Arkansas Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes an index to death records from 1914 to 1950, from the Arkansas Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. The index is provided by Ancestry.com.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The index lists the following information:
 * Name
 * Age at Death
 * Estimated Birth Year
 * Date of Death
 * Place of Death
 * Certificate Number or page number

Some records may contain the following:
 * Name of Father
 * Name of Mother
 * Name of Spouse
 * Gender

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

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.

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.
 * In case you need to find this record again later, copy the citation below in the Citing This Collection section. It's always a good idea to keep your citation on a Research Log. This is an important tool to help keep track of what you have and have not found.  Family search wiki has a  Example Research Log that you can download and use.
 * Print or download a copy of the record, or extract the genealogical information needed.

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

 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other county or Arkansas Vital Records such as birth, baptism, and marriage records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in the United States Census, 1920 (FamilySearch Historical Records) or the United States Census, 1930 (FamilySearch Historical Records) or the United States Census, 1940 (FamilySearch Historical Records). Search the state censuses as well.
 * Use the information found in the record to find United States, Internal Revenue Assessment Lists (FamilySearch Historical Records).
 * Search for death or burial information in BillionGraves Index or at Find A Grave.
 * If applicable, search for immigration and naturalization records.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.

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. Try searching for these names as well.

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.

"Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. From "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950." Database and images. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2005. Citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950. Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society.
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