Arkansas Probate Records

Portal:United States Probate &gt;Arkansas

History
Probate records of Arkansas have been kept by the probate or county courts. The records include case papers settlements.

Availability
You can obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the appropriate county courthouse.


 * A statewide index of wills is Mrs. James H. Stevenson and Mrs. Edward L. Westbrooke, Index to Wills and Administrations of Arkansas from the Earliest to 1900 (Jonesboro, Arkansas: Vowels Printing Company, 1986; Family History Library book ; fiche ).

The Family History Library also has probate records for Arkansas.