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== Record Finder Table for Arkansas ==
This table helps you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research, 1850 and later.  
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.


== List of Topics ==
#In column 1, find the category closest to your research goal.
This Record Finder table links to the Arkansas topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
#In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
#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]].


===Vital Events ===
''Note: '''Records of previous research ([[Arkansas 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>
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| '''1. If you need&nbsp;'''
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| '''3. Then search'''
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| Adoptions
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Guardianship|Guardianship]]
| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
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| Age
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]]
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
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| Birth date
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
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| Birth place
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
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| Children
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Guardianship|Guardianship]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
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| County boundaries and origins
| [[Arkansas Maps|Maps]], [[Arkansas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]]
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| Country of foreign birth
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]] [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| Death information
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| Divorce
| [[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]]
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| Emigration
| [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Minorities|Minorities]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Ethnic background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[African-American Resources for Arkansas|African Americans]], [[Indians of Arkansas|American Indians]], [[Arkansas Native Races|Native Races]], [[Arkansas Minorities|Minorities]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration&nbsp;and&nbsp;Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
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|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Arkansas Maps|Maps]], [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]],
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
*[[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
::Strategy
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]] <br>
Check these records for her children and her spouse(s), since those records may also reveal her maiden name
| [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]  
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
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*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Migration to/from Arkansas
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Migration|Migration]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]  
*[[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
*[[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Arkansas Societies|Societies]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Arkansas Occupations|Occupations]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
*[[Arkansas Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
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|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]  
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Arkansas Societies|Societies]]  
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Maps|Maps]], [[Arkansas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Arkansas History|History]]  
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
| [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Arkansas Taxation|Taxation]]
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*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
*[[Arkansas Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Places of previous residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Public Records|Public Records]]
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|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]  
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]  
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Arkansas|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Arkansas|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Arkansas Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Arkansas Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
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| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous Research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]], [[Arkansas Genealogy#For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[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 Biography|Biography]]  
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Arkansas Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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|}
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=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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Revision as of 12:12, 13 November 2017

Arkansas Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Arkansas Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

This table helps you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research, 1850 and later.

  1. In column 1, find the category closest to your research goal.
  2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
  3. In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
  4. 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 Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog or in WorldCat.

Note: 'Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

1. If you need  2. Look first in 3. Then search
Adoptions Court Records, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Guardianship Probate Records, Church Records, Census
Age Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Birth, Marriage and Death Records Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records, Church Records, Bible Records
Birth date Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Cemeteries Church Records, Bible Records, Census, Military Records
Birth place Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Church Records, Newspapers, Obituaries Census, Military Records, Cemeteries, Biography
Children Census, Probate Records, Newspapers, Obituaries Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Guardianship, Church Records, Bible Records
County boundaries and origins Maps, Gazetteers History
Country of foreign birth Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Newspapers Biography, History, Obituaries Emigration and Immigration
Death information Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Probate Records Military Records, Church Records, Bible Records, Land and Property
Divorce Divorce Records, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Court Records, Newspapers Census, Obituaries
Emigration Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Newspapers Biography, History, Minorities, Societies
Ethnic background African Americans, American Indians, Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship, Societies, Church Records, Periodicals, Census
Historical background History, Periodicals, Gazetteers Maps, Land and Property
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Court Records, Biography, History
Living relatives Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, Directories Court Records, Census
Maiden name
Strategy
Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records

Check these records for her children and her spouse(s), since those records may also reveal her maiden name

Church Records, Military Records, Cemeteries
Marriage information Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Census Probate Records, Church Records, Military Records
Migration to/from Arkansas Emigration and Immigration, Migration, Census, Biography History, Land and Property, Military Records
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Court Records, Biography, History
Occupations Occupations, Census, Directories Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography, History, Emigration and Immigration
Other family members Census, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Church Records, Bible Records
Parents Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Census Probate Records, Church Records, Societies
Physical description Military Records, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Biography, History
Place-finding aids Maps, Gazetteers, History Periodicals, Archives and Libraries
Places of previous residence Census, Military Records, Newspapers, Obituaries Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Public Records
Place of residence when you know only the state Census, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship
Previous Research Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals, Societies History, Archives and Libraries
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Church Records, Periodicals Societies, For Further Reading
Religion Church Records, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography History, Cemeteries, Directories
Social activities Societies, Newspapers, Obituaries, Biography History, Cemeteries, Directories