Polk County, Missouri:
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Projects

• Look to the Past 
• Polk County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Polk County Missouri      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Polk County MOGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Polk County, Missouri      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Cedar County, MO  to the west
• Dade County, MO  to the southwest
• Dallas County, MO  to the east
• Greene County, MO  to the south
• Hickory County, MO  to the north
• Saint Clair County, MO  to the northwest

Bible Records

• Polk County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (10)

Cemeteries (21)

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Church Records

• Missouri Methodist Church Records, 1856-1970  includes Brighton, Missouri     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court records, 1835-1887      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Polk County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Polk County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Polk County Legal Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Polk County Slave Census      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Polk County Slave Census      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Polk County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998  includes Polk County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988  includes Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Probate and marriage records, 1855-1997      (Source: FamilySearch)

History (22)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Missouri locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Polk County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Polk County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Polk County, Missouri Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Land Patents 1831-1969  Polk County, Missouri     (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• Polk County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MOPOLK Polk County genealogy

  • MOPOLK Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (19)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Polk County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Polk County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Polk County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Community & Conflict  Impact of the Civil War in the Ozarks

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Genealogical Gems from Early Missouri Deeds, 1815-1850  Family and Locality Information from Selected Missouri County Land Records     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 5      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Genealogical Gleanings, 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 3      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Miscellaneous Records, 1805-2002  includes Polk County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Polk County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Bolivar Free Press      (Source: Missouri Digital Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Polk County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Bolivar Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Polk County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Bolivar Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Area Deaths  Ozarks Genealogical Society
• Bolivar Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Bolivar Herald-Free Press 
• Bolivar, Missouri Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Humansville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes Bolivar Herald Free Press      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Polk County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Polk County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Baptist College of Southwest Missouri  The Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Bolivar School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The history of the Polk County Baptist Assciation  with history of churches, biographies, Southwest Baptist College, articles of faith, and church covenant     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Pleasant Hope School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Polk County Genealogical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (282)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Bolivar Memorial Airport  Bolivar, Missouri     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Polk County, Missouri     (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)
• Polk County, Missouri      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Polk County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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