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Online Resources

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, index and images ($).

Most archives have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person. 

Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections of previous research and indexes of genealogical value. To begin the search of an ancestor in these collections, you may wish to begin with available published indexes, both on a national level as well as a local level. Many genealogy databases are on line through various websites.

Nationwide Indexes

• FamilySearch™ Internet Genealogy Service - Trees contains lineages organized into family groups and pedigrees with an every-name index. This was created from a database formerly known as Ancestral File.
• Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies - Community Trees at FamilySearch Genealogies

• The FamilySearch Library has an extensive collection of almost 50,000 published U.S. family histories and newsletters. Copies at the library are listed in the Last names Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.

• Major collections of printed family histories are also found at most of the archives and libraries listed in United States Archives and Libraries. Most large libraries have indexes and catalogs to published family histories. For a list of the indexes and catalogs available at the FamilySearch Library see the Family History section of United States Compiled Genealogies in the Wiki.

• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). "The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, established in 1959, is a cooperative cataloging program in which repositories from all over the United States open to the public report their holdings of manuscript collections to the Library of Congress. Staff members of the Manuscripts Section of the Library's Special Materials Cataloging Division prepare catalog entries for these reports, which are published annually in book form by the Library of Congress"--Index to personal names in the National Union Catalog of manuscript collections, 1959-1984, p. vii. An index is available at the FamilySearch Library FS Catalog book 016.091 N21 1959 to 1984

• Ancestry.com ($) Public and Private member trees.

• Periodical Source Index (PERSI, online at ACPL.

Daughters of the American Revolution

A notable manuscript collection of compiled genealogies is the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection. This collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1970 and 1971 at the DAR Library, Washington, DC, and is available at the FamilySearch Library FS Library film 844392 (first of 17 films). It is listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under ARKANSAS - GENEALOGY.

FamilySearch Library Collection

• A compilation of the genealogies of some of the early pioneer families of Arkansas is Mrs. Larry P. Clark, Arkansas Pioneers and Allied Families (Little Rock, Arkansas: Mrs. Larry P. Clark, 1976. FS Catalog book 976.7 D3c; FS Library film 1036635 item 4 and FS Library fiche 6051363.

• To access other genealogical records for Idaho use the Place-names Search of the FamilySearch Catalog for:

• ARKANSAS - GENEALOGY
• ARKANSAS, [COUNTY] - GENEALOGY

Writing and Sharing Your Family History

Sharing your own family history is valuable for several reasons:

• It helps you see gaps in your own research and raises opportunities to find new information.
• It helps other researchers progress in researching ancestors you share in common.
• It draws other researchers to you who already have information about your family that you do not yet possess.
• It draws together researchers with common interests, sparking collaboration opportunities. For instance, researchers in various localities might choose to do lookups for each other in remote repositories. Your readers may also share photos of your ancestors that you have never seen before.
  

See also:

• Create a Family History
• Writing Your Family and Personal History
• A Guide to Printing Your Family History

Research Guidebooks

• Wagoner, Claudia. Arkansas Researchers' Handbook. Fayetteville, Ark.: Research Plus, 1986. FS Library Book 976.7 D27w; WorldCat entry.

• Eichholz, Alice, ed. Red Book : American State, County, and Town Sources. 3rd ed. Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004. Free online version; FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004; WorldCat entry. Contains bibliographies and background information on history and ethnic groups. Also contains maps and tables showing when each county was created.

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