Arkansas Cemeteries

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Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, have value in that they may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse and children, a maiden name or, occasionally, a birthplace. Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations. It is important to look at surrounding tombstones because family members may also be buried nearby.


 * Cemetery Records of Arkansas, Volumes 1-8, 11 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1957. . A digital version of volume 6 (Columbia and Faulkner counties) at


 * Daughters of the American Revolution (Arkansas). Arkansas Genealogical Collection. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970-71. This collection includes tombstone inscriptions from Arkansas cemeteries.

Many tombstone inscriptions have been published in periodicals or are available in manuscript form at local repositories. A guide to help you locate these and the inscriptions in the DAR collection is:


 * Index to Sources for Arkansas Cemetery Inscriptions. North Little Rock, Arkansas: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1976.

Online Sources

Interment (Arkansas)

Find A Grave – Search by name, date, or cemetery; browse by location or "claim to fame;" or add burial records.

Arkansas Gravestones - Search by name or browse by cemetery.

Rootsweb - Cemetery lists on Arkansas county pages.

USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project (Arkansas) - Provides links to cemetery transcriptions by county.

African American Cemeteries Online (Arkansas)

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