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County Facts Location in Arkansas

American Indians

 * 1864-1868 — ''Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, Little Rock at FamilySearch.org — browsable images only; Register of marriage, leases, employment, letters
 * l864-1865 — Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, Little Rock (Superintendent of Freedmen) at FamilySearch.org — browsable images only; Narrative school reports from teachers and superintendents of freedmen's schools, letters, reports, misc papers

Business Records

 * Family Biographies from The History of Pulaski County, Arkansas (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Census Records

 * Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery, North Little Rock BillionGraves
 * Little Rock National Cemetery at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Little Rock, Arkansas, Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Records, 1867-2013 at FamilySearch Historical Collections. (Free, browse unindexed images)

Church Records
1820--'Census is missing.

Court Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records
 * Little Rock

Guardianship

 * Biographies from The History of Pulaski County, Arkansas (1889) published by Goodspeed Publishing Company are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Histories
Probate Records 1818-1920 Pulaski County portion of the collection: : Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979 FamilySearch Historical Collections (Free, browse images)
 * Includes Administration bonds 1839-1886; Administration bonds and letters 1886-1902; County Court records 1846-1857; Guardian bonds 1864-1873; Guardian bonds and letters 1873-1911; Letters of administration 1860-1886; Letters of guardianship 1873-1886; Letters of testamentary 1861-1919; Probate packets 1819-1920; Probate records 1849-1913; Wills 1818-1849.

Land and Property

 * Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland, and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas. Chicago, Nashville, and St. Louis, USA: Goodspeed Publishing, 1889. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

Migration

 * Maps of Arkansas (1813-1925)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Map of 1898 Pulaski County, Arkansas with numerous small settlements. (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War

 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include"an Added Index to States." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Arkansas section begins on page 439.]

Miscellaneous Records

 * - 1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Colquitt's) (Confederate)
 * - 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Confederate), Company D
 * - 4th Battalion, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Companies A, B, C, D and E
 * - 6th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate),
 * - 20th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Companies G and I
 * - 36th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Companies G and K.


 * - 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union), Companies C, G, H, K, L and M
 * - 4th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)

Newspapers
Finding more

Obituaries

 * Southern Guardian, 1911-2001 - an ongoing digitization project to make these issues of the predecessor to the Arkansas Catholic available online. As of April 2011, only 1911 issues are available.

Public Records
Probate Records 1818-1920 Pulaski County portion of the collection: : Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979 FamilySearch Historical Collections (Free, browse images)
 * Includes Administration bonds 1839-1886; Administration bonds and letters 1886-1902; County Court records 1846-1857; Guardian bonds 1864-1873; Guardian bonds and letters 1873-1911; Letters of administration 1860-1886; Letters of guardianship 1873-1886; Letters of testamentary 1861-1919; Probate packets 1819-1920; Probate records 1849-1913; Wills 1818-1849.

Birth
See also How to order Arkansas Vital Records

Death

 * 1838-1971 - Pulaski County Marriage Index 1838-1971 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1838-1921 - Pulaski County Marriage Books 1-81, B1-B4 Index 1838-1921 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Record Availability
Pulaski County Courthouse 401 W Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone 501.340.8500 County Clerk has marriage records from 1838, probate records from 1820, voter registration records from 1952, real estate tax records from 1828, personal property tax records from 1869 and poll tax from 1892; Clerk Circuit Court has court, land an naturalization records; Clerk Chancery Court has divorce records; History Commission has probate court records before 1920.

Libraries

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 * width="30%"| County-clerk.net (unofficial site)
 * width="60%"| Clerks have jurisdiction over birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, land use, land rights, real estate, and other court records. Site provides links to unofficial websites with online records
 * width="30%"|PublicRecords.com (unofficial site)
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 * width="30%"|PublicRecords.com (unofficial site)
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Family History Centers
For a list of record loss in Arkansas counties see: Arkansas Counties with Burned Courthouses

Societies

 * List of Arkansas Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies
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 * width="30%" | WorldCat
 * width="70%" | Click an item for libraries near you. For more information, see WorldCat Online Catalog.
 * width="30%" | Allen County Public Library
 * Located in Indiana, they are heavily involved in digitizing much of their collection.
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 * Arkansas state agency involved in organizing, digitizing, and maintaining the records of state and local history.
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 * width="30%" | Arkansas History Commission Select the county
 * Arkansas state agency involved in organizing, digitizing, and maintaining the records of state and local history.
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Museums

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Jacksonville Arkansas Family History Center 312 HWY 319 East Vilonia AR 72173 United States
 * Little Rock Arkansas Family History Center 13901 Quail Run Dr Little Rock AR 72210-6915
 * Pinnacle Mountain Arkansas Family History Center 600 South Rodney Parkham Rd, Little Rock AR 72205 United States

Boundary Changes

 * Boundary changes since creation, part of Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, one of the Newberry.org Digital Resources at Newberry Library site
 * Arkansas County Boundary Maps (1813-1925) at MapofUS.org — Scroll down to select years or click Play

Neighboring Counties

 * Franklin •  Logan  •  Madison Newton  •  Pope  •  Yell

History Timeline

 * 1818--Pulaski County was created 15 December 1818 from Arkansas County. County seat: Little Rock

Cities and Towns
For animated maps illustrating Arkansas county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Arkansas County Boundary Maps" (1813-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website. 'Towns with Records'''

'Towns per Wikipedia'''