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=== Online Records ===
=== Online Records ===
*[https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https://familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/2061549/waypoints Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1879] at FamilySearch (Free, bowseable images) — Click on the county of interest to browse images of records. Includes wills, administrations, guardianship, and more.
*[https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https://familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/2061549/waypoints Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1879] at FamilySearch — Click on the county of interest to browse images of original records. Includes wills, administrations, guardianship, and more.


== History  ==
== History  ==

Revision as of 16:16, 26 March 2015

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Online Records[edit | edit source]

  • Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1879 at FamilySearch — Click on the county of interest to browse images of original records. Includes wills, administrations, guardianship, and more.

History[edit | edit source]

Template:Adoption ARGenWeb Probate records of Arkansas have been kept by the probate or county courts. The records include case papers settlements.

Availability[edit | edit source]

You can obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the appropriate county courthouse.

A statewide index to Arkansas wills is available:

  • Stevenson, Mrs. James H. and Mrs. Edward L. Westbrooke. Index to Wills and Administrations of Arkansas from the Earliest to 1900. Jonesboro, Ark.: Vowels Printing Company, 1986. FHL Book 976.7 P22st, Fiche 6050936.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many Arkansas probate records.

References[edit | edit source]