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Many archives and libraries have resources such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids to help you locate information about Arkansas. They may have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state.

The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services that are helpful for genealogical research:

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Arkansas[edit | edit source]

Arkansas History Commission · Downtown Branch Central Arkansas Library System · Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives · University of Arkansas · National Archives at Fort Worth · Dallas Public Central Library

Archives[edit | edit source]

beta worldcat.org archivegrid
Identify participating Arkansas Archives and contact information, search their collections

Arkansas State Archives (formerly Arkansas History Commission)
Department of Arkansas Heritage
1100 North Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Phone: (501) 324-9150 (Dept of Arkansas Heritage)
Phone: (501) 682-6900 (Arkansas State Archives)
Email: state.archives@arkansas.gov
Website
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across the state, bringing together collection guides from many of Arkansas’s repositories to help you to locate historical documents and learn where you can gain access to the physical records you seek.

Online collections include:
*1911 Confederate Veterans Questionnaires
*Confederate Pension Records
*Land Records
*World War I Discharge Records

National Archives at Fort Worth
501 West Felix Street, Building 1
Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405
Phone: (817) 831-5620
Fax: (817) 551-2034
Email: 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. How to use this collection.

Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives
201 Highway 195 S
PO Box 134
Washington, Arkansas 71862
Phone: (870) 983-2633
Email: southwest.archives@arkansas.gov
Website

Libraries[edit | edit source]

The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Arkansas Studies Institute
401 President Clinton Ave.
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Phone: (501) 320-5700
Fax: 501-537-4559
The Arkansas Studies Institute is a joint project of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

University of Arkansas Libraries
Special Collections Department
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701-4002
Phone: (479) 575-5577
FAX: (479) 575-3472
E-mail

Arkansas Public Libraries listed by Cities
Select also tabs for Colleges, Obituaries, Presidential Libraries, Public Records, US State Libraries

Arkansas State Library
- Genealogy
- Location
- Special or Unique Collections (help needed from each branch)

FamilySearch Library
35 North West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
Telephone: 801-240-2584

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 FamilySearch.org.

FamilySearch Centers (FSCs) are branches of the 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 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 FamilySearch Center
13901 Quail Run Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas
Telephone: 501-455-4998
E-mail

Societies[edit | edit source]

Arkansas Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 26374
Little Rock, Arkansas 72221

Arkansas Online Records[edit | edit source]

Arkansas Online Genealogy Records

Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

Reference Guides[edit | edit source]

Baker, Russell Pierce. Guide to Microfilmed County Records at the Arkansas History Commission. Alexander, Arkansas: Professional Genealogists of Arkansas, 1989. FS Catalog book 976.7 A1 no. 140 At various libraries (WorldCat).

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 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[edit | edit source]

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:

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 County Records, Death, Land and Military Records, Newspapers and other categories.

Arkansas Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

FamilySearch - At this site you can access digitized historical records, the FamilySearch Catalog, lists of FamilySearch Centers, and other resources related to family history.

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.

