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Carla Karbowski Clifton - Polk County Archivist
Gina Heffernan - Texas State Archivist
Cemeteries
Census Records
Description of File | Date Submitted | Submitted By: |
1850 Census surname index | 20 January 2000 | S-K Publications |
1850 Census index | 02 May 1999 | Melinda Parmer |
1850 Census - Page 177a to 188b | 02 May 1999 | Melinda Parmer |
1850 Census - Page 189a to 195a | 02 May 1999 | Melinda Parmer |
History
Description of File | Date Submitted | Submitted By: |
The Lynching of 1877 | 22 June 2000 | Roy Miller |
Land Records
Description of File | Date Submitted | Submitted By: |
Land Survey Abstract Indices Original Land Owners of TX | 18 May 2000 | Mike Taylor |
Military
Description of File | Date Submitted | Submitted By: |
Confederate Pension Applications | 21 November 2002 | Veda Mendoza |
Indigent Families List | 03 December 2002 | Veda Mendoza |
Wiggins, Richard (Civil War Pension Application) | 09 February 2005 | Margie Kinney Butler |
Wiggins, Sarah "Sallie" Ann (Widow's Pension Application) | 09 February 2005 | Margie Kinney Butler |
Newspapers
Description of File | Date Submitted | Submitted By: |
The Shooting in 1916 | 21 August 2001 | Myrtice |
Obituaries
Description of File | Date Submitted | Submitted By: |
Anderson, Henry Clay | 07 November 2007 | Joy Fisher |
Angle, Lillie Mae (Parham) | 05 February 2007 | Gigi Angle |
Angle, Lillie Mae (Parham) | 14 October 2006 | Gigi Angle |
Jones, J. F. | 02 February 2008 | Laura Blum-Barton |
Vital Records
Description of File | Date Submitted | Submitted By: |
Polk County Marriage Book A | 10 January 2002 | Beverly Evins |
Vital Records
Birth
Records 1926 - 1995 |
Death
Records 1964 - 1999 |
Marriage
Records 1966 - 2002 |
Divorce
Records 1968 - 2001 |
For more information on obtaining a copy
of birth, death or marriage record, please contact:
The Texas Dept. of
Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics
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