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South Dakota Birth, Marriage, & Death Records
South Dakota Birth Indexes & Birth Records
- US – United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
- US – United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931, index
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016, index
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Church Records, 1875-1993, index links to images
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Birth and death records, 1895-1950 (birth, death)
- Rosebud Agency – Birth and death records, 1900-1946 (Dakota)
- Crow Creek Agency – Birth and death records, 1919-1939 (Dakota, Brulé)
- Sisseton Agency – Birth and death records, 1928-1945 (Sisseton, Wahpeton)
- Standing Rock Agency – Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency] (Dakota)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Family statistics ledger, late 1800’s – early 1900’s (birth, marriage, death, Oglala, Dakota)
- Cheyenne River Agency – Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Dakota)
- South Dakota – Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Brulé, Yanktonai, Dakota)
- Flandreau – Indian census rolls, Flandreau, 1892-1939 (Sioux, birth ,death, census, Santee, Dakota)
- South Dakota – Pioneer certificates (birth, marriage, baptism, death, naturalization, deeds, biographical, genealogy charts)
- Crow Creek Agency – Record of births and deaths–Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1881-1918 (birth, death, Yanktonai)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Supplemental census, all births and deaths, 1946-1948 (census, Oglala, Dakota)
South Dakota Marriage Indexes & Marriage Records
- US – United States Western States Marriage Index, index
- US – United States Marriages, 1733-1990, index
- US – United States, GenealogyBank Historic Newspaper Marriages, 1815-2011, index links to images
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016, index
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Church Records, 1875-1993, index links to images
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- Standing Rock Agency – Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency] (Dakota)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Family statistics ledger, late 1800’s – early 1900’s (birth, marriage, death, Oglala, Dakota)
- Cheyenne River Agency – Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Dakota)
- South Dakota – Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Brulé, Yanktonai, Dakota)
- Rosebud Agency – Marriage licenses, 1906-1917
- Pine Ridge Agency – Marriage records, 1888-1936
- Spotted Tail Agency – Marriage register, 1847-1878 (brands, property, marriage)
- South Dakota – Pioneer certificates (birth, marriage, baptism, death, naturalization, deeds, biographical, genealogy charts)
- Crow Creek Agency – Record of marriage licenses–Crow Creek Agency, 1888-1922 (marriage, Dakota Indians)
South Dakota Death Indexes & Death Records
- US – United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index
- US – United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961, index
- US – United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968, index & images
- US – United States Social Security Death Index, index
- US – United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865, index & images
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Deaths and Burials, index
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Church Records, 1875-1993, index links to images
- Pine Ridge Agency – Agency pension records, 1926-1930 (death dates, pensions, Oglala, Dakota)
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Birth and death records, 1895-1950 (birth, death)
- Rosebud Agency – Birth and death records, 1900-1946 (Dakota)
- Crow Creek Agency – Birth and death records, 1919-1939 (Dakota, Brulé)
- Sisseton Agency – Birth and death records, 1928-1945 (Sisseton, Wahpeton)
- Standing Rock Agency – Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency] (Dakota)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Family statistics ledger, late 1800’s – early 1900’s (birth, marriage, death, Oglala, Dakota)
- Cheyenne River Agency – Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Dakota)
- South Dakota – Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Brulé, Yanktonai, Dakota)
- Flandreau – Indian census rolls, Flandreau, 1892-1939 (Sioux, birth ,death, census, Santee, Dakota)
- Rosebud Agency – List of deaths reported between June 30 and Oct. 1, 1904
- Dakota Territory – Mortality records : persons who died in the year ending 31 May, 1880, Dakota Territory (death)
- South Dakota – Pioneer certificates (birth, marriage, baptism, death, naturalization, deeds, biographical, genealogy charts)
- Crow Creek Agency – Record of births and deaths–Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1881-1918 (birth, death, Yanktonai)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Supplemental census, all births and deaths, 1946-1948 (census, Oglala, Dakota)
Cemeteries
- US – BillionGraves Index, index links to images
- US – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images
- US – Find A Grave Index, index links to images
- US – United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969, index links to images
