The state motto of Arkansas is “Regnat populus”. It is in Latin. In English, it translates to “The People Rule”. Are you looking for information about your people, your ancestors, who lived in Arkansas? There are lots of Arkansas genealogy resources that can help you with your genealogy research.
FamilySearch has a Wiki page dedicated to “Arkansas Birth, Marriage, and Death Records”. It has a lot of good information about where to find collections of records in FamilySearch that are relevant to Arkansas. This particular Wiki page was adopted by the ARGenWeb project.
ArGenWeb stands for Arkansas Genealogy Resources Online. You can find information about the history of Arkansas, and the state’s flag, bird, and flower, here. There is a search engine you can use to find something in the collections that ArGenWeb has access to.
RootsWeb has a page filled with links to a bunch of resources for Arkansas genealogy. It notes if the resource requires you to spend money before you can use it. There is a search engine on this page that you can put your ancestor’s surname into.
Ancestry.com has a huge page of links to their many collections that are specific to Arkansas. You must have an Ancestry.com membership in order to access the majority of these links. They do offer access to some for free, every once in a while. Return to this resource often. Ancestry.com adds new collections and updates current ones frequently.
GeneaLinks has a search engine that you can enter your ancestor’s name into. Select the type of record you are looking for: Vital, Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, or “Genealogy”. The page is filled with tips that will help genealogists who are new to looking up information from the state of Arkansas to have success.
Cyndi’s List has a collection of 3,009 “United States – Arkansas” links. Some categories include: “Birth, Marriage, Death”, “Census”, “Military”, “Newspapers”, “Wills and Probate” and a lot more. This is a good place to start your research about ancestors from Arkansas.
The Arkansas Genealogical Society is celebrating its Fiftieth Anniversary! Their website has information about upcoming genealogy events that the AGS will be involved in, an eZine, online databases, and information about how to get involved with the Society.
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