Minnehaha County, South Dakota:
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Projects

• Minnehaha County SDGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Minnehaha County South Dakota      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Minnehaha County, South Dakota      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Lake County, SD  to the northwest
• Lincoln County, SD  to the south
• Lyon County, IA  to the southeast
• McCook County, SD  to the west
• Moody County, SD  to the north
• Pipestone County, MN  to the northeast
• Rock County, MN  to the east
• Turner County, SD  to the southwest

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

• History of Minnehaha County, 1899  by Dana R. Bailey     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)
• History of Minnehaha county, South Dakota  1899     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Minnehaha Co, South Dakota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Minnehaha County Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Minnehaha County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Blogs

• Sioux Falls Historic Sites 

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Minnehaha County, South Dakota      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries in Minnehaha County, South Dakota      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Cemeteries of Minnehaha County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Minnehaha County  South Dakota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Minnehaha 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 Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, Garretson, Sherman, Sioux Falls and Valley Springs, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Crooks, Sioux Falls, Sioux Valley and Valley Springs     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Colton, Dell Rapids, Garretson, Sherman, Sioux Falls and Valley Springs, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Brandson and Sioux Falls, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Minnehaha County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Minnehaha County on page 22

Directories

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

Estate Records

• Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records  1873-1935     (Source: FamilySearch)
• North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records, 1878-1928  includes Minnehaha County, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (32)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Passenger Manifests of Airplanes  1958-1961     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 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)
• Minnehaha County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Minnehaha County Genealogy Resources  South Dakota Department of Health
• Minnehaha 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  Minnehaha County     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (17)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDMINNEH Minnehaha County genealogy

  • SDMINNEH Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (48)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Minnehaha County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• General Federation of Women's Clubs Pioneer Daughters  Minnehaha County
• Minnehaha County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (17)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (13)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Carnegie Free Library  Sioux Falls, S. D.     (Source: Post Card Library)
• Historical Postcards of Minnehaha County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Minnehaha County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnehaha County Courthouse 
• Penny Postcards from South Dakota      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)
• Sioux Falls  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Brandon School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Dell Rapids School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Humboldt School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Public Schools of Sioux Falls  1881     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Sioux Falls School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sioux Falls, SD High School 1920 Basketball Team      (Source: Family Old Photos)

Societies

• Dell Rapids Society for Historic Preservation 
• Minnehaha County Historical Society 
• Minnehaha County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Minnehaha Historical Society 
• Minnehaha Historical Society 
• Sioux Valley Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (329)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Minnehaha County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Early (1881) Businesses of Dell Rapids      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Early (1881) Businesses of Sioux Falls      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Minnehaha County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Minnehaha County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Minnehaha County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Minnehaha County Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Minnehaha County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Minnehaha County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Vital Records  Minnehaha County Register of Deeds

Wiki

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

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