Hughes County, South Dakota:
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Projects

• Hughes County SDGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Hughes County South Dakota Genealogy Research      (Source: Jenkins Genealogy Research)
• Hughes County, SD      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Hughes County, South Dakota      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Hyde County, SD  to the east
• Lyman County, SD  to the south
• Stanley County, SD  to the southwest
• Sully County, SD  to the north

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

• Hughes Co, South Dakota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Hughes County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Hughes County, South Dakota Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Hughes County, South Dakota      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries in Hughes County, South Dakota      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Hughes County  South Dakota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Hughes County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Riverside Cemetery Directory  Pierre, South Dakota
• Riverside Cemetery Directory Database (378 page PDF file)  Pierre, South Dakota

Census Records and Indexes (15)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Hughes County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Hughes County on page 16

Directories

• Pierre City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• The Sioux Indian Reservation      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

History

• Hughes County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Hughes County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Hughes County Historical Articles      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hughes County History  History of South Dakota, Vol. 1, 1904     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Hughes County History 
• Hughes County, South Dakota      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Pierre and Fort Pierre Historic Places 

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

  • Highmore, Blunt, Ree Heights, Holabird Area, SD Tornado, Jun 1915      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hughes County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Hughes County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Pierre, SD Cheyenne River Drowning, Jun 1910      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Pierre, SD Flood, Apr 1952      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Pierre, SD Storm, May 1911      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Pierre, Sd., Storm and Lightning, Jun 191      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Pierre, South Dakota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)

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)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hughes County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Hughes County Genealogy Resources  South Dakota Department of Health
• Hughes County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDHUGHES Hughes County genealogy

  • SDHUGHES Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (24)

Military Records and Histories

• Farm Island, Post Near, DT  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hughes County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hughes County, Dakota Territory     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Hughes County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Pierre Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Hughes County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Pierre Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Pierre weekly free press      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Search Blunt Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Pierre Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Capital Journal  Pierre, South Dakota
• Hughes County, South Dakota Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Obituary search includes Capital Journal  Pierre, SD     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pierre Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Pierre, South Dakota Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Hughes County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hughes County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Hughes County Courthouse 
• Hughes County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Hughes County, Pierre  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from South Dakota      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)
• Pierre  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Blunt School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Canning School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Harrold School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pierre School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• School Records, 1879-1970      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Dakota School Records  1879-1970     (Source: FamilySearch)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (39)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Hughes County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Hughes County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Hughes County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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