- US – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
- US – United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
- US – United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
- South Dakota – South Dakota, South Lead City Cemetery, Card Index of Deaths, 1912-1966, index links to images
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, 1940-1941, index links to images
- South Dakota – South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941, index links to images
- South Dakota – Cemeteries in Bertsch, Carbon, Alberta, Canada; North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska
- South Dakota – South Dakota 4-H tombstone inscriptions
- South Dakota – South Dakota grave registration project; cemetery information
- South Dakota – South Dakota graves registration service; field data–veterans
- Forte Meade – Record of burials in Post cemetery, Forte Meade, South Dakota (early days)
Obituaries
- US – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images
- US – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images
- US – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images
- South Dakota – South Dakota obituaries, 2002-2014
Wills & Probate
- Estates-heirships, 1926-1934
- Heirship and estate records, 1908-1920, 1935-1939
- Heirship records, early 1900’s
- Heirships, ca. 1894-1929
- Inherited interests in estates in other agencies
- Inherited interests in estates of the Crow Creek Reservation
- Inherited interests in estates of the Lower Brulé Reservation
- Land records, 1904-1914, 1920-1922
- Probate records, 1902-1942
- South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records, 1873-1935
- South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files, 1880-1937
South Dakota Residence Records
Census
- 1810 – United States Census, 1810, index & images
- 1836 – The first census of the original counties of Dubuque and Demoine (Iowa): taken in July 1836
- 1848-1970 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
- 1850 – United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850, index & images
- 1850 – United States Census, 1850, index & images
- 1860 – Dakota, 1860 federal census
- 1860 – United States Census, 1860, index & images
- 1869-1951 – Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- 1870 – Dakota Territory, 1870 federal census
- 1870 – The 1870 census records of Deuel, Jayne and Hutchinson counties, Dakota Territory
- 1870 – United States Census, 1870, index & images
- 1874-1932 – Census records, 1874-1932
- 1876-1939 – Census records, 1876-1939 [Standing Rock Agency]
- 1877-1942 – Rosebud Agency – Tribal census, 1877-1942 (Dakota Indians)
- 1877-1942 – Spotted Trail Agency – Tribal census, 1877-1942 (Dakota Indians)
- 1877-1942 – Tribal census, 1877-1942
- 1879 – South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970, index & images
- 1880 – Dakota, 1880 federal census
- 1880 – Special census of Indians, 1880
- 1880 – Special census of Indians; Ihanktonwan Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, 1880
- 1880 – Special census of Indians; Rosebud Agency, 1880
- 1880 – United States Census, 1880, index & images
- 1885 – Partial South Dakota portion of the 1885 Dakota Territory census population schedules
- 1885-1917 – Indian census rolls, Santee, 1885-1917
- 1885-1931 – Indian census rolls, Yankton, 1885-1931
- 1885-1940 – United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
- 1885-1940 –United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
- 1886-1942 – Cheyenne River Agency – Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Dakota)
- 1886-1942 – Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942
- 1886-1942 – Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942
- 1886-1942 – South Dakota – Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Brulé, Yanktonai, Dakota)
- 1889 – Lists of males over 18 years of age, 1889
- 1890 – United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index & images
- 1890 – United States Census, 1890, index & images
- 1892-1939 – Flandreau – Indian census rolls, Flandreau, 1892-1939 (Sioux, birth ,death, census, Santee, Dakota)
- 1892-1939 – Indian census rolls, Flandreau, 1892-1939
- 1895 – Partial South Dakota 1895 census population schedules
- 1895 -1940 – Tribal census of the Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1895-1940
- 1900 – South Dakota, 1900 federal census
- 1900 – United States Census, 1900, index & images
- 1900-1940 – United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940
- 1901 – Register of Lower Yanktoniai Sioux families–Crow Creek Agency, ca. 1901
- 1905 – South Dakota State Census, 1905, index & images
- 1905 – State census, 1905
- 1908-1910 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
- 1910 – South Dakota, 1910 federal census
- 1910 – United States Census, 1910, index & images
- 1910-1911, 1921, 1924 – Indian census rolls, Canton Asylum, 1910-1911, 1921 and 1924
- 1915 – South Dakota State Census, 1915, index & images
- 1915 – State census, 1915
- 1920 – South Dakota, 1920 federal census
- 1920 – United States Census, 1920, index & images
- 1925 – South Dakota State Census, 1925, index & images
- 1925 – State census, 1925
- 1926 – Census, 1926
- 1926-1930 – Pine Ridge Agency – Agency pension records, 1926-1930 (death dates, pensions, Oglala, Dakota)