CyndisList (AR) - a major portal linking to a variety of family history sites

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-'''Arkansas History Commission'''<br />One Capitol Mall<br />Little Rock, AR 72201<br />Telephone: 501-682-6900<br />[mailto:state.archives@arkansas.gov state.archives@arkansas.gov]<br />http://www.ark-ives.com/
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+Many archives and libraries have resources such as maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids to help you locate information about Arkansas. They may have collections of previous research, such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere in the state.
-'''National Archives—Southwest Region (Fort Worth)<br />'''P.O. Box 6216<br />501 West Felix Street #1<br />Fort Worth, TX 76115-3405<br />Telephone: 817-831-5900<br />Fax: 817-334-5511<br />http://www.archives.gov/southwest/contacts.html
+The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services that are helpful for genealogical research:
-'''Arkansas Genealogical Society<br />'''P.O. Box 17653 <br />Little Rock, AR 72222<br />[mailto:ASKAGS@agsgenealogy.org ASKAGS@agsgenealogy.org]<br />http://www.agsgenealogy.org/
+<br><br>
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+|[[File:Buffalo National River.jpg|300px|Buffalo River, Arkansas]]
+|}
+=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Arkansas  ===
-'''Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives'''<br />Old Washington Historic State Park<br />201 Highway 195 S<br />PO Box 134<br />Washington, AR 71862<br />Telephone: 870-983-2633<br />Fax: 870-983-2636<br />[mailto:online@southwestarchives.com online@southwestarchives.com]<br />http://www.southwestarchives.com/
+[[Arkansas History Commission]]{{·}} [[Downtown Branch Central Arkansas Library System]]{{·}} [[Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives]]{{·}} [[University of Arkansas]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Fort Worth]]{{·}} [[Dallas Public Central Library]]
+=== Archives  ===
-'''Little Rock Public Library'''<br />100 Rock Street<br />Little Rock, AR 72201<br />Telephone: 501-918-3000<br />[mailto:calsinfo@cals.lib.ar.us calsinfo@cals.lib.ar.us]<br />http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/
+'''[http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/ beta worldcat.org archivegrid]'''<br>Identify participating Arkansas Archives and contact information, search their collections<br>
-'''University of Arkansas<br />'''Special Collections Library<br />Fayetteville, AR 72701<br />Phone: 479-575-2000 <br />http://www.uark.edu/
+'''[[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>
+Online collections include:<br> *1911 Confederate Veterans Questionnaires<br>*Confederate Pension Records<br>*Land Records<br>*World War I Discharge Records<br>
-To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Arkansas counties, use the 17 inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of 16 inventories are available at the Family History Library.
+'''[[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>
+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.]]
-=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards ===
+'''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]
-Computers with modems are important tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial online services help family history researchers:
+=== Libraries  ===
-* Locate other researchers
+'''[http://www.butlercenter.org/ The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies]'''<br>[http://arstudies.com/ Arkansas Studies Institute]<br>401 President Clinton Ave.<br>Little Rock, Arkansas 72201<br>Phone: (501) 320-5700<br>Fax: 501-537-4559<br>
-* Post queries
+The Arkansas Studies Institute is a joint project of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
-* Send and receive e-mail
-* Search large databases
-* Search computer libraries
-* Join in computer chat and lecture sessions
-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.
+'''University of Arkansas Libraries''' <br>
+Special Collections Department<br>
+N. McIlroy Avenue<br>
+Fayetteville, AR 72701-4002<br>
+Phone: (479) 575-5577<br>
+FAX: (479) 575-3472<br>
+[mailto:specoll@uark.edu E-mail]<br>
+<div style="width: 100%; float: left;">
+'''[http://www.publiclibraries.com/arkansas.htm/ Arkansas Public Libraries]''' listed by Cities<br>Select also tabs for Colleges, Obituaries, Presidential Libraries, Public Records, US State Libraries<br>
-Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 2007, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
+*'''[http://www.library.arkansas.gov/Pages/default.aspx/ Arkansas State Library]'''
+**[http://www.library.arkansas.gov/find/Pages/default.aspx#genealogy/genealogy Genealogy]
+**[http://www.library.arkansas.gov/aboutUs/Pages/default.aspx/location Location]
+**Special or Unique Collections (help needed from each branch)
-=== USGenWeb ===
+'''[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
-http://www.usgenweb.com/
+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].
-A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.
+[[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.
-=== Roots-L ===
+:[[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 E-mail]
+</div>
+=== Societies  ===
-http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/
+'''[http://www.agsgenealogy.org/ Arkansas Genealogical Society]<br>'''P.O. Box 26374 <br>Little Rock, Arkansas 72221
-A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.
+=== Arkansas Online Records  ===
-For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the[[United States Archives and Libraries| United States Research Outline]], 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.
+{|
+|<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Arkansas Online Genealogy Records]]</span>
+|}
+{{DCfollowup}}
+=== Reference Guides  ===
+*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://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  ===
+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 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 &amp; 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'''] - 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
+<br> {{Arkansas|Arkansas}}{{U.S. Archives and Libraries}}
+[[Category:Arkansas_Archives_and_Libraries]]