(This page's most recent update is July 2024)
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
- Access Genealogy – Arkansas
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Arkansas
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Arkansas Digital Archives
- Arkansas Genealogical Society
- Arkansas State Archives
- Arkansas State Library Digital Collections
- Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Digital Collections
- Arkansas Tech University Digital Collections
- Central Arkansas Library System Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – Arkansas
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Cyndi’s List – Arkansas
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Arkansas
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Library of Appalachia
- Digital Public Library of America – Arkansas
- Documenting the American South
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Arkansas Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Arkansas
- Fayetteville Public Library
- FindAGrave
- Fort Smith Public Library
- Freedmen’s Bureau Online – Arkansas
- Genealogy Trails – Arkansas
- Google Books – Arkansas
- Harding University Digital Collections
- HathiTrust – Arkansas
- Henderson State University Digital Collections
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Arkansas
- Internet Archive – Arkansas
- John Brown University Digital Collections
- LDS Genealogy – Arkansas
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Arkansas
- Lyon College Digital Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Fort Worth
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Arkansas
- Ouachita Baptist University Digital Collections
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Philander Smith College Digital Collections
- Pope County Library System
- RootsWeb.com
- Sanborn Maps – Arkansas
- Sequoyah National Research Center
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- Southeast Arkansas Regional Library System
- Southern Arkansas University Digital Collections
- The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies/Arkansas Studies Institute
- The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
- The Official Land Records Site
- UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Arkansas – Fayetteville Digital Collections
- University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Digital Collections
- University of Arkansas – Medical Sciences Digital Collections
- University of Arkansas – Monticello Digital Collections
- University of Arkansas Libraries Digital Collections
- University of Central Arkansas Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Arkansas
- US GenWeb Archives – Arkansas
- Williams Baptist College Digital Collections
Here is the list of over 2,990 curated Arkansas genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
- Voter Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!