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=== Archives === | === Archives === | ||
'''[http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/ beta worldcat.org archivegrid]'''<br> | '''[http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/ beta worldcat.org archivegrid]'''<br>Identify participating Arkansas Archives and contact information, search their collections<br> | ||
'''State Archives'''<br> | '''[[Arkansas_History_Commission|Arkansas State Archives]]''' (formerly Arkansas History Commission)<br>'''Department of Arkansas Heritage'''<br>1100 North Street<br>Little Rock, Arkansas 72201<br>Phone: (501) 324-9150 (Dept of Arkansas Heritage)<br>Phone: (501) 682-6900 (Arkansas State Archives)<br>Email: [mailto:state.archives@arkansas.gov state.archives@arkansas.gov]<br>[http://archives.arkansas.gov/ArkansasStateArchives/home Website]<br> | ||
[ | The Arkansas Records Catalog provides quick and easy access to detailed descriptions of primary source materials maintained by archives, special collections, libraries, historical societies, and museums across the state, bringing together collection guides from many of Arkansas’s repositories to help you to locate historical documents and learn where you can gain access to the physical records you seek.<br><br> | ||
<br>[ | Online collections include: | ||
The Arkansas Records Catalog provides quick and easy access to detailed descriptions of primary source materials maintained by archives, special collections, libraries, historical societies, and museums across the state, bringing together collection guides from many of Arkansas’s repositories to help you to locate historical documents and learn where you can gain access to the physical records you seek. | *1911 Confederate Veterans Questionnaires<br>*Confederate Pension Records<br>*Land Records<br>*World War I Discharge Records<br> | ||
'''[[National Archives at Fort Worth]]'''<br>501 West Felix Street, Building 1 <br>Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405<br>Phone: (817) 831-5620<br>Fax: (817) 551-2034<br>Email: [mailto:ftworth.archives@nara.gov ftworth.archives@nara.gov]<br> | |||
'''[[National Archives at Fort Worth]]'''<br>501 West Felix Street, Building 1 <br>Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405<br>Phone: (817) 831-5620<br>Fax: (817) 551-2034<br>[mailto:ftworth.archives@nara.gov | |||
The National Archives at Fort Worth have records created by federal agencies and courts in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The archives has microfilms of all available federal census records, many naturalization records, passenger arrival lists, military records, and other historical resources. [[National Archives at Fort Worth|How to use this collection.]] | The National Archives at Fort Worth have records created by federal agencies and courts in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The archives has microfilms of all available federal census records, many naturalization records, passenger arrival lists, military records, and other historical resources. [[National Archives at Fort Worth|How to use this collection.]] | ||
''' | '''Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives'''<br>201 Highway 195 S<br>PO Box 134<br>Washington, Arkansas 71862<br>Phone: (870) 983-2633<br>Email: [mailto:southwest.archives@arkansas.gov southwest.archives@arkansas.gov]<br>[https://www.arkansasheritage.com/arkansas-state-archives/arkansas-state-archives-about/regional-archives Website] | ||
=== Libraries === | === Libraries === | ||
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Phone: (479) 575-5577<br> | Phone: (479) 575-5577<br> | ||
FAX: (479) 575-3472<br> | FAX: (479) 575-3472<br> | ||
[mailto:specoll@uark.edu | [mailto:specoll@uark.edu Email]<br> | ||
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**Special or Unique Collections (help needed from each branch) | **Special or Unique Collections (help needed from each branch) | ||
'''[ | '''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]'''<br> 35 North West Temple Street<br>Salt Lake City, Utah 84150<br>Telephone: 801-240-2584 | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints houses a collection of genealogical records that include names of more than three billion deceased people. It’s the largest collection of its kind in the world. Collections include digitized historical records, microfilms and microfiche, books, maps, and much more. Explore at [https://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]. | ||
[[ | [[FamilySearch Centers|FamilySearch Centers]] (FSCs) are branches of the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy. You may search your address for a center near you on the [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch] site. These local centers are staffed by volunteers and have varying hours and resources so call to verify their hours in advance. | ||
:[[Little Rock Arkansas | :[[Little Rock Arkansas FamilySearch Center|'''Little Rock Arkansas FamilySearch Center''']]<br>13901 Quail Run Drive<br>Little Rock, Arkansas<br>Telephone: 501-455-4998<br>[mailto:arlittlerock@familyhistorymail.org Email] | ||
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=== Societies === | === Societies === | ||
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=== Arkansas Online Records === | === Arkansas Online Records === | ||
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=== Reference Guides === | === Reference Guides === | ||
*Baker, Russell Pierce. ''Guide to Microfilmed County Records at the Arkansas History Commission''. Alexander, Arkansas: Professional Genealogists of Arkansas, 1989. {{ | *Baker, Russell Pierce. ''Guide to Microfilmed County Records at the Arkansas History Commission''. Alexander, Arkansas: Professional Genealogists of Arkansas, 1989. {{FSC| 425192|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.7 A1 no. 140}} {{WorldCat|20031649|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).}}<br> | ||
To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Arkansas counties, use the inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of many of these inventories can be found in the [https://familysearch.org/catalog | To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Arkansas counties, use the inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of many of these inventories can be found in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Catalog] with a place-name search using the name of the county and selecting the topic, "Archives and Archives and Libraries - Inventories, registers, catalogs." | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
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You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Arkansas in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites: | You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Arkansas in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites: | ||
[https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/ '''Arkansas | [https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/ '''Arkansas Digital Archives'''] - This site has a large number of both primary and secondary resources available for genealogical and historical research, and its collections are always growing. There are many indexes for [https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/county-local-records/ County Records], [https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/indexes-searches-catalogs/ Death, Land and Military Records], [https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/newspapers/ Newspapers] and other categories. | ||
[http://www.familytree101.com/arkansas/ar-society-archive.html '''Arkansas Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies'''] | [http://www.familytree101.com/arkansas/ar-society-archive.html '''Arkansas Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies'''] | ||
[ | [https://www.familysearch.org '''FamilySearch'''] - At this site you can access digitized historical records, the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]], lists of [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers], and other resources related to family history. | ||
[http://www.argenweb.net/ '''ARGenWeb'''] | [http://www.argenweb.net/ '''ARGenWeb'''] - a cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county and state. | ||
'''[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ar/ CyndisList (AR)]''' - a major portal linking to a variety of family history sites | '''[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ar/ CyndisList (AR)]''' - a major portal linking to a variety of family history sites | ||
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