- 1930 – South Dakota, 1930 federal census
- 1930 – United States Census, 1930, index & images
- 1931 – Census of the Yankton Reservation, 1931, and undated
- 1935 – South Dakota State Census, 1935, index & images
- 1935 – State census, 1935
- 1940 – South Dakota, 1940 population census
- 1940 – United States Census, 1940, index & images
- 1945 – South Dakota state census
- 1945 – South Dakota State Census, 1945, index & images
- 1946-1948 – Pine Ridge Agency – Supplemental census, all births and deaths, 1946-1948 (census, Oglala, Dakota)
- 1946-1948 – Supplemental census, all births and deaths, 1946-1948
Directories
- Fox’s who’s who among South Dakotans : a biographical directory of citizens who are prominent in professional, political, business and civic affairs of the state
- Fox’s who’s who among South Dakotans : a biographical directory of citizens who are prominent in professional, political, business and civic affairs of the state
- The Leading business men of Dakota cities : accompanying the map of Dakota territory, name and address
- Truax/Truex in South Dakota telephone directories
- Wolfe’s mercantile guide, gazetteer, and business directory of cities, towns, villages, stations, and government forts, located upon the lines of the following named railroads : Union Pacific, Omaha & Northwestern, Sioux City & Pacific, Omaha & Republican Valley, Colorado Central, Utah Northern, Utah Central, Utah Western, Utah Southern, Bingham Can[y]on & Camp Floyd, Wahsat[c]h & Jordan Valley, and American Fork Railroad and towns in the Blackhills
Emigration/Immigration/Migration
- United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, index
- United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957, index
Land & Property
- United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955
- United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874
- United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932
- United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878
- Grazing assignments, 1928-1950
- Inherited interests in estates of the Lower Brulé Reservation
- Land allotment records, 1904-1944
- Land allotments record books, late 1800’s to early 1900’s
- Land patents, 1912-1920
- Land records, 1887-1936
- Land records, 1904-1914, 1920-1922
- Land records, 1906-1921
- Land transactions, 1914-1939
- Proceedings of Indian council, 1889
- School records, 1930-1936
- Lessor-lessee index
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- Spotted Tail Agency – Marriage register, 1847-1878 (brands, property, marriage)
- South Dakota – Pioneer certificates (birth, marriage, baptism, death, naturalization, deeds, biographical, genealogy charts)
Maps, Almanacs, & Gazetteers
Naturalization & Citizenship
- United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906, index & images
- South Dakota, County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972
- Declaration of intention, 1890-1924
- Declarations of intention, 1851-1911
- Declarations of intention, 1891-1906
- Naturalization records, 1892-1905
- Naturalization records, 1904-1906; petitions and records, 1906-1928
- Naturalization records, 1907-1923
- South Dakota, county naturalization records, 1865-1972
- Territorial journal, 1862-1873; territorial index, 1882-1907
Passports
- United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, index & images
Pensions
- United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
- Pine Ridge Agency – Agency pension records, 1926-1930 (death dates, pensions, Oglala, Dakota)
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
Taxation
Workhouses/Poorhouses/Soldier Homes
South Dakota Daily Life Records
Alumni, Schools, & Yearbooks
- South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970, index & images
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- Family enrollment reports, 1929 and where children went to school
- School census, 1892, 1895, 1910-1912, 1915-1916, 1918-1919, 1926
- School census, 1924-1936
- School records, 1886-1941
- School records, 1922-1939
- School records, 1925-1958
- School records, 1930-1936
- South Dakota, school census and reports, 1879-1970
- South Dakota, school records, 1879-1970
- Waldo presents alumni, former student directory, 1901-1973, Northern State College, Aberdeen, South Dakota
- Yankton Reservation school census of Indian children 1927, 1930-1931
Biography
- South Dakota – Pioneer certificates (birth, marriage, baptism, death, naturalization, deeds, biographical, genealogy charts)
- Fox’s who’s who among South Dakotans : a biographical directory of citizens who are prominent in professional, political, business and civic affairs of the state
- Fox’s who’s who among South Dakotans : a biographical directory of citizens who are prominent in professional, political, business and civic affairs of the state
- Historical data project; pioneer biography files
- History of Dakota Territory
- History of Dakota Territory
- History of South Dakota
- History of South Dakota
- History of the great northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life
- Memorial and biographical record [South Dakota] : an illustrated compendium of biography containing a compendium of local biography..
- Memorial and biographical record [South Dakota] : an illustrated compendium of biography containing a compendium of local biography..
