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

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Craighead County, Arkansas
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Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 19, 1859
County Seat	Jonesboro
Courthouse
Address	craighead County Courthouse 511 South Main Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Phone: 870.933.4520
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County Courthouse

Craighead County Courthouse
511 South Main Street
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Phone: 870.933.4520

County Clerk  has marriage and probate records from 1878 and tax records. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records from 1878 and land records from 1900^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1859--Craighead County was created 19 February 1859 from Mississippi, Greene, and Poinsett Counties.

County seat: Jonesboro ^[2]

Boundary Changes

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

Variant Spellings

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Dunklin County, Missouri
• Greene
• Jackson
• Lawrence
• Mississippi
• Poinsett

Genealogy Resources

Research Guides

African Americans

Bible Records

Cemeteries

• Craighead County Cemeteries - www.gscca.net/cemeteries.htm

Census

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 Craighead 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

Military

Naturalization

Newspapers

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

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

• Arkansas Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Includes newspapers for Craighead County.

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

• 1947-1965 - Craighead County Birth Index 1947-1965. Batch C735504 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriage

• 1878-1934 - Craighead County Marriage Books A-Z, 1-17, A1-A20 Index 1878-1934 in Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 at FamilySearch - free.^[4]
• 1878-1923 - Craighead County Marriage Books A-S, 1-7 Index 1878-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Death

Vital Record Substitutes

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Jonesboro Arkansas Family History Center
  • Jonesboro, Arkansas

Websites

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

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 67.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 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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