St. Francis County, Arkansas

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The following books may be found in your local library or genealogical society archives. If you know of any books that contain a goodly amount of St. Francis County data, please send me the Title and Author so they can be post on the list for others. Thank you.

St. Francis County Published Reference Books

Reference Book and Author
HISTORY OF EASTERN ARKANSAS by Goodspeed Publishing Company
ARKANSAS PENSIONERS, 1818-1900 by Dorothy Payne
ARKANSAS GAZETTE OBITUARIES INDEX by Stephen J. Chism


If you own any St. Francis County sources, whether listed or not, and will do look-ups, please let me know. Email me at Paul V.Isbell. Feel free to request a look-up from the following resources. Please limit your request to one name per request. Please put ST. FRANCIS COUNTY LOOKUP in the subject line of your request to insure the message is not overlooked or accidentally deleted. In the first line of the message please put the name of the book from which you are requesting the lookup.

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USGenWeb will not tolerate any copyright violations. Lookup requests should be limited to one name, or perhaps two if it is a married couple. Information given will be minimal, for example, if it is a cemetery lookup, the information will be the name of the cemetery and dates on the headstone. Please do not ask for "everyone with X surname" or an entire family group, or for hardcopies to be mailed; the volunteers have been asked not to comply with such requests.

Our lookups will extend to searching the book to determine if the book would be helpful to you in your research. Should the book prove useful, we can provide the authors address and ordering information. The USGenWeb Project will endeavor to get a WRITTEN statement from each copyright holder which stipulates which books may be used for lookups. If you request a lookup, don't forget to thank your volunteer for their time.

St. Francis County Lookups

Reference Book E-mail
The History of St. Francis County, Arkansas  published April 1954 Paul V.Isbell
Forrest City Centennial 1870-1970 Official Brochure Paul V.Isbell
Goodspeed's Biographies(pub. 1890), St. Francis Co only-Not Available


We will point to your family history homepage on the net, but cannot store GEDCOMs on this server. Updated Dec.23,2007

St. Francis County Homepages

  Other Useful Links  

Forrest City Public Library

The Forrest City Public Library has issues of the local newspaper on microfiche, dating back a number of years.  The lovely ladies working there said they would be willing to look up items in the old issues, but things can change, always ask if they have the time.  However, please understand the following:  THEY NEED AN EXACT DATE SUCH AS A DEATH DATE TO DO A LOOKUP.  There are also many gaps where whole weeks and months are missing.  To email, click on the name above.  The phone number is (870) 633-5646.  The address is Forrest City Public Library, 421 South Washington, Forrest City AR 72335.  If you write, please include a self addressed stamped envelope and if you call long distance, please offer to call back for the information.  Their budget is slim, just like other libraries throughout the country! 

U.S. Surname Distribition

This site allows you to enter any surname and see its distribution across all fifty states for the years 1850, 1880, 1920, and 1990.  This site also includes surname origins, the top 100 surnames in each state,  and significant local surnames. 


Arkansas Land Records Interactive Search

This site searches pre-1908 Homestead and cash entry patents by name for you.  See if your ancestor is here!


St. Francis County 1830 Census

St. Francis County 1840 Census


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