Clay County, South Dakota:
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Projects

• Clay County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Clay County GenWeb Site      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Clay County SDGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Clay County, South Dakota      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Cedar County, NE  to the southwest
• Dixon County, NE  to the southeast
• Lincoln County, SD  to the northeast
• Turner County, SD  to the north
• Union County, SD  to the east
• Yankton County, SD  to the west

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

• Clay Co, South Dakota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Clay County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• History of Southeastern Dakota  Its Settlement and Growth     (Source: Google Books)
• History of southeastern Dakota  1881     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (18)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Meckling, Vermillion, Wakonda and Westerville, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Vermillion     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Clay, Lincoln and Vermillion, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Clay County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• County Court Administrator's bonds, 1949  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• History of the Judges of the First Circuit 
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Clay County on page 7

History (11)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• South Dakota County Naturalization Records  1865-1972     (Source: FamilySearch)

Introduction and Guides

• Clay County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Clay County Genealogy Resources  South Dakota Department of Health
• Clay 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  Clay County     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDCLAY Clay County genealogy

  • SDCLAY Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (46)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Clay County, Dakota Territory     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Addendeum to Clay County, Dakota Territory     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Clay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Clay County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Search Vermillion Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Vermillion Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Vermillion Plain Talk 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Clay County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Clay County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Clay County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from South Dakota      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Meckling School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• University of South Dakota  1923 yearbook     (Source: DeadFred: The Original Online Genealogy Photo Archive)
• Vermillion School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Clay County Historic Preservation Commission 
• Clay County Historical Society 
• Clay County Historical Society 
• Dalesburg Scandinavian Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (96)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Clay County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Clay County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Clay County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Clay County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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