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Guide to Boone County Arkansas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Boone County, Arkansas
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Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	April 9, 1869
County Seat	Harrison
Courthouse
Address	Boone County Courthouse 100 N Main Street Harrison, AR 72602 Phone: 870.741.8428
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County Courthouse

Boone County Courthouse
100 N Main Street
Harrison, AR 72602
Phone: 870.741.8428

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1869. 
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records.^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1869--Boone County was created 9 April 1869 from Carrol and Madison Counties.  County seat: Harrison ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Boone County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Variant Spellings

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Carroll
• Marion
• Newton
• Searcy
• Taney County, Missouri

Genealogy Resources

Research Guides

African Americans

Bible Records

Cemeteries

•  List of Boone County Cemeteries Boone County
  
• Boone County Cemeteries Online  Boone County ARGenweb
  

Census

• 1860, 1870, 1930, and more   Boone County ARGenweb

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Arkansas denominations, view the Arkansas Church Records wiki page.

Court

Genealogy

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Arkansas Land and Property for additional information about early Arkansas land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Boone County, Arkansas. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see Arkansas Local Histories.

Maps

• Family Maps of Boone County, Arkansas (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
• 1970 township map Boone Co., Boone County ARGenweb
  

Military

World War II

• Boone County WWII enlistees   Boone County ARGenweb
• WWII Army and Air Force Casualties   Boone County ARGenweb

Naturalization

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Boone County, Arkansas newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat
• FamilySearch. Do a Boone County, Arkansas Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see, FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

Occupations

Probate Records

Probate records of Arkansas have been kept by the probate or county courts. You can obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the county courthouse.

The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many Arkansas probate records. See Arkansas Probate Records for more information about Probate records in Arkansas, including statewide indexes.

Taxation

Arkansas tax records replace missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years for some counties. For more information see Arkansas Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Arkansas Vital Records State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also Arkansas Vital Records Online and Arkansas Statewide Indexes and Collections at the Family History Library.

Birth

Marriage

• 1867-1904 - Marriages  Early index; marriages 1867 forward with some years missing to 1904; and other miscellaneous marriages  Boone County ARGenweb
• 1869-1923 - Boone County Marriage Books C-O Index 1869-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1869-1951 - Boone County Marriage Books A-Y, 2, BB-GG Index 1869-1951 in Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 at FamilySearch - free.^[4]

Death

Vital Record Substitutes

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

• Boone County Library
• Boone County Historical & Railroad Society ,Inc.
• Richard Fancher Society of America - information re: Utah Mountain Meadow Masssacre

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Fort Smith Arkansas Family History Center
  • Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States

Websites

• Boone County ARGenweb
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Boone County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 66.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/5c/Igiarkansasad.pdf.
4. ↑ FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Arkansas County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)," in FamilySearch Wiki, accessed 18 April 2013.

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