Greene County, Arkansas Genealogy
United States Arkansas
Greene County
Guide to Greene County Arkansas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
Greene County, Arkansas | |||||||
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Founded | November 5, 1833 | ||||||
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County Seat | Paragould | ||||||
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Address | Greene County Courthouse PO Box 62 Paragould, AR 72451-0364 Phone: 870.239.6311 | ||||||
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This page adopted by Sandy Hardin, P. R. Massey, and Venus Allen. Greene County ARGenWeb County Coordinator
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Greene County Courthouse
PO Box 62
Paragould, AR 72451-0364
Phone: 870.239.6311
County Clerk has marriage, probate, court and land records from 1876;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
See an interactive map of Greene County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
Prior to 1883 the county courthouse was burned twice.
Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Church[edit | edit source]
Court[edit | edit source]
Land[edit | edit source]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Military[edit | edit source]
Civil War[edit | edit source]
- Men from this county served in the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate) , 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate) and Kuykendall's Company, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate).
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Probate[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1876-1955 - Greene County Marriage Books 2-36 and License Applications Index 1876-1955 in Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 at FamilySearch - free.[3]
- 1876-1922 - Greene County Marriage Books 2-16 Index 1876-1922 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.[4]
Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Greene County Arkansas Historical and Genealogical Society
212 W Court Street (7 room research center open 9-4 Monday through Friday)
P.O. Box 121
Paragould, AR 72451
Phone: (870) 240-8944
Family History Centers
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Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- ARGenWeb ~ Greene County, AR
- USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Greene County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 67.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Arkansas County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)," in FamilySearch Wiki, accessed 18 April 2013.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/0/0d/Igiarkansasem.pdf.
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