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FamilySearch identified the most complete online indexes for birth, marriage, and death information.
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Birth
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• 1856-1917: South Dakota, Birth Index at Ancestry ($)
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• 1840s-1910s: South Dakota Birth Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2017
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• 1905-2017: South Dakota, Marriages at Ancestry ($)
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• 1950s-2010s: South Dakota Marriage Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016
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• 1879-1955: South Dakota, Death Index at Ancestry ($)
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• 1950s-2000s: South Dakota Death Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) United States Social Security Death Index
Find A Grave Index
BillionGraves Index
South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941
GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
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