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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 Arkansas ==
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 Arkansas 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 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 ===
 
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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:'''
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| 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]]  
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| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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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| 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]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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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| 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]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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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| 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:'''
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| 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]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| 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]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital 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]]  
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| 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]]
*[[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
*[[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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| 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:'''
|-
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| 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]]
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[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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| 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 Minorities|Minorities]], [[Arkansas Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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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| 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 Minorities|Minorities]], [[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:'''
|-
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| 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]]
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]
*[[Arkansas Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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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| 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 ethnicity
| [[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]]
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]  
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Maiden name
*[[African American Resources for Arkansas|African Americans]]
::Strategy
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Arkansas|Indigenous Peoples]]
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]] <br>
*[[Arkansas Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
Check these records for her children and her spouse(s), since those records may also reveal her maiden name
*[[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
| Marriage information
*[[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Arkansas Societies|Societies]]
|-
 
| Migration to/from Arkansas
| [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Migration|Migration]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
| [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Naturalization
| [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]]  
| [[Arkansas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
|-
| Occupations
| [[Arkansas Occupations|Occupations]], [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Directories|Directories]]  
| [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| Other family members
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Arkansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Birth, Marriage and Death Records|Birth, Marriage and Death Records]], [[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Arkansas Census|Census]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Parents
| 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 Genealogy Local Resources#Societies|Societies]]
*[[Arkansas Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Arkansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Arkansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Arkansas Biography|Biography]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Arkansas Maps|Maps]], [[Arkansas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Arkansas History|History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Arkansas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
*[[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Arkansas Biography|Biography]]  
| Places of previous residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Arkansas Census|Census]], [[Arkansas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Arkansas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Arkansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Arkansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
| [[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]]
*[[Arkansas Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[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 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]].


 
[[Category:Arkansas Research Strategies]][[Category:Record Finder]]
[[Category:Arkansas Research Strategies|Record]]

Latest revision as of 17:37, 25 January 2021

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

Record Finder Table for Arkansas[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Arkansas topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption[edit | edit source]

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

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