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South Dakota Genealogy Resources

  • Birth Record Search Site For South Dakota Birth Records With Birth Dates Over 100 Years
     
  • Dakota Territory/Federal Census, 1885. Microfilm of original records (for southern Dakota Territory counties) at the South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre, South Dakota. Much of the 1885 Census has been lost or destroyed. Filmed by the SDSHS in 1971, 2 rolls at the FHL, #1405268 and 1405269. The surviving schedules were indexed in South Dakota 1885 Census Index, compiled by Ronald Vern Jackson, et al., published by Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1984.

  • South Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 1997.
     
  • South Dakota Birth Records. Pre-1900.
     
  • South Dakota Bureau of Land Management Database.
     
  • South Dakota GenWeb Project.
     
  • South Dakota History.

  • South Dakota Memory Project. South Dakota Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of South Dakota. This site offers digital items from heritage institutions (archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums) statewide.

  • South Dakota State Archives.
     
  • South Dakota State Census 1905 – (FamilySearch) Imaged Records – Individual census cards arranged in alphabetical order.
     
  • South Dakota State Census 1915 – (FamilySearch) Imaged Records – Name index and images of census cards from the 1915 South Dakota State Census.

  • South Dakota State Census 1925 – (FamilySearch) Imaged Records – Name index and images of census cards from the 1925 South Dakota State Census.
     
  • South Dakota State Census 1935 – (FamilySearch) Imaged Records – Name index and images of census cards from the 1935 South Dakota State Census.

  • South Dakota State Census 1945 – (FamilySearch) Imaged Records – Name index and images of census cards from the 1945 South Dakota State Census.
     
  • South Dakota State Census, 1935. Microfilm of original records at the South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre. Consists of cards containing statistical data for all individuals enumerated in the state. The cards are arranged alphabetically by surname. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003, 733 rolls, beginning with FHL film #2369161.
     
  • South Dakota State Censuses, 1895-1945. The 1895 has only six surviving counties, but all subsequent state censuses are virtually complete, the originals located at the South Dakota State Historical Society. All of South Dakota's state censuses were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.