- Memorial and biographical record [South Dakota] : an illustrated compendium of biography containing a compendium of local biography…
- Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography : containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of hundreds of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of central South Dakota…also a compendium of national biography
- Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography [central South Dakota] : containing a compendium of local biography…of central South Dakota…also a compendium of the national biography, containing biographical sketches of hundreds of the greatest men and celebrities America has produced
- Memorial and biographical record, the Black Hills region : an illustrated compendium of biography containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of the Black Hills region…also a compendium of national biography..
- Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs : historical, biographical, and incidental from far-off days, down to the present
- Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs : historical, biographical, and incidental, from far-off days down to the present
- Pioneer certificates
- South Dakota, sui generis : stressing the unique and dramatic in South Dakota history
Centennial Celebrations
Church
- South Dakota, Church Records, 1875-1993, index links to images
- Church records of Rev. Chr. Boettcher, itinerant preacher in Minnesota and Dakota, 1879-1903
- Quaker records: Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota Monthly Meetings
- The Baptist history of South Dakota
- The Baptist history of South Dakota
- Circuit riders of the middle border : a history of Methodism in South Dakota
- History of the Church of the Brethren on the northern plains
- A History of the Covenant Church in the Midwest and Southwest conferences
- Das Klein-Geschichtsbuch der hutterischen Brüder
- Minnesskrift 1858-1908 tillegnad Minnesota-Konferensens af Ev. Luterska Augustana-Synoden 50års jubileum den 7-11 oktober 1908
- Mormon history review
Court
- South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records, 1873-1935
- South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files, 1880-1937
- United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955
- United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874
- United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932
- United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878
Description & Travel
- A Dictionary of Dakota : conveniently arranging a multitude of facts about the resources and capabilities of the great territory soon to become two states
- Outlines of history of the Territory of Dakota, and emigrant’s guide to the free lands of the Northwest
Employees, Officials, & Occupations
- United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
- United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- Record of employees, 1938-1940
- Records of employees, 1879-1914
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Ethnic Records
African American Records
- United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, index links to images
- United States, Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, index & images
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images
Japanese American Records
- United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946, index
- United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images
Native American Records
- United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
- United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
- United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
- United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
- Pine Ridge Agency – Agency pension records, 1926-1930 (death dates, pensions, Oglala, Dakota)
- Cheyenne River Agency – Agency records, 1869-1951 (birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, school, employment, land, pension, Sioux, Cheyenne)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Birth and death records, 1895-1950 (birth, death)
- Rosebud Agency – Birth and death records, 1900-1946 (Dakota)
- Crow Creek Agency – Birth and death records, 1919-1939 (Dakota, Brulé)
- Sisseton Agency – Birth and death records, 1928-1945 (Sisseton, Wahpeton)
- Standing Rock Agency – Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency] (Dakota)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Family statistics ledger, late 1800’s – early 1900’s (birth, marriage, death, Oglala, Dakota)
- Cheyenne River Agency – Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Dakota)
- South Dakota – Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942 (birth, marriage, death, census, Sioux, Brulé, Yanktonai, Dakota)
- Flandreau – Indian census rolls, Flandreau, 1892-1939 (Sioux, birth ,death, census, Santee, Dakota)
- Rosebud Agency – List of deaths reported between June 30 and Oct. 1, 1904
- Rosebud Agency – Marriage licenses, 1906-1917
- Pine Ridge Agency – Marriage records, 1888-1936
- Spotted Tail Agency – Marriage register, 1847-1878 (brands, property, marriage)
- Dakota Territory – Mortality records : persons who died in the year ending 31 May, 1880, Dakota Territory (death)
- Crow Creek Agency – Record of births and deaths–Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1881-1918 (birth, death, Yanktonai)
- Crow Creek Agency – Record of marriage licenses–Crow Creek Agency, 1888-1922 (marriage, Dakota Indians)
- Pine Ridge Agency – Supplemental census, all births and deaths, 1946-1948 (census, Oglala, Dakota)
- Rosebud Agency – Tribal census, 1877-1942 (Dakota Indians)
- Spotted Trail Agency – Tribal census, 1877-1942 (Dakota Indians)
- Agency records, 1872-1920
- Agency records, 1960-1970
- Annuity payrolls for the Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1894-1933
- Annuity payrolls of the Lower Brule Sioux, 1892-1933
- Annuity payrