as for Polk Co. if the person did not actually live in Lakeland one may be hard pressed to find info on people just living in Polk Co. some stuff there - Bartow Historical Library site is good also -they have a searchable site- all marked burials in All Of Polk Co. plus some marriage records and much more- link is not handy for me right now but my Polk site does have the link on the Resource Page http://fl-genweb.org/decole/polk/ I also can do a few look ups but can not get any Tribune obits before at least 1955 - might find some at the public library but last time I was there paper copies were a real pain to get- Peggy