Corson County, South Dakota:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Adams County, ND  to the northwest
• Campbell County, SD  to the east
• Dewey County, SD  to the south
• Emmons County, ND  to the northeast
• Perkins County, SD  to the west
• Sioux County, ND  to the north
• Walworth County, SD  to the southeast
• Ziebach County, SD  to the south

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

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

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Corson County, South Dakota      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Corson County  South Dakota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Corson County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (15)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes McLaughlin, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes McLaughlin, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Morristown, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Corson County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Corson County on page 9

Ethnic

• Schedules of Special Census of Indians, 1880  Standing Rock     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History

• Corson County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Corson County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Corson County, South Dakota      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• A Cultural Resource Inventory of Portions of Lake Oahe  Corson County, South Dakota     (Source: Internet Archive)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Huseboe      (Source: South Dakota Ghost Towns)

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

  • Corson County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Corson County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • McIntosh, SD Passenger Train Derails, Sep 1926      (Source: GenDisasters)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

• Corson County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Corson County Genealogy Resources  South Dakota Department of Health
• Corson County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Cyndi's List of Corson County links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Cyndi's List of Schnasse County links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• 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)
• Land Patents  1908-1910     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• South Dakota BLM Database  Corson County     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Corson County Records archived at the State Archives 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Historical Repositories in McLaughlin, South Dakota  See page 13
• Library Directory for Corson County, South Dakota      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Corson County, South Dakota     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• USGenWeb Boreman County Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDCORSON Corson County genealogy

  • SDCORSON Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Corson County 1973      (Source: Historic Map Works)
• Corson County 1984      (Source: Historic Map Works)
• Corson County 1985      (Source: Historic Map Works)
• Corson County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Corson County Post Offices 
• Corson County Postal Covers      ($)
• Individual County Chronologies  Corson County     (Source: The Newberry Library)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Corson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Dakota Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Corson County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Corson County Courthouse 
• Corson County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Historical Postcards of Corson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from South Dakota      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)
• Watauga, South Dakota  Sod House Photograph Collection     (Source: Wichita State University Special Collections)

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

• Biography of Frank P. Byrne  Montana, Its Story and Biography (1921)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Biography of Frederick R. Ginther  Who's Who in Finance, Banking and Insurance, 1920-1922     (Source: Google Books)
• Biography of James Henry McLaughlin  History of South Dakota, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Corson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Corson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Corson County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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