Arkansas Ancestry Certificates

Instructions for completing Arkansas Ancestry Certificate Applications (PDF)
Download Arkansas Ancestry Certificate Application (PDF)
Download Arkansas Civil War Ancestry Certificate Application (PDF)

These forms may be saved to your local disk. You may enter the information using Adobe Reader and, after completing the form, print and mail it to the address on the form, along with the documentation and fee.

On successful proof that one of your ancestors lived in Arkansas and payment of a $25 fee, you will receive a certificate recognizing your family’s pioneers and settlers of Arkansas, and your lineage will be published in The Arkansas Family Historian. AGS will archive a copy of the application at the Arkansas History Commission, where it will be filmed.

There are five residency categories.

Colonial – For an ancestor who resided in Arkansas prior to 1 January 1804

Territorial – For an ancestor who resided in Arkansas prior to 15 June 1836

Antebellum – For an ancestor who resided in Arkansas prior to 6 May 1861

Nineteenth Century – For an ancestor who resided in Arkansas prior to 31 December 1900

Civil War Ancestry – For an ancestor who served in a Confederate or Union Arkansas unit between 1861 and 1865, or applied for an Arkansas Confederate pension, or whose widow applied for such pension, or a Union soldier or soldier’s widow who applied for a U.S. pension while living in Arkansas