for her children and her spouse(s), since those records may also reveal her maiden name
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
| [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Migration to/from Arkansas
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Migration|Migration]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| Naturalization
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Arkansas Occupations|Occupations]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]  
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Other family members
|-  
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
|-
| Parents
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]
|-
| Physical description
| [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]  
| [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Arkansas Maps|Maps]], [[Arkansas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
| [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
|-
| Places of previous residence
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
| Previous Research
| [[Arkansas, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
|-
| Record-finding aids
| [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]], [[Arkansas Genealogy#For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]
|-
| Religion
| [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
|-
| Social activities
| [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
|}
|}


 
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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