Polk County, Texas:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Angelina County, TX  to the north
• Hardin County, TX  to the southeast
• Liberty County, TX  to the south
• San Jacinto County, TX  to the southwest
• Trinity County, TX  to the northwest
• Tyler County, TX  to the east

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

• My Southern History  Many surnames from the Hardin, Jefferson and Polk County area
• Polk Co, Texas, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Polk County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Polk County Texas      (Source: Cemeteries of Texas)
• Midway Cemetery      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Polk County  Texas 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 Cemetery Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Texas Archives)
• Polk County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Polk County Texas Cemeteries      (Source: HistoricTexas.net)

Census Records and Indexes (32)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Polk County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

History

• National Register of Historic Places 
• Old Hamilton County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Old Trinity County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Polk County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Polk County      (Source: The Handbook of Texas Online)
• Polk County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

• Histories of specific towns and townships (64)

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

  • Barnum, TX Town Fire, Aug 1897      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Camden, TX Train Goes Through Trestles, Feb 1905      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Livingston, TX Lumber Mill Accident, Jul 1901      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Polk, Potter and Presidio County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Polk County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Polk County, Texas     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Polk County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Polk County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• TXPOLK-L Polk County genealogy

  • TXPOLK-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TXPOLK-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TXPOLK-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, Texas     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Livingston, TX  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County, TX Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • 1883 Pensioners on the Roll  Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Oldham, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Polk, Presidio, Rains Counties     (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Polk County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Indigent Families Index  Jefferson through Refugio Counties

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Polk County, Texas  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)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Miscellaneous Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Polk County Enterprise      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Polk County Courthouse      (Source: The Texas Courthouse)
• The Portal to Texas History  Polk County

School Records and Histories

• Polk County School Group Pictures 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Ike Turner Chapter 1569  Livingston     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)
• Robert Rankin Chapter  Livingston     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Robert Rankin Chapter  Livingston     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• SouthEast Texas Genealogical & Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (21)

Tax Lists

• Texas County Tax Rolls  1846-1910     (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)
• Moscow Depot 
• Patents  Polk County, Texas     (Source: Google Patents)
• Polk County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)

Vital Records

• 1850 Mortality Schedule of Polk County Texas      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Polk County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Texas Birth Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Death Certificates      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Texas Vital Records: Marriages 1824-1900  includes Polk County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Polk County     (Source: Family History Library)

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