Polk County Published Sources

Available manuscripts, microfilmed records, publications and finding aids.

Churches

Osceola - St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1903-1969
Microfilm MS0164

Polk - First Methodist Church, 1878-1954
Microfilm MS2657

Polk - Swede Plain Methodist Church, 1876-1955
Microfilm MS2673

Stromsburg - Green's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, circa 1894-1937
Microfilm MS0967

Stromsburg - Methodist Episcopal Church, circa 1894-1937
Microfilm MS0967

Wayland - United Church of Christ, 1873-1963
Microfilm MS0163

Death Records

Beulah Cemetery
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery
Shelby (Graceland) Cemetery
Hoffer (Wayland) Cemetery
LaClede Cemetery
Osceola Cemetery
Pleasant Home Cemetery Polk Cemetery
Sacred Heart Cemetery (Shelby)
St. Andrews Church Cemetery #1
St. Andrews Church
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
St. Mary's Church Cemetery (Pilzno)
Stromsburg Cemetery
Osceola St. Vincent Ferrer Cemetery
Swede Home Cemetery
Swede Plain Cemetery
Union Cemetery
Valley German Methodist Church Cemetery
Wesley Chapel Cemetery

Histories

Early Days in Polk County
Mildred N. Flodman, Lincoln, Union College Press, 1966, 453 pages

Osceola, 1871 - 1971
Osceola Centennial Book Committee, 1972, 863 pages

Our Polk Heritage
Osceola Centennila Committee, 1975, 329 pages

Polk County Heritage published
Osceola Centennial Committee, Osceola, 1975, Service Press, Inc., Henderson, Nebr

History of Stromsburg 1872-1972

Shelby Centennial 1879-1979
Banner-Press Publishing Co., Inc.

1918 Atlas of Butler & Polk Co.
G. W. Anderson, 1918, Anderson Publishing Co., Mason City, Iowa

Naturalization Records

Declarations and Final Papers, 1869-1929
2 rolls microfilm

U.S. Circuit Court, Nebraska District
Declarations of intention and military petitions, 1867 - 1909 (film 1750305)
Petitions, 1868 - 1906 (film 1750305)
Naturalizations, petitions, and declarations of intention, 1867 - 1909 (film 1954068)

U.S. District Court, Nebraska District, North Platte Division
Declarations of intention 1931 - 1940, petitions and records, 1930 - 1951(film 1738286).
This court sat in North Platte, Lincoln County.

The records for all naturalization records for U.S. District Courts are at the National Archives Regional Branch, Kansas City, Missouri.

The INS Office in Omaha has the Work Progress Administration (WPA) index for all Nebraska counties prior to 1906 and some through 1940. This index is also available on microfilm at the State Archives in Lincoln.

Naturalization records information from:
Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States
Christina K. Schaefer, Copyright 1997
Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD
ISBN: 0-8063-1532-6, Library of Congress Card Number:
96-80366