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Projects

• Appalachian American Genealogy  Consolidated genealogical information for 83 mountain counties in GA, TN, NC and SC
• Polk County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Polk County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Greenville County, SC  to the southwest
• Henderson County, NC  to the northwest
• Rutherford County, NC  to the northeast
• Spartanburg County, SC  to the southeast

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

• Polk County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Polk County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Polk County  North Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Polk County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Polk County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Polk County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Polk County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (15)

Estate Records

• Polk County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

History (27)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of North Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Polk County  North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online)
• Polk County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Polk County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Polk County  www.northcarolinagenealogy.net
• Polk County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Polk County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Polk Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Green River Plantation 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Polk County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Polk County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Polk County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Polk County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Polk County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Polk County, North Carolina
• Polk County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCPOLK-L Polk County genealogy

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

• SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L The area covered by a 150 mile radius around Bristol Virginia/Tennessee. This area covers southwest Virginia, northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, and northwestern North Carolina

  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-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, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Polk County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • Stoneman's Raid  On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought southern troops at Howard's Gap, 4 mi. north, April 22, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• The Block House  Early landmark, western terminus of the 1772 boundary survey between N.C. and S.C. Stood 1/2 mile east     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Blue Ridge National Heritage Area 
• 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)
• Tryon Mountain  Landmark on Cherokee boundary, negotiated by Gov. William Tryon and Cherokee chiefs, 1767. Elevation 3,231 feet     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Newspaper Records

• Polk County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Hendersonville Times-News 
• Tryon Daily Bulletin 
• Tryon Daily Bulletin  4/14/2007 to Current     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• The Lovejoy Missionary Institute, Tryon 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society 
• Polk County Historical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (10)

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, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Polk County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Saluda Grade  The steepest, standard gauge, mainline railway grade in the U.S. Opened in 1878; three mi. long. Crests here     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Vital Records (10)

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