Arkansas

Books of Desmond Walls Allen
The following is a list of information very graciously provided to the Arkansas USGenWeb Archives by Desmond Walls Allen, of Arkansas Research, a person who has single-handedly probably done more for researching in Arkansas than anyone else by her dedication to preserving & publishing material pertinent to Arkansas genealogy. In addition to being able to find many of her numerous books in libraries nationwide, she was also featured on the PBS series, "Ancestors", as one of the nationally acclaimed genealogists on that program & is also a familiar spokesperson at various genealogical events.

Land Records

Arkansas Donation Lands, 1871-1875, A-K
Arkansas Donation Lands, 1871-1875, L-Z

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 14 December 1876 - 30 April 1880

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 1 May 1880 - 30 June 1882

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 3 July 1882 - 6 December 1887

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 6 December 1887 - 21 December 1893

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 21 December 1893 - 29 March 1902

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 1 April 1902 - 30 December 1926

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 1 January 1927 - 28 September 1938, A-K
Arkansas Donation Land Records, 1 January 1927 - 28 September 1938, L-Z

Arkansas Donation Land Records, 28 September 1938 - 21 March 1955

Arkansas School Lands Sales 1853-1997

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales 1855 - 1868, A-K
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales 1855 - 1868, L-Z

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales 1868 - 1879, A-K
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales 1868 - 1879, L-Z

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales 1879 - 1921

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales 1921 - 2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Arkansas, Chicot, and Desha Counties, 1855-2001, A-K
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Arkansas, Chicot, and Desha Counties, 1855-2001, L-Z

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, and Lincoln Counties, 1855-2001, A-K
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Ashley, Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, and Lincoln Counties, 1855-2001, L-Z

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Stone Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Benton and Washington Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Calhoun, Ouachita, and Union Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Clark, Dallas, Garland, and Hot Spring Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Clay and Greene Counties, 1855-2001, A-K
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Clay and Greene Counties, 1855-2001, L-Z

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren, White, and Woodruff Counties, 1855-2001, A-G
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren, White, and Woodruff Counties, 1855-2001, H-O
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Van Buren, White, and Woodruff Counties, 1855-2001, P-Z

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Columbia, Lafayette, Little River and Miller Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Conway, Faulkner, and Perry Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Craighead, Mississippi, and Poinsett Counties, 1855-2001, A-K
Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Craighead, Mississippi, and Poinsett Counties, 1855-2001, L-Z

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Scott, Sebastian, and Yell Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Crittenden, Cross, and St. Francis Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Grant, Pulaski, and Saline Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Hempstead, Howard, Montgomery, Nevada, Pike, Polk, and Sevier Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Jefferson County, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Lawrence, Randolph, and Sharp Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Lee, Monroe, and Phillips Counties, 1855-2001

Arkansas State Donation and Swamp Land Sales: Lonoke and Prairie Counties, 1855-2001

Conway County, Arkansas Deed Books A & B

Civil War Books
Arkansas Confederate Pension Index, A-G
Arkansas Confederate Pension Index, H-O
Arkansas Confederate Pension Index, P-Z

Arkansas CSA Soldiers (1911 Census of Confederate Veterans), A-D
Arkansas CSA Soldiers (1911 Census of Confederate Veterans), E-Mc
Arkansas CSA Soldiers (1911 Census of Confederate Veterans), M-Z

Ozark Folk Tales - If your ancestors were in northern Arkansas or southern Missouri, Silas Claborn Turnbo may have written about them. Check the indexes:
Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Bear Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Biographical Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Deer Hunting Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Incidents, Mean Tricks, and Fictitious Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Panther Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Schools, Indians, Hardtimes and More Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Snakes, Birds, and Insect Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: War and Guerrilla Stories

Turnbo's Tales of the Ozarks: Wolf Stories

General Genealogy
Arkansas Families: Glimpses to the Yesterday Columns from "The Arkansas Gazette", A-F
Arkansas Families: Glimpses to the Yesterday Columns from "The Arkansas Gazette", G-M
Arkansas Families: Glimpses to the Yesterday Columns from "The Arkansas Gazette", N-Z

Cemetery Records of Independence County, Arkansas Book 1

Cemetery Records of Independence County, Arkansas Book 2

Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1920-1940, A-K
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1920-1940, L-Z

Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, A-B
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, B-C
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, C-F
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, F-H
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, H-K
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, L-M
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, M-P
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, P-S
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, S-U
Masonic Death Records from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1941-1990, V-Z

Pence Funeral Home, Conway, Arkansas, Vol I, 1881-1904 (1881-1888)

Pence Funeral Home, Conway, Arkansas, Vol I, 1881-1904 (1889-1904)

Pence Funeral Home, Conway, Arkansas, Vol II, 1904-1926

Pence Funeral Home, Conway, Arkansas, Vol III, 1926-1945

Pleasant Grove Families

Sharp County Record Newspaper, Evening Shade, Arkansas, 1877-1883

Sharp County Record Newspaper, Published in Evening Shade, Arkansas, 1885-1888, Abstracts from the

Sharp County Record Newspaper, Published in Evening Shade, Arkansas, 1890-1891, Abstracts from the

Sharp County Record Newspaper, Published in Evening Shade, Arkansas, 1896-1897, Abstracts from the

Confederate Regimentals
First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles
Chicot, Prairie, Johnson, Jackson, White, Lawrence, Pulaski, Arkansas, Yell, Conway and Independence Counties

The Fourteenth Arkansas Confederate Infantry
Men from Marion and other northwestern Arkansas counties

The Seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry
White, Jackson, Randolph, Izard, Fulton, Lawrence, Marion & Independence Co.

History of the Twenty-seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry
Men from north central Arkansas

The Twenty-seventh Arkansas Confederate Infantry
Men from north central Arkansas

The Union Regimental books
First Arkansas Union Cavalry
Mainly Washington, Carroll & Benton Co. in AR; Barry & Greene Co. in MO.

Second Arkansas Union Cavalry
Mainly Sebastian, Crawford & Phillips Co. in AR; Barry & Greene Co. in MO.

Third Arkansas Union Cavalry
Primarily Conway, Yell & Pulaski Counties in Arkansas

Fourth Arkansas Union Cavalry
Mostly Pulaski, Yell & Sebastian Counties in Arkansas.

First Arkansas Union Infantry
Primarily from Washington, Sebastian & Newton Counties in Arkansas.

Second Arkansas Union Infantry
Primarily from Johnson, Sebastian & Yell Counties in Arkansas.

Fourth Arkansas Union Infantry
Men from central and northwestern Arkansas.

First Arkansas Union Light Artillery
Mostly from Washington County, Arkansas.

First Battalion Union Six Months Infantry
Primarily from Independence, Izard & Conway Counties in Arkansas.

Spanish-American War
Arkansas' Spanish American War Soldiers
World War I
1918 Camp Pike, Arkansas, Index to Soldiers' Naturalizations