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Birth Records reveal

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Yes or Maybe ⇒

| width="3%" | Y | width="3%" | M |- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFE3B8" | Name of Child | width="3%" |

| width="3%" |   |- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFEDA3" | Birth Date and Place | width="3%" |

| width="3%" |   |- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFE3B8" | Parent's Names | width="3%" |

| width="3%" |   |- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFEDA3" | Mother's Maiden Name | width="3%" |   | width="3%" |

|- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFE3B8" | Parent's Ages | width="3%" |

| width="3%" |   |- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFEDA3" | Father's Occupation | width="3%" |

| width="3%" |   |- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFEDA3" | Current Residence | width="3%" |

| width="3%" |   |- | width="25%" bgcolor="#FFE3B8" | Name of Doctor or Midwife | width="3%" |

| width="3%" |   |} In 1877, a few county and city clerks started keeping birth and death records.

In 1914, the state law required all county clerks to record births and forward them to the state.

• Arkansas Births and Christenings, 1812-1965 at FamilySearch. (Free, index only)
  • Small file, but worth searching. Most entries were user-submitted.

See also: • Arkansas Online Genealogy Records, • How to Find Arkansas Birth Records and • Arkansas Vital Records—Birth.

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