Searcy County
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Searcy County Mailing List: To join, just click on the link and type subscribe in the body of the message. Mailing lists are a great way to make connections! |
Searcy County Library: Located in Marshall, the library has a wide selection of books on Searcy County and Searcy County families, as well as microfilm of Searcy County newspapers document collections and 1839-1866 tax records. There is a collection of Family Group Sheets collected through the bimonthly Searcy County Ancestor Information Exchange |
Searcy County Courthouse:
P.O. Box 935 Marshall, AR 72650-0297 Telephone: (870) 448-3807 |
For Records, contact the County
Clerk's office:
County Clerk Searcy County Courthouse Marshall, AR 72650 (870) 448-3554 |
Arkansas Vital Records Information |
Archive and Manuscript Repositories in Arkansas |
Searcy County Records: List of records available on microfilm |
History/genealogy books in print on Searcy County |
North Arkansas Ancestor Fair- Information on the Ancestor Fair in Marshall & Leslie |
History
and Architectual Heritage of Searcy County: Publication by the Arkansas
Historic Preservation Program.
Contains early Searcy County history & information. |
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture- Fascinating history brief on Searcy County. |
Community Conflict: The Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks |
Leslie, AR, online: Official website for Leslie, AR. |
St. Joe, AR, online: Website for St. Joe, AR |
Collier Homestead, Buffalo National River |
Searcy County Records/Books for sale: Records & books on Searcy County which can be purchased. |
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Searcy County Records online: |
*Note: When you are researching records but can't find your ancestor, try the neighboring counties. We often think of early ancestors showing up in surrounding counties, but rarely think that a "modern" one might have registered for something in another county:) The Van Buren Co coordinator shared with me that she found several Searcy Co residents in the WWI draft registration information for Van Buren Co; just one more place to look if you're having trouble finding someone:) |
Searcy County 1840 Federal Census Index |
Searcy
County 1850 Federal Census Index;
file 1: pg0163a.txt file 2: pg0174a.txt |
Searcy County 1860 Federal Census: Transcribed by Grant Cole, with the permission of SK Publications; thanks Grant! |
Searcy County 1870 Federal Census: Transcribed by Wendy Fennell, with the permission of SK Publications; thanks Wendy! |
Searcy County 1880 Federal Census: |
Searcy
County 1900 Federal Census: Transcribed by Cal Castleberry &
Pamela Coleman with the permission of SK
Publications; thanks Cal & Pamelia! |
Searcy County Cemeteries: The "Find-A-Grave" website has listings of many Searcy County cemeteries and submitted gravesites. Some include photographs. |
"Old Settler's Letters": Nine letters submitted to the "Mountain Wave" newspaper in 1915 in response to a contest to determine the oldest resident of Searcy County. Gives a fascinating look at Searcy Co life in the 1800's! Donated by Tanya Watts- thanks, Tanya! |
Obituaries: If you have any obituaries you'd like to submit, please let me know! |
Article & picture that appeared in the Searcy "Wave" regarding Ossie (Austin) Layton. Gives more insight into daily life in the 1910's, Searcy County. Donated by Sheryl Unrath- thanks, Sheryl! |
Arkansas State Penetentiary index: Index to prisoners from Searcy County, A-L, 1918-1920 online now. |
World War II Casualties: List of WWII casualties from Searcy County. |
Hall Cemetery: Courtesy of Find-A-Grace, Hall Cemetery in Eula |
Watts Cemetery: Leon Meyers has transcribed and photographed tombstones from Watts Cemetery. Thanks, Leon! |
Arkansas Land Records |
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Homepages: |
Hightower
Family Genealogical Database- Anthony Rockefeller's webpage with Bratton
and Hamm descendants &
Searcy County connections |
Beck's Creek: Herrick-Vest-Beck-Guinn-Dowell-Tate- Candy Hill & Charles Vest's homepage; includes information on the Beck family, many of whom were from Searcy County. |
A North-central Arkansas Family Tree Farm- Steve Bemrich's website with connections to Searcy County and surrounding areas. |
Hale,
Robertson, Hayes- Karen Condley Barron's World Connect Family
Tree with connection in Searcy & Newton Counties.
Biographies for William Hale: Here and here |
Holstead Family Descent Chart |
Ancestor Writing- Gilbert: by Flossie Selby. Grinders and Holt family history. |
Renfroe, Standridge, & Hensley Genealogy: Betty Renfroe's website, which contains pictures and cemetery readings for these families. |
Wallace-Wallis, Holt & Allied Families- Connie Pearl's Family Tree Maker homepage, which includes information of the Wallace/Wallis & Holts families of Searcy County. |
Edward G. Gerdes Arkansas Civil War website |
The Original Searcy Co Genealogical Project |
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General Genealogy Tools |
Arkansas Cherokee Indian Tribe- Information on Cherokee Indian tribe in Arkansas in early 1800's (scroll down to bottom of page) |
Family Search: LDS website with ability to search the records for information on a specific individual. One note: Genealogies are submitted by individuals; best to use as a guideline, and verify information. |
US Census Mailing List: TO
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Cemetery Records Online - helpful site that allows you to submit cemetery listings, or check out ones that are already online. |
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: The site for genealogical resources on the internet. |
GenForumis a wonderful place to begin researching a surname. They have a vast number of surnames listed, and users can post queries. Each surname listing is fully searchable. |
US Government Land Patents- actual land patents are online for selected states. |