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
- 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

United States Resources: South Dakota

ROOTS-L Databases and Files

Other South Dakota Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

Other South Dakota Genealogy and History Pages

General Resources

Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

Cemeteries

Ethnic and Religious

Local History and Information

Maps and Gazetteers

Military

Photographs

Societies, Historical and Genealogical

Vital Records

Commercial