Pulaski County, Arkansas Genealogy Records

Listed record inventories

Selected holdings and indexes for Pulaski County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.

See the repository's descriptions and search options

Repository access note: Selected Arkansas State Archives collection descriptions. Collection titles and dates identify catalog holdings, not necessarily digitized records. Consult the finding aid for contents, restrictions and ordering options.

Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.

Where to find the records

• Find Pulaski County's official website

  We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the circuit clerk and the county clerk.

• The circuit clerk

  Deeds and other land records (the circuit clerk is also the county recorder), and civil and criminal cases.

• The county clerk

  Marriage licenses and, in most counties, probate records (wills and estates).

• The Arkansas State Archives

  In Little Rock: county records on microfilm, Confederate pension records and newspapers.

• Arkansas State Archivesfree

  The state archives in Little Rock: county records on microfilm, Confederate service and pension records, maps and newspapers.

• FamilySearch Catalogfree

  Search by place for "Arkansas, Pulaski" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.

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Boundaries and parent counties

Formed from: Arkansas County

Check the parent county for earlier records: Arkansas County

Later formed partly from Pulaski County: Conway County, Crawford County, Faulkner County, Jefferson County, Lonoke County, Monroe County, Prairie County, Saline County, White County

Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1819, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.