Polk County, Minnesota:
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Projects

• Polk County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Polk County MNGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Clearwater County, MN  to the east
• Grand Forks County, ND  to the southwest
• Mahnomen County, MN  to the south
• Marshall County, MN  to the north
• Norman County, MN  to the south
• Pennington County, MN  to the east
• Red Lake County, MN  to the east
• Traill County, ND  to the southwest
• Walsh County, ND  to the northeast

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

• Compendium of history and biography of Polk County, Minnesota  1916     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Compendium of history and biography of Polk County, Minnesota      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Crookston GEDCOM Index 
• Polk Co, Minnesota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Polk County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Polk County GEDCOM Index 
• Polk County, Minnesota Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Polk County, Minnesota Biographies      (Source: Online Biographies)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Polk County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Polk County  Minnesota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Polk County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Polk County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Polk County, MN Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Court and Legal Records

• Judicial History of Polk County 
• Polk County Courthouse 

Directories

• East Grand Forks, North Dakota 1909 Business Directory      (Source: DistantCousin.com)
• Polk County, Minnesota City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

History

• Compendium of history and biography of Polk County, Minnesota  1916     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Compendium of history and biography of Polk County, Minnesota      (Source: Internet Archive)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Polk County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Polk County  A Brief History
• Polk County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • History of Fosston 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Crookston, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Crookston, MN Red Lake River Near Drowning, Mar 1907      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • East Grand Forks, ND Fire, Jan 1898      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Fertile, Nd., Train Wreck, Sept 1905      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Fosston, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk and Pope County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Polk County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Marshall, Polk Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• East Grand Forks Heritage Center 
• East Polk Heritage Center  Fosston, Minnesota
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Northwest Minnesota Historical Center 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Polk County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Polk County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Red River Valley Sugarbeet Museum  Crookston, Minnesota
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Polk County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Polk County, MN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• RRVH  Red River Valley History     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)

• MNPOLK-L Polk County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (39)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Polk County, Minnesota     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Polk County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Polk County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Pioneers of Polk County, MN  Index     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Polk County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Polk County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Polk County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Crookston Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Polk County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Crookston Daily Times 
• Crookston Daily Times      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Crookston, Minnesota Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Current Obituaries  KROX Radio
• Polk County obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Polk County Obituary Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Polk County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Minnesota--East Grand Forks.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnesota--Fisher.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnesota--Polk County--Crookston.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnesota--Polk County--East Grand Forks.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnesota--Polk County--Fisher.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Northwest Minnesota Historical Center Images  Minnesota Reflections
• Penny Postcards from Minnesota      (Source: USGenWeb Minnesota Archives)
• Polk County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Climax School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Climax, MN First Graders 1947  P. Dagoberg, C. Braaten, A. Moen, J. Letness, B. Gilbertson, I. Morgan, K. Vang, B. Quirk, B. Amundson, G. Letness     (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Crookston School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Fosston School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Polk County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)

Societies

• Minnesota's Historic Northwest Consortium 
• Minnkota Genealogical Society 
• Polk County Historical Society 
• Red River Genealogical Society 
• Sand Hill Settlement Historical Society  Climax, Minnesota

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (45)

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)
• Patents  Polk County, Minnesota     (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

• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Polk County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)
• Polk County  Minnesota Births
• Polk County Births      (Source: Minnesota Births)
• Polk County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Becker and Polk County, Minnesota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Polk County, Minnesota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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