Polk County, Arkansas:
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Projects

• Polk County Genealogy Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Polk County, Arkansas Genealogical Homepage 
• USGenWeb Polk County, Arkansas      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Howard County, AR  to the south
• Le Flore County, OK  to the west
• McCurtain County, OK  to the west
• Montgomery County, AR  to the east
• Scott County, AR  to the north
• Sevier County, AR  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas  1891     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biographical and historical memoirs of western Arkansas  1891     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Polk Co, Arkansas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Polk County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Polk County GEDCOM Index 
• Polk County, Arkansas Biographies      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• A reminiscent history of the Ozark region  Comprising a condensed general history, a brief descriptive history of each county, and numerous biographical sketches of prominent citizens of such counties     (Source: University of Missouri Library System Digital Library)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Directories

• Names and P. O. addresses of farmers in Arkansas, 1879  Polk County     (Source: Internet Archive)

Estate Records

• Arkansas Probate Records, 1817-1979  includes Polk County     (Source: Family History Library)

History (22)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Polk County, Arkansas      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Federal Land Records  Polk County     (Source: USGenWeb Arkansas Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Library Resources for Polk County  Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library System
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Polk County, Arkansas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Polk County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Polk County Libraries  Arkansas Public Library Directory
• Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Polk County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Polk County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Polk County, AR Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ARPOLK-L Polk County genealogy

  • ARPOLK-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ARPOLK-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ARPOLK-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Polk County, Arkansas     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Polk County Military Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • Privations of a Soldier's Widow  by Mrs. M. M. Hendrix of Big Fork
  • Southern Claims Commission  Polk County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Polk County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Polk County, Arkansas  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Polk County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Polk County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Polk County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Polk County Records  Arkansas Research, Inc.     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Polk County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Polk County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Arkansas Obituary Project  Polk County     (Source: USGenWeb Arkansas Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Polk County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Polk County Courthouse 

School Records and Histories

• Commonwealth College      (Source: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture)
• History of Rich Mountain Community College  Mena, Arkansas
• Rich Mountain Community College      (Source: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Polk County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Polk County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (78)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Polk County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Polk County, Arkansas     (Source: Google Patents)
• Polk County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992  includes Polk County 1900-1906     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900  includes Polk County, 1881-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Arkansas Vital Records  includes Polk County marriages     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Polk County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Polk County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Polk County, Arkansas Marriages, 1901-05      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County, Arkansas Marriages, 1906-10      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Polk County, Arkansas     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Polk County     (Source: Family History Library)

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