HINTS ON USING
THE INDEXES:
Use your web browser's FIND
feature to search for a particular name.
The pages will be updated
periodically--please check the date at the bottom
of each page to
see when the most recent update has taken place.
NOTE:
The dates listed in the obituary file are the
dates the obituary was
published, not the date
of death.
If
a name is listed more than once in the index, it
means that there is an obituary available from
two
different papers or the same paper two different
times.
If a name is listed with NDA following it, that
means "No date available." Sometimes
obituaries were
turned into PCGS with no citation information
(such as the date the obit was published and the
name
of the paper that it came from). The obituary
itself is still available to be copied for you.
Obituary File Index updated September
2010
We
ask for a $5 payment for each obit when the
search is done by our
research department.
If you come into our facility and do the work yourself,
the cost will only be 25 cents per page.
Arranged
by first letter of last name. Please click on the
letter of the file you need.
Please
be patient as the pages load up. There are many
names listed.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
--To
request a copy of an obituary in our index,
please contact the research department
of PCGS at info@pcgsmo.com with the
name and date listed. Payment is required before
receipt of obituary.
*For your
information: SASE is
a self-addressed stamped envelope.
If you request a copy of
an obituary that is alreadylisted in our index,
you may go ahead and send your $5 payment
with a SASE to speed up the process.
--To
request a copy of an obituary not listed, please
contact the research department
and they will let you know the procedure for
receiving a copy or copies.
For more information, see here.
Presently our information database contains death
records and obituaries on people
who have lived in Southwest Missouri - most
within 50 miles of Polk County, Missouri.
Some of the obituaries are from Ventura, CA
newspapers--aka "Little Bolivar."
Library Holdings Index updated 7 May 2009
Arranged
alphabetically. Please click on the letter of the
file you need.
First
column is category and shelf location at the PCGS
Library.
1-10 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Polk County, Missouri library holdings updated 7 May 2009
Books in the PCGS Library pertaining
specifically to Polk County, Missouri
Microfilm Index at the PCGS
Library updated
October 2010
Click here to see a list of the
microfilm available in the library.
Family Histories at the PCGS
Library updated
7 May 2009
Click here to see a list of the
family histories in the library.
NEW Surname Index of Family
Histories (Finding Aid)
Currently there
are over 150,000 lines of information. As a
result, most any name you search
for will provide multiple resources for you. The
fields of information available to the researcher
contain the Box in which the resource is located;
the Name of the resource as it appears on the
cover; the Sub Section in the book involved, if
one is; the Surname; and whether there is an
Index or not. In a few of the books with indexes,
you will find multiples, in which case there
will be a number.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Contact PCGS for more information on the books
listed.
INDEX of the Polk
County History Book
Click here to check the index of History Book
Archives
Holdings Index updated 1 May 2009
Go to Our Archives page or jump right to A-K or L-Z or Open Shelves Holdings
Finding Aids Index updated March 2012
Finding aids have
been created for each collection that is housed
on the archives floor of the PCGS Library.
These finding aids, listing the contents of each
collection, help the researcher find
information without having
to go through a collection paper by
paper. Each page, book, or item in the
collection is given a folder and/or item
number. The collections are open to
researchers. We will be happy to make
copies for you. Please email
us your
request with the following information:
collection name, folder number, item
number. We will not copy complete
collections.
There is a $5.00 handling fee plus 25
cents a page for copying (10 cents a page for
PCGS members).
Will Book
Index new April 2009
To see the list of
wills, click the link above.
This is an indexed list of the
wills that have been filed in the Polk County
Probate Court from
the mid-1880s to 1979. The books contain a
transcribed copy of the will. PCGS has microfilm
of Probate Records that may or may not include an
actual copy of the will.
For a digital image of the will book page or a
complete transcription, the charge is $5.00.
WE WILL NOT PHOTOCOPY FROM THESE BOOKS AS IT WILL
DAMAGE THEM. For more
information, please contact PCGS at info@pcgsmo.com
Our resources cover the
following Southwest Missouri towns and counties:
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