Zoom Meeting – Arkansas & it’s People

Arkansas & it’s People
by Jane Wilkerson

Arkansas and Its People shows how you can research your Arkansas families pre-territorial (1673-1819), territorial (1819-1836), and statehood (1836-present). Record types, locations and examples will be presented and discussed. Jane will also talk about the Arkansas birth & death records recently added to Ancestry.com AND the Arkansas Ancestry Certificates available through the Arkansas Genealogical Society & how to get them.

Jane A. Wilkerson is an Archival Assistant at the Arkansas State Archives. She has a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Public History from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Wilkerson served at the Arkansas State Archives from 2001 to 2017 as a library technician, archival manager, and interim director. She also worked as an independent researcher before returning to the Arkansas State Archives in 2018. Wilkerson is also a board member of the Arkansas Genealogical Society and one of the editors for their newsletter.

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Zoom meeting video:
0:26:15 Meeting
0:43:20 Presentation
1:28:40 Questions and Answers
2:12:07 End