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Guide to South Dakota Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

South Dakota Statewide Online Genealogy Records This chart shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county or town), go to Locating Online Databases. Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vital Records Births South Dakota, Department of Health, Birth and Marriage Indexes, 1843-2014 Birth Record Search Site for South Dakota Birth Records with birth dates over 100 years. South Dakota Births, 1856-1915 ($) Rootsweb South Dakota Births pre-1900, index Marriages South Dakota, Department of Health, Birth and Marriage Indexes, 1843-2014 United States Marriages – South Dakota, 1889-1952 ($) Index South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2016 ($) index and images Deaths South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955 ($) United States Social Security Death Index begins 1962. Also at Ancestry.com 1935-2014, ($), index. Online South Dakota Death Records & Indexes U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, incomplete, ($). Biographies SDGenWeb Biographies Includes biographies from History of South Dakota. Biographical Index of South Dakotans. Doane Robinson's encyclopedia of South Dakota, ($), index/images History of South Dakota / by Doane Robinson, together with personal mention of citizens of South Dakota. v. 1, Vol. 2 Biographies from the Memorial and Biographical Record Memorial and biographical record; ... including biographical sketches of...prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota.... History of Dakota Territory: South Dakota; its history and its people Vol.1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5 History of southeastern Dakota, ....biographical sketches of the pioneers and business men,... Warner's history of Dakota County, Nebraska, from the days of the pioneers and first settlers to the present time, with biographical sketches, and anecdotes of ye olden times Cemeteries Online South Dakota Death Records & Indexes South Dakota Cemetery Record Search. South Dakota Cemetery Records at Interment.net. Findagrave.com South Dakota Cemetery Records. Billiongraves.com South Dakota Cemeteries. BillionGraves Index USGenWeb South Dakota Tombstone Transcription Project. Cemetery Junction South Dakota I Dream of Genealogy South Dakota Cemeteries South Dakota Cemetery Records Census United States Online Census, 1790-1940 South Dakota, Territorial Census, 1885 Index and images ($) United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images South Dakota, State Census, 1895 Index and images ($) South Dakota, State Census, 1905 index and images. Also at FindMyPast, ($), index/images, and Ancestry.com, ($), index/images, and MyHeritage, ($), index/images South Dakota, State Census, 1915 index and images. Also at FindMyPast, ($), index/images, and Ancestry.com, ($), index/images, and MyHeritage, ($), index/images South Dakota, State Census, 1925 index and images. Also at FindMyPast, ($), index/images, and Ancestry.com, ($), index/images, and MyHeritage, ($), index/images South Dakota, State Census, 1935 index and images. Also at FindMyPast, ($), index/images, and Ancestry.com, ($), index/images, and MyHeritage, ($), index/images South Dakota, State Census, 1945 index and images. Also at FindMyPast, ($), index/images, and Ancestry.com, ($), index/images, and MyHeritage, ($), index/images Church Records Germans from Russia parish register collection South Dakota, Church Records, 1875-1993, index. Compiled Genealogies GEDCOM Index South Dakota North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, index and images, ($). Directories U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 ($) South Dakota State Historical Society: South Dakota State Brand Book (Index), 1898-1899. Little Gem Brand Book, 1900 History History of Dakota Territory ($) A brief history of South Dakota ($) Immigration Records See United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records Land Records U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908 Images only. Bureau of Land Management Land Patents South Dakota BLM Database Maps Maps of South Dakota from MapofUS.org. Includes boundary changes map.

Military Records General Records U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1941 — index and images South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941, index. Indian Wars, dates vary U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases War of 1812, 1812-1815 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Mexican War, 1846-1848 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Civil War, 1861-1865 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Union Veterans in South Dakota. Spanish-American War, 1898 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases South Dakota State Historical Society: Spanish American War - Roster, 1898. World War I, 1917-1918 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases World War II, 1941-1945 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Korean War, 1950-1953 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Home-State-of-Record: South Dakota Vietnam War, 1964-1972 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Home-State-of-Record: South Dakota Naturalization U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 ($) North Dakota and South Dakota Naturalization Records, 1851-1883, index. South Dakota County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972 index/images South Dakota Naturalization Records Index:First Papers. South Dakota Naturalization Records Index:Second Papers. Name Index to Naturalization Records from Dakota Territory and South Dakota, at National Archives, Kansas City South Dakota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1904-1928, index and images, ($). Newspapers South Dakota Online Historical Newspapers. South Dakota State Newspaper Surname Index. South Dakota State Newspapers Search Form. South Dakota Newspapers ($) South Dakota Newspaper Archives (1861 - 2002) GenealogyBank, ($), index NewspaperARCHIVE.com - South Dakota ($) Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers in South Dakota, ($) South Dakota Newspapers Obituaries Ancestor Hunt South Dakota Obituaries South Dakota Obituaries Help ObituaryLinks South Dakota, index South Dakota Obituaries United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 — index and images Periodicals PERiodical Source Index, index and images, ($) Probate Records North Dakota and South Dakota, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985, ($), index and images, incomplete. Societies South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1941 index/image South Dakota State Historical Society: South Dakota Farmer's Alliance Due Paying Members, 1890-1894. School Records South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970 Index and images. South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970 ($)

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