Arkansas Cemeteries

United States Arkansas  Arkansas Cemeteries

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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