Small County Courthouses & Records: Researching My Loveless Family in Faulkner County, Arkansas
I just love visiting and researching in small towns and counties. This past month I had the chance to conduct research in Conway, which is the county seat for Faulkner County in Arkansas. The total population for the county is 113,237 and Conway is the largest city at about 60,000. [1] It is not far from Little Rock but had a very small-town feel. Research opportunities abounded in town. I first visited the Faulkner County Museum , where director, Lynita Langley-Ware, assisted me. I found county maps, funeral home records, and more. One great find was a history of the Needs Creek Baptist Church which mentioned my great-great grandfather as a minister. I also visited the two county offices: County Clerk in the Courthouse where the probate and vital records were stored, and the CountyCircuit Clerk where the land and court records were stored. We checked both offices, looking for the book which had the filed credentials of my minister gg-grandfather. It had been filed in