This Family Archive contains indexes to marriage records for selected counties and years from 19 counties in the state of Arkansas. Approximately 308,000 individuals are referenced.
What you can find in this data set:
- Full names of both spouses
- Date of the marriage
- County in which the marriage was recorded
- Location of the Family History Library microfilm, microfiche, or book referencing the marriage
Once you have the details
provided by the marriage index on this Family Archive, you may be able to contact
the parish in which the marriage took place to request a copy of the original
marriage record. Original marriage records can often provide you with more information,
such as the names and birthplaces of the bride's and groom's parents, addresses
of the bride and groom, information about previous marriages, and witnesses' names.
Each county name is followed by the approximate years and number of individuals indexed.
- Ashley 1789-1979 (17,772)
- Calhoun 1851-1890 (2,791)
- Crawford 1877-1896 (4,819)
- Franklin 1811-1976 (5,992)
- Garland 1818-1970 (9,950)
- Hempstead 1817-1881 (5,749)
- Hot Springs 1800-1881 (1,978)
- Jefferson 1830-1879 (1,867)
- Logan 1787-1919 (8,406)
- Phillips 1754-1899 (8,677)
- Polk 1900-1906 (2,252) *
- Pope 1830-1859 (833)
- Randolf 1804-1988 (50,616) **
- Saline 1828-1875 (3,054)
- Sebastian 1847-1992 (18,020)
- Stone 1873-1890 (1,890)
- Union 1809-1869 (4,673)
- Washington 1870-1893 (3,982)
- Yell 1841-1878 (775)
* Some records for Polk County indicate the age of the spouse at the time of marriage.
** Some records for Randolf County contain a microfilm roll and page number.
