Arkansas Probate Records: Difference between revisions

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Probate records of Arkansas have been kept by the probate or county courts. The records include case papers settlements.

You can obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the appropriate county courthouse.

A statewide index of wills is Mrs. James H. Stevenson and Mrs. Edward L. Westbrooke, Index to Wills and Administrations of Arkansas from the Earliest to 1900 (Jonesboro, Arkansas: Vowels Printing Company, 1986; Family History Library book 976.7 P22st; fiche 6050936).

The Family History Library also has probate records for Arkansas.

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-== History ==
+== History  ==
-Probate records of Arkansas have been kept by the probate or county courts. The records include case papers settlements. For example, the library has microfilms of a variety of probate records for Pulaski County for the years 1818-1919. You can also obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the appropriate county courthouse.
+Probate records of Arkansas have been kept by the probate or county courts. The records include case papers settlements.
+== Availability ==
+You can obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the appropriate county courthouse.
 *A statewide index of wills is Mrs. James H. Stevenson and Mrs. Edward L. Westbrooke, ''Index to Wills and Administrations of Arkansas from the Earliest to 1900'' (Jonesboro, Arkansas: Vowels Printing Company, 1986; Family History Library book 976.7 P22st; fiche 6050936).
+The Family History Library also has probate records for Arkansas.
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