Arkansas marriage records from 1837 to 1957 are part of a volunteer project to put them in a free online database with a searchable index linked to digital images of the original certificates.

The collection includes 442,058 records linked to 199,431 digital images of the original marriage certificates. The records represent the counties of Ahsley, Baxter, Boone, Chicot, Clay, Crittenden, Desha, Crew, Fulton, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Logan, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Perry and Pike.

FamilySearch partnered with the Arkansas Genealogical Society to create indexes to county marriages registered in Arkansas between 1837 and 1957.

The first fruits of the effort can be searched at FamilySearch.org by clicking on Search Records, then on Record Search pilot.

Those interested in volunteering to help with the Arkansas project need Internet access and can do so at indexing.familysearch.org.