Arkansas Vital Records: Difference between revisions

The [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/certificates/certificates.html Arkansas Department of Health] has marriage records beginning 1917 and indexes to marriages from 1820 to the present. The [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog] has microfilms of original indexes and birth records for most {{FHL|361|subject-id|disp=Arkansas Counties}}. After selecting the appropriate {{FHL|361|subject-id|disp=county}}, click on the Vital Records topic to see available microfilms that may be ordered and viewed at a nearby[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Category:Family_History_  Family History Center].  

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Beginning 1 February 1914, Arkansas State Law required the registration of all deaths occuring within the state of Arkansas. Information found on a death certificate is reported by an informant (usually a relative) and may or may not be accurate. To obtain copies of original&nbsp;death records, contact the [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/certificates/certificates.html Arkansas Department of Health]. The [http://www.ark-ives.com/ Arkansas History Commission] has an index of deaths occurring in Arkansas from 1914 through 1949. This is only an alphabetical listing of deaths&nbsp;for the time period;&nbsp;the History Commission <u>'''does not'''</u> have copies of the death records.  

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