Arkansas Genealogy Resources

For vital records, write to:

• Division of Vital Records
  Arkansas Department of Health
  4815 West Markham Street
  Little Rock, AR 72205
  Telephone: (501) 661-2336.

• They have Birth & Death records since February 1914, Marriage records since 1917, & divorce records since 1917. Call them for current costs. If they don't have a record, try writing the County.

For information on State Archives & Libraries, write to:

• Arkansas History Commission
  1 Capitol Mall
  Little Rock, AR 72201
  Telephone: (501) 682-6900

• Their hours are: Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30, open Saturday, closed Sunday, and all state holidays.

• They have federal census records, county vital records, a family history and manuscript collection, phone books, militia civil war records, newspapers, some maps and photos, state land office records, indexes to compiled military service records, territorial state and county records, marriage records, estate records, deeds, county court records, and cemetery records.

For information on state Genealogical Societies, write to:

• Arkansas Genealogical Society
  P.O. Box 908
  Hot Springs, AR 71902-0908
  Telephone: (501) 262-4513 (After 5:00 PM)

• They publish Arkansas Family Historian.

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