Arkansas Divorce Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes a divorce index from the Arkansas Genealogical Society, which covers the years 1923 to 1939. The index is provided by Ancestry.com.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The divorce index includes:
 * Name
 * Divorce date
 * Divorce place
 * Name of spouse
 * Reference number (page, volume, docket number)

Collection Content
Sample Record

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * The location or date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?

 * Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members

I Found the Person I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records
 * Use the information found in the record to search for the family in census records
 * If applicable, search for immigration and naturalization records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching a nearby locality
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Record Finder
Consult the Arkansas Record Finder to search other records

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


 * Collection Citation: "Arkansas, Divorce Index, 1923-1939" Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. From "Arkansas, Divorce Index, 1923-1939." Database with images. Ancestry. http://www.ancestry.com : 2005. Citing Arkansas Genealogical Society.

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