Turner County, South Dakota:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Clay County, SD  to the south
• Hutchinson County, SD  to the west
• Lincoln County, SD  to the east
• McCook County, SD  to the north
• Minnehaha County, SD  to the northeast
• Yankton County, SD  to the southwest

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

• History of Southeastern Dakota  Its Settlement and Growth     (Source: Google Books)
• History of southeastern Dakota  1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Turner Co, South Dakota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Turner County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Turner County, South Dakota Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Turner County, South Dakota      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries in Turner County, South Dakota      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Turner County  South Dakota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Turner County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Turner County Cemetery Registration      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)
• Turner County South Dakota Cemeteries      (Source: Odessa Digital Library)

Census Records and Indexes (16)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Centerville and Viborg, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Turner, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• History of the Judges of the First Circuit 
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Turner County on page 27
• Turner County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

History (18)

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Historical Repositories in Centerville, South Dakota  See page 4
• Historical Repositories in Hurley, South Dakota  See page 9
• Historical Repositories in Parker, South Dakota  See page 16
• Library Directory for Turner County, South Dakota      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Turner County, South Dakota     (Source: Find My Past)
• Turner County Records archived at the State Archives 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDTURNER Turner County genealogy

  • SDTURNER Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (42)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Centerville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home  Parker, Marion and Hurley, South Dakota
• Hurley Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Marion Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Parker Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Viborg Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Turner County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marion, South Dakota  Sod House Photograph Collection     (Source: Wichita State University Special Collections)
• Penny Postcards from South Dakota      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)
• Turner County Courthouse 

School Records and Histories

• Marion School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Parker School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• School Records, 1879-1970      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Dakota School Records  1879-1970     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Turner County, South Dakota Schools      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Societies

• Hurley Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (83)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Turner County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Turner County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)
• Turner County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Turner County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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