Saline County Library

Microfilm and Other Collections

Arkansas U.S. Federal Census Records (1830-1920) - Microfilm (No Soundex).

1930 Arkansas Census - Microfilm and Soundex available.

Saline County Records, including marriage, probate, deed, tax, mortgage, military and church records.

1800s Arkansas and Saline County Census Indexes.

1850-80 Arkansas Mortality Schedules.

Local and state newspapers.

Obituary Indexes for the Benton Courier 1930-current.  Still in the process of updating.

Benton City Directories for 1963, 1979,1989, 1992-2009.

City Directories for Hot Springs 1903-1960 (incomplete); Little Rock 1878- 1959 (incomplete); North Little Rock 1937-1959 (incomplete); Pine Bluff 1908-1960 (incomplete)

Annuals from all four Saline County school districts.

Arkansas biographies and local histories.

Individual, family, and place files.

Scrapbooks of different Saline County organizations.

• Bauxite Pick and Shovel (Bauxite): 1944 – 1958
• Benton Courier (Benton): January 2, 1890 - February 13, 1890
• Benton Courier (Benton): March 27, 1913 (one issue); December 9, 1926 (one issue); January 7, 1930 (one issue)
• Benton New Era (Benton): October 9, 1919
     * all of the above are on one reel
• Benton Courier Centennial: March 25, 1937
• Benton Courier( Benton ): January 1, 1914 - present (microfilm runs about three months behind).
• Bryant Banner (Bryant): August 31, 2001 – September 2008. On the same microfilm roll as the Benton Courier.
• Bryant Progress(Bryant): March 12, 1986 –December 17, 1987 (incomplete issues)
• Bryant Times (Bryant): January 4-10, 2001 – March 2, 2005 microfilm; March 9, 2005 - November 26, 2008 (paper only)
• East Ender (Monthly East End community): March 2000-April 2010 (incomplete issues)
• Hot Springs Village Voice (Hot Springs Village): June 4, 1997-October 11, 2006
• Saline County Digest (Benton): May 24, 1877 (one issue)
• The Saline Times Courier (Benton): September 14, 1900 (one issue)
• The Times Courier (Benton): September 19, 1907 - July 7, 1910
• The Times Courier (Benton): July 1, 1909 (one issue)
• Saline County News (Benton): June 1955 - January 27, 1972
• Saline County Sports (Benton): October 7, 1971 - January 5, 1972
• Saline County Pacesetter (Benton): January 5, 1972 - July 2, 1976
• Saline County Voice (Benton): September 5,2007 - April 22, 2009

• Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: October 16, 1991 - present (microfilm runs about two months behind)
• Arkansas Gazette: January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1959
• Arkansas Gazette: January 1, 1970 - October 18, 1991
• Arkansas Times: September 5, 1974 - March 22, 2002 (Vol.1#1 - Vol.28#30) (paper only from 2002 to present)
• Weekly Arkansas Gazette: November 20, 1819 - November 17, 1868

• Contents of the 1902 Saline County Courthouse cornerstone opened in 1994
• Marriage Records 1836 – 1950
• Will Records 1842 – 1950
•  Index to Administrators Records 1862 – 1870
• Administrators Bonds 1850 – 1862
• Administrators Bonds and Letter Books B-C 1870 – 1904
• Guardians Bonds and Letter Book A 1861 – 1922
• Executors Records Book A 1861 – 1922
• Loose Probate Court Records Abbot-Arnold - York-Young
• Probate Record Books A-D 1839 - 1868, an index is also on the roll
      Books E-H February 5, 1868 - November 29, 1910, Index precedes each book
      Books I-K November 23, 1911 - November 23, 1936, Index precedes each book
      Books L-N January 23, 1936 - February 5, 1950, Index precedes each book
• Deed Records from volume A-Q 1836 – 1898
• Grantee and Grantor Index to deeds 1836 – 1935
• Circuit Court-Common Law Records Books A-E 1836 – 1895
• Chancery Court Records Books A-L 1841 – 1952
• WWI Soldiers & Sailors Discharges
• Saline County Tax Records 1836 - 1912, not complete
• Saline County Clerk Accounts 1859 – 1861
• Saline County Chattel Mortgages 1877 - 1888; 1944 - 1962
• Saline County Treasurer's Book 1837-1863 (This is a book not microfilm * See Curator)
• Saline County Jail Record Book 1925-1930 (This is a book not microfilm * See Curator)

• Bauxite First Baptist Church (Bauxite) 1943 – 1970
• Spring Creek Baptist Church (Benton) 1836 – 1882
• First Presbyterian Church (Benton) 1869 – 1984
• East Union Missionary Baptist Church (East End) 1889 – 1958
• Immanuel & Zion Lutheran Church (Alexander and Avilla) 1880 – 1914
• Marble Missionary Baptist Church (Marble township) 1848 – 1885
• Methodist Conference Records:
    * Alexander Methodist Church 1895 - 1898
    * Benton Quarterly Conference 1866 - 1868
    * Bryant Quarterly Conference 1903 - 1906
    * Collegeville Quarterly Conference 1869 - 1887
    * Salem Methodist Church
• Vimy Ridge Missionary Baptist Church (Vimy Ridge) 1914 – 1965