Pennington County, South Dakota:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Custer County, SD  to the south
• Haakon County, SD  to the east
• Jackson County, SD  to the southeast
• Lawrence County, SD  to the north
• Meade County, SD  to the north
• Oglala Lakota County, SD  to the south
• Weston County, WY  to the west
• Ziebach County, SD  to the northeast

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

• Pennington Co, South Dakota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Pennington County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (15)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Rapid City, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Pennington County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Pennington County Jail History 
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Pennington County on page 23

Directories

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

Estate Records

• North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records, 1878-1928  includes Pennington County, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pennington County Probate Case Files  1880-1937     (Source: FamilySearch)

Ethnic

• Tokata Wico Icagi Kin  For the Future Generations; Oglala Sioux Tribe Johnson O'Malley Program (1997)     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (22)

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDPENNIN Pennington County genealogy

  • SDPENNIN Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (16)

Military Records and Histories

• Ellsworth Air Force Base      (Source: Wikipedia)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Pennington County, Dakota Territory     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Pennington County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• The Black Hills union  Rapid City, South Dakota     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• The Black Hills union and western stock review  Rapid City, South Dakota     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Chronicling America  Pennington County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Rapid City Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Pennington County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Rapid City Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Rochford Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Rockerville Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Search Rapid City Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Obituary search includes Rapid City Journal      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rapid City Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Rapid City Journal 
• Rapid City Journal  Obituaries from the past 30 days
• Rapid City, South Dakota Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Rapid City, South Dakota, Mortuary Indexes  1879-1971     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rapid City, South Dakota, Obituary Index  1968-2012     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wall Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (14)

School Records and Histories (11)

Societies

• Black Hills Society of South Dakota 
• Keystone Area Historical Society 
• Keystone Area Historical Society 
• The Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research 
• The Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (113)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Pennington County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lien Airport  Rapid City, South Dakota     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Pennington County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)
• Pennington County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Pennington County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project, Rapid Valley Unit  Bureau of Reclamation History Program

Vital Records

• Pennington County Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Pennington County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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