Hempstead County, Arkansas:
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Projects

• Hempstead County ARGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Hempstead County Genealogy Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hempstead County, Arkansas Genealogical Homepage 
• History of Southwest Arkansas 

Adjacent counties

• Howard County, AR  to the northwest
• Lafayette County, AR  to the south
• Little River County, AR  to the southwest
• Miller County, AR  to the southwest
• Nevada County, AR  to the east
• Pike County, AR  to the north
• Sevier County, AR  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Hempstead Co, Arkansas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Hempstead County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Hempstead County GEDCOM Index 
• Hempstead County, Arkansas Biographies      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Hempstead County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Hempstead County, Arkansas City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Hope City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hope Phone Directory  1929
• Names and P. O. addresses of farmers in Arkansas, 1879  Hempstead County     (Source: Internet Archive)

Estate Records

• Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979  includes Hempstead County     (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• Records of the field offices for the state of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0019, includes Pine Bluff     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the state of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0020, includes Pine Bluff     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the state of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0021, includes Pine Bluff     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the state of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0022, includes Princeton, South Bend, Union and Washington     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the state of Arkansas, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0023, includes Washington     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (19)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Hempstead County, Arkansas  Deluxe Edition     (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Federal Land Records  Hempstead County     (Source: USGenWeb Arkansas Archives)
• Index to the Arkansas General Land Office, 1820-1907  Volume 6, covering Hempstead, Howard, Nevada and Little River Counties     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Hempstead County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Hempstead County Libraries  Arkansas Public Library Directory
• Historic Washington State Park      (Source: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture)
• Historic Washington State Park 
• Library Resources for Hempstead County  Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library System
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Hempstead County, Arkansas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Hempstead County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Hempstead County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Hempstead County, AR Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ARHEMPST-L Hempstead County genealogy

  • ARHEMPST-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ARHEMPST-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ARHEMPST-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Hempstead County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hempstead County, Arkansas     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Washington, AR  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • Southern Claims Commission  Hempstead County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Hempstead County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Hempstead County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Hempstead County, Arkansas  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Hempstead County Post Offices and Postmasters      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Hempstead County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Hempstead County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Hempstead County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Hempstead County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Hempstead County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Historical Hope Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Hope Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Arkansas Obituary Project  Hempstead County     (Source: USGenWeb Arkansas Archives)
• The Brazzel Funeral Homes  Hope and Prescott, Arkansas
• Hope Star      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hope, Arkansas Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Arkansas--Hempstead County--Hope.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ex-Hempstead County Courthouse      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Hempstead County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Hempstead County Arkansas Picture Page 
• Hempstead County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Hempstead County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Haygood Seminary  Washington, Arkansas     (Source: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture)
• Hope School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Hempstead County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hempstead County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Hempstead County, Arkansas  1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans     (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Hempstead County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• John Cain Chapter, Hope      (Source: Wayback Machine)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (101)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Hempstead County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Hempstead County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Hempstead County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Klipsch Audio Technologies      (Source: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture)
• Patents  Hempstead County, Arkansas     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992  includes Hempstead County 1817-1881     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Arkansas Marriages, 1820-1949  includes Hempstead County 1820-1881     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900  includes Hempstead County, 1851-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Arkansas Vital Records  includes Hempstead County marriages     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Hempstead County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Hempsted County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Hempstead County, Arkansas     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Hempstead County     (Source: Family History Library)

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