Polk County Genealogical Society, Inc.,
                    Headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri, United States of
                    America


Obituary Index

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ARCHIVE HOLDINGS | FINDING AIDS | WILL BOOK INDEX


There will be a $5 - $10 search fee--see below for more information


HINTS ON USING THE INDEXES:
Use your web browser's FIND feature to search for a particular name.

This page will be updated periodically--please check the date at the bottom of the 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 or ??? 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 March 2022

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. 

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--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 already listed 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."





RESEARCH PRICE CHART



RECORD TYPE
SEARCH FEE
COPY/IMAGE FEE
POSTAGE FEE
*Discount
 »»» 
In-House Search
includes these resources:
  • Ancestry.com or other website
    print-out*
  • Cemetery Books
  • Census/other books
  • Family Files (file cabinets)  
  • Family Histories^
    (indexed & non-indexed)
  • Library Holding book
  • Marriage Records
$5.00

$0.50 per page

Five (5) sheets/pages
included with fee;
more than 5 pages = 
large envelope, $3.00

members--
0.25 cents
per page

       *print outs for those with no access to Internet resources
       ^Will NOT copy entire book


RECORD TYPE SEARCH FEE COPY/IMAGE FEE POSTAGE FEE *Discount
 »»»
Archival Book / *Collection
$5.00
0.50 per page
if item can be copied safely;
otherwise 0.50 per page
of transcription or digital image
--no photocopies
if it will damage the item

Five (5) sheets/pages
included with fee;
more than 5 pages = 
large envelope, $3.00

n/a

*Will NOT copy entire collection


RECORD TYPE SEARCH FEE COPY/IMAGE FEE POSTAGE FEE *Discount
 »»»
Court Case

$10.00

First 5 (five) pages included
-- $0.50 per page thereafter
n/a
n/a
 »»»

Probate Record / *Will
(on microfilm)



$10.00 First 5 (five) pages included
-- $0.50 per page thereafter
n/a n/a
*Probate files may or may not include a will. Many people died without making a will.


RECORD TYPE SEARCH FEE COPY/IMAGE FEE POSTAGE FEE *Discount
 »»»
Obituary
Price depends on
number of obits
requested:
1-5 = $5.00 each 
6-10 = $4.00 each
10+ = $3.50 each

n/a (included with search
& retrieval fee)
n/a (included with
search & retrieval fee)
bulk discount
 »»»
* Death Notice
$2.50
n/a (included with search
& retrieval fee)
Send SASE
with payment

(self-addressed
stamped envelope)
n/a
* A death notice differs from an obituary; it usually only includes two or three lines of print.


RECORD TYPE SEARCH FEE COPY/IMAGE FEE POSTAGE FEE *Discount
 »»»
Newspaper / Other Microfilm
$5.00
$0.50 per page

Five (5) sheets/pages
included with fee;
more than 5 pages = 
large envelope, $3.00

members--
0.25 cents
per page
 »»»
Deed/Land Record


$5.00
(offsite search)


Price will be
whatever the charge
is per copies

at courthouse
or other facility


Five (5) sheets/pages
included with fee;
more than 5 pages = 
large envelope, $3.00

n/a
 »»» Marriage
$5.00
(offsite search)
Price will be
whatever the charge
is per copies

at courthouse
or other facility

Five (5) sheets/pages
included with fee;
more than 5 pages = 
large envelope, $3.00

members--
0.25 cents
per page
 »»»
Cemetery visit/picture
$5.00
(offsite search)
$2.00 per picture
large envelope or
photo mailer, $3.00

n/a




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Our resources cover the following Southwest Missouri towns and counties:
Counties of... Towns of...
Cedar Greene Bolivar, MO Halfway, MO
Dade Hickory Buffalo, MO Humansville, MO
Dallas Polk Dadeville, MO Springfield, MO


Fair Grove, MO plus others


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Located on the southeast corner of the courthouse square in Bolivar, MO


You can contact us at:

PCGS PO Box 632

Bolivar, MO 65613

417-777-2820

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