Kingsbury County, South Dakota

As we narrow our search for records, we frequently assess the county level resources. Don't forget to check online sources, such as the GenWeb Archives, posted on Roots Web. I checked on Kingsbury County, South Dakota and found a wide range of helpful links, such as the 1909 Business Directory for 14 cites in the county, the 1909 Standard Atlas, indexed with townships and sections listed. Also the cemetery records for 37 individual cemeteries, again all indexed, along with sex, birth and death dates, block , lots and section numbers, whether a vet, notes, city, county, and cemetery name.

While the church records links are few (only 3), there were membership records and membership status lists posted for three Methodist Epoisopal churches. Three farm directories are also posted, for 1950, 1952 and 1954- helpful for the more recent data one can't access through census records. A four year range of marriage records extracted for the De Smet Leader newspaper are posted, a 1883 pensioners list, along with cause for which pensioned and a 1942 Iroquios phone book link.

Many counties have these type of links online and it is worth your time to check to see if records useful to your search are online for free, before you order microfilm to search at the local Family History Center. Success in the search!