United States Resources: South Dakota

    South Dakota quilt square based on Maggie Malone's 1,001 Patchwork Designs

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • South Dakota Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • South Dakota Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-sd: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "South Dakota--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-sd: Where to write for South Dakota vital records, South Dakota genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check South Dakota Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other South Dakota Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other South Dakota Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium South Dakota County Links
  • South Dakota Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - South Dakota
  • The South Dakota GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project South Dakota
  • The American History and Genealogy Project The South Dakota Homepage

    General Resources

  • South Dakota Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: South Dakota
  • LDS Research Outline for South Dakota
  • South Dakota Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Dakota Territory
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: South Dakota
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • 1860 Dakota Territory Census, South Dakota portion
  • South Dakota Newspaper Project
  • From Todd Schaefer and the USGenWeb archives, for the English translation of "History of Czechs in South Dakota", these indexes:
    • Subject Index
    • Surname Index
  • Black Hills and South Dakota History
  • A Short History of the Black Hills of South Dakota
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of South Dakota
  • South Dakota Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Census Online: South Dakota
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • History and Heritage
  • Ghost Towns of South Dakota
  • South Dakota Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums in South Dakota
  • Germans from Russia in the Dakotas
  • South Dakota Territorial Postal History
  • South Dakota Postal History
  • Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • South Dakota State Archives
  • South Dakota State Library
  • Brookings Historic Preservation Commission
  • The State Agricultural Heritage Museum
  • Genealogy Resources at State Agricultural Heritage Musuem
  • Grand River Museum

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The South Dakota Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Small / Abandoned/ Misc. Cemeteries
  • Cemetery Census of Edmunds County
  • Jerauld County Cemetery Index
  • McPherson County Cemeteries

    Ethnic and Religious

  • Institute of American Indian Studies Oral History Collections
  • The Medals of Wounded Knee
  • The Lakota of the Plains
  • Guide to the Great Sioux Nation
  • Sioux Historic Sites
  • Yankton Sioux Tribe: History
  • Ehanna Woyakapi: History and Culture of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
  • Winnebago History

    Local History and Information

  • Armour History
  • Obituaries from the Bowdle Pioneer
  • Bowdle Diamond Jubilee, 1886-1961
  • Bowdle Centennial Book, 1886-1986
  • History of Brown County, Index
  • History of Brule County, Index
  • Obitbook of Campbell County
  • Index to the 1906 Atlas of Charles Mix County
  • A Brief History of Codington County
  • Bullock Hotel: A Rich History Deadwood, South Dakota
  • Fort Dakota and the Men who served there
  • History of Madison
  • Mansfield in South Dakota
  • Medary
  • Old Pollock
  • Redfield History
  • Roberts County Telephone Cooperative Association
  • History of Sioux Falls
  • The History of Spearfish, South Dakota
  • History of Spearfish
  • Biography of the Storm The tornado that struck Spencer on May 30, 1998
  • History -- Tea, South Dakota
  • History of Wall/Badlands
  • Yankton: History and Facts
  • ODESSA: a German-Russian Genealogical Library including a lot of data, such as:
    • 1906 Index to Walworth County Landowners
    • First Owners of Marshall County land tracts
    • First Owners of Spink County land tracts
    • Obituaries from the Bowdle Pioneer, 1993-1995
    • Town History books, including Akaska, Eureka, Hosmer, Ipswich, Java, Leola, Mina, Roscoe, and Selby
    • Java Herald extractions, 1930-1938
    • Declarations of intent from BonHomme, Davison, and Yankton Counties, plus Naturalization Papers from Davison County
    • Germans from Russia census information for Campbell (1910), Clark (1910), Charles Mix (1910), McPherson (1910), and Walworth (1900, 1910) counties
    • Jerauld County Cemetery Index

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of South Dakota locations
  • South Dakota from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • South Dakota Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • Union Regimental Index: Dakota Territory
  • From SDGENWEB Archives, the Roster of the 1st Dakota Cavalry
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • American West Images: South Dakota
  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from South Dakota
  • Olde Time Photos Tea, South Dakota

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • South Dakota Historical Organizations
  • South Dakota State Historical Society
  • South Dakota Genealogical Society
  • South Dakota Genealogical Society Quarterly, Index

      Lineage

    • Nebraska Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (includes South Dakota)

      Special Interest

    • The South Dakota Archaeological Society

      Ethnic

    • Czech Heritage Preservation Society

      Railroad

    • Whetstone Valley Railroad Historical Society Milbank, South Dakota

      Regional

    • North Central Genealogical Society

      Local

    • Aurora County Historical Society
    • Bennett County Historical Society
    • Brookings Area Genealogical Society
    • Brookings County Historical Society
    • Brookings Renegade Muzzleloaders Club
    • Brown County Historical Society
    • Brule County Historical Society
    • Butte County Historical Society
    • Heritage Club of Platte (Charles Mix County)
    • Clark County Historical Society
    • Clay County Historical Society
    • Codington County Historical Society
    • Custer County Historical Society
    • Douglas County Historical Society
    • Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society
    • Fairfax Historical Society
    • Faith & Area Historical Society
    • Galena Historical Society
    • Harding County Historical Society
    • Hetland Historical Society
    • Hurley Historical Society
    • Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Keystone Area Historical Society
    • Lake County Historical Society
    • Lawrence County Historical Society
    • Lyman County Historical Society
    • Marshall County Historical Society
    • Minnehaha County Historical Society
    • Mitchell Area Historical Society
    • Moody County Historical Society
    • Oelrichs Historical Society
    • Oldham Library and Historical Association
    • Prairie Historical Society
    • Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research
    • Sioux Valley Genealogical Society
    • Spink County Historical Society
    • Tea Historical Society
    • Timber Lake & Area Historical Society
    • Union County Historical Society
    • White Area Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • South Dakota Vital Records from the South Dakota Department of Health
    • Birth Record Search Site for South Dakota Birth Records with birth dates over 100 years
  • South Dakota Vital Records from VitalChek
  • South Dakota Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • CJ's Bookstore
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Higginson Book Company
  • Lakota Books
  • SK Publications South Dakota Census CDs
  • Time Passages: Genealogy of the Dakotas
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