Facts on Local Church Records

Some church records for Arkansas churches are available at the Arkansas History Commission. These include published church histories, church records, newspapers, and manuscript collections.

• Baptist
  Arkansas Baptist State Convention Collection, Ouachita Baptist University, Riley Library, 410 Ouachita, Arkadelphia, Arkansas 71923.
• Lutheran
  Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church, 3558 South Jefferson Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103.
• Roman Catholic
  Chancery Office, St. John's Seminary, North Tyler and I Streets, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201.
• Episcopal
  The Bishop's Office, 509 Scott Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201.
• Methodist
  North Arkansas Conference Depository, Hendrix College, Olin C. Bailey Library, Washington and Front Streets, Conway, Arkansas 72032; and Little Rock Conference Depository, Methodist Headquarters Building, 1723 Broadway, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204
• Presbyterian
  Arkansas College Library, Batesville, Arkansas 72501.

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Facts on Local Cemetery Records

   Local county genealogical and historical organizations have copied, cataloged, and published records of local cemeteries. Most of these are in the collection at the Arkansas History Commission; many are in the DAR Library. Most of those in the DAR collection have been microfilmed by the FHL.

The Arkansas Family Historian, a publication of the Arkansas Genealogical Society, publishes transcriptions of gravestones from cemeteries as do many local and regional periodicals. No statewide index to cemetery records exists.

   Cemetery records and gravestone inscriptions are a rich source of information for family historians. Cemetery and other sources of information associated with death include:

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