Douglas County, South Dakota:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Aurora County, SD  to the north
• Charles Mix County, SD  to the southwest
• Davison County, SD  to the northeast
• Hutchinson County, SD  to the east

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

• Delmont SD, Centennial Book, 1886-1986      (Source: Odessa Digital Library)
• Douglas Co, South Dakota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Douglas County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (15)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Douglas County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• History of the Judges of the First Circuit 
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Douglas County on page 11

History (15)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• 1910 Plat Map Index      (Source: Odessa Digital Library)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• South Dakota BLM Database  Douglas County     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Douglas County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Douglas County Museum and Country School  (Bottom half of page)
• Douglas County Records archived at the State Archives 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Historical Repositories in Armour, South Dakota  See page 2
• Library Directory for Douglas County, South Dakota      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Douglas County, South Dakota     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Douglas County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDDOUGLA Douglas County genealogy

  • SDDOUGLA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (38)

Military Records and Histories

• Douglas County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Douglas County, Dakota Territory     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Armour Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Delmont History in Pictures 
• Douglas County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Douglas County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from South Dakota      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Delmont Alumni 1924-1939 
• Delmont Alumni 1940-1959 
• Delmont Alumni 1960-1979 
• New Holland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• School Records, 1879-1970      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Dakota School Records  1879-1970     (Source: FamilySearch)

Societies

• Douglas County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (33)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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