Arkansas Marriage Records
Note: There are 75 Counties in Arkansas
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Arkansas Vital Records:
Arkansas Marriage records maintained in the Division of Arkansas Vital Records begin with January 1917. The Division of
Vital Records does not have any marriage records prior to 1917.
Arkansas Divorce records maintained in the Division of Vital Records begin with January 1923. The Division
of Vital Records does not have any divorce records prior to 1923.
The Division of Vital Records does not have either the actual Arkansas marriage license or divorce decree.
Customers who want a copy of the actual license or decree must contact the County Clerk or Circuit
Clerk office where the record was recorded. The Division of Vital Records issues a certified copy
of the coupon of marriage or divorce in paper form.
Birth records maintained by the Division of Vital Records start with February 1, 1914 through
the present.
Vital Records does have a limited number of birth records prior to 1914.
The birth records dated prior to 1914 were filed with the Division of Vital Records after 1914.
They have original copies of Little Rock and Fort Smith births dating from 1881.
You may wish to take a look at this CD:
The Deep South: Genealogical Records of Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
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