Arkansas Mortality Schedules - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains name index and images of mortality schedules from Arkansas,1860-1880. Mortality schedules were created in conjunction with the US federal census and list people who died in the year preceding the census. Mortality schedules were first included in the 1850 census. The 1860 mortality schedule includes people who died Jun 1859-May 1860. Schedule is located at the Arkansas History Commission

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
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I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try searching by surname only
 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in Arkansas.

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Arkansas, 1860 federal census : population schedules
 * 1860 census of Calhoun County, Arkansas Camden, Arkansas : Ouachita-Calhoun Genealogical Society, 1983 FS Library 976.764 X2c 1860
 * 1860 census of Lafayette County, Arkansas
 * Capitola Hensley Glazner. 1860 mortality schedules of Arkansas Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas : Glazner and McLane, c1974 FS Library 976.7 X2pm 1860
 * Arkansas mortality schedules, production of agriculture schedules and manufacturer's schedule, 1850-1880

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * The 1860 Benton County, Arkansas, U. S. census Siloam Springs, Arkansas : Benton County Historical Society (Arkansas), 197-?

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