Buffalo County, South Dakota:
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Projects

• Buffalo County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Buffalo County South Dakota Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Buffalo County South Dakota Genealogy      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Buffalo County, South Dakota      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Brule County, SD  to the south
• Hand County, SD  to the north
• Hyde County, SD  to the north
• Jerauld County, SD  to the east
• Lyman County, SD  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Buffalo County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Buffalo County, South Dakota      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Buffalo County  South Dakota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Buffalo County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Cemeteries in Buffalo County, South Dakota      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (18)

Court and Legal Records

• Buffalo County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Buffalo County on page 4

Directories

• 1910 Gann Valley Telephone Directory      (Source: I Dream of Genealogy)

Ethnic

• Buffalo County, South Dakota Native Americans      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

History

• Buffalo County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Buffalo County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Buffalo County History  History of South Dakota, Vol. 1, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Buffalo County, South Dakota      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• Buffalo County, South Dakota County History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• County of Extremes      (Source: South Dakota Magazine: 66 Counties)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Buffalo County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Buffalo County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Gann Valley, SD Highway Construction Accident, Apr 1949      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides

• Buffalo County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Buffalo County Genealogy Resources  South Dakota Department of Health
• Buffalo County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Cyndi's List of South Dakota locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• South Dakota BLM Database  Buffalo County     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Buffalo County Records archived at the State Archives 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Historical Repositories in Fort Thompson, South Dakota  See page 8
• Library Directory for Buffalo County, South Dakota      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Buffalo County, South Dakota     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (29)

Military Records and Histories

• Crow Creek Agency, SD  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Buffalo County, Dakota Territory     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Buffalo County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Buffalo County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Buffalo County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• General Federation of Women's Clubs Pioneer Daughters  Buffalo County

Newspaper Records

• Buffalo County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Buffalo County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Buffalo County Courthouse 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname

• Biography of John Quinn Anderson  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Harry D. Chamberlain  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of J. V. Drips  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Charles H. Fraser  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• The Memoirs of Michael Hileman, Jr.  1820-1915     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)
• Biography of Jesse B. Ingerson  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Henry Klindt  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Joseph Ponsford  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Daniel Renville  The Presbyterian Ministerial Directory, 1898     (Source: Google Books)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Buffalo County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Patents  Buffalo County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Buffalo County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

• Buffalo County, South Dakota Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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