Polk County, Georgia:
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Projects

• Polk County GAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Polk County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Polk County, Georgia History & Genealogy      (Source: The Georgia GenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Bartow County, GA  to the north
• Cherokee County, AL  to the west
• Cleburne County, AL  to the southwest
• Floyd County, GA  to the north
• Haralson County, GA  to the south
• Paulding County, GA  to the east

Bible Records

• Polk County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

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

• Polk Co, Georgia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Polk County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Polk County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Polk County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (20)

Church Records

• Polk County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Polk County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Directories

• Polk County, Georgia Online Historical Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records

• Georgia Probate Records  1742-1975     (Source: Family History Library)
• Polk County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Ethnic

• Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee 

History (13)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Polk County Georgia Migrations 

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Polk County Deed/Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Bell Research Center, A Center for the Study of History and Genealogy  Located in Historic Cumming School, Cumming, Georgia
• Digital Library of Georgia  Polk County
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Heritage Room  Cedartown Public Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Polk County, Georgia     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Polk County Libraries  Georgia Public Library Directory
• Polk County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Polk County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Polk County Genealogy Web Forum 
• Polk County, GA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• GAPOLK-L Polk County genealogy

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

• NWGA-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in Northwest Georgia which was originally Cherokee Nation East. This includes the first ten counties formed from this area (i.e., Cass, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding and Union) and the counties derived from them.

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

• RAN-CLAY-L East-central Alabama and Georgia border county genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Polk County, Georgia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Polk County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)

• Civil War

  • Confederate Pension Applications  1879-1960     (Source: Georgia Virtual Vault)
  • Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • Polk County Civil War Units      (Source: Civil War Research Tools)
  • 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, Georgia  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Migrations through Polk County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)
• Polk County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Polk County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Cedartown Standard  May 3, 1988 - Nov 27, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Chronicling America  Polk County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Northwest Georgia Advertiser-News  Oct 6, 1977 - Dec 27, 1979     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Polk County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Polk County Newspapers      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• The Rockmart Journal  Aug 19, 1961 - Jun 27, 2007     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Rockmart Journal Plus  Jan 3, 1996 - Nov 26, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The West Polk Press  Aug 17, 1983 - Jun 10, 1987     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home  Rockmart, Georgia
• The Cedartown Standard      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Polk County
• Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home  Cedartown, Georgia
• Polk County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia 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 Photo Album      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Polk County Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Vanishing Georgia      (Source: Digital Library of Georgia)

School Records and Histories

• Woodland Female College  The Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Euharlee Valley Historical Society 
• Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society 
• Polk County Historical Society 
• William Witcher Chapter  Cedartown     (Source: Wayback Machine)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (36)

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)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Polk County, Georgia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Polk County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Polk County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• Index to Death Certificates 1951-1965      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Polk County Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Georgia Archives)
• Polk County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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