Washington County AR Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Washington Records by Type Birth Records (4) Cemetery Records (605) Census Records (71) Church Records (23) City Directories (9) Court Records (5) Death Records (20) Histories and Genealogies (21) Immigration Records (2) Land Records (17) Map Records (34) Marriage Records (19) Military Records (10) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (116) Probate Records (5) School Records (52) Tax Records (10)

Overview of Washington County Records

• Washington County was created in 1828 from Crawford County.
• Birth records from 1914, marriage records from 1917, death records from 1914, and divorce records from 1923 can be obtained from the Arkansas Department of Health.
• The Washington County Department of Health has birth and death records starting in 1914.
• The Washington County City Library has burial and cemetery records, census records starting in 1830, and newspapers.
• The Washington County Archive has business and commerce records starting in 1886, court records starting in 1835, divorce records starting in 1839, guardianship records starting in 1837, land records starting in 1834, marriage records starting in 1845, military records starting in 1829, naturalization records starting in 1829, probate records starting in 1828, and tax records starting in 1868.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.