Jones County SD Genealogy

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Overview of Jones County Records

• Jones County was created in 1916 from Lyman County.
• Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records from 1905 to the present can be obtained from the South Dakota Department of Health.
• The Jones County Registrar of Deeds has birth records starting in 1905, marriage records starting in 1917, death records starting in 1905, and land records starting in 1917.
• The Jones County Clerk Court has divorce records, probate records starting in 1917, and court records starting in 1917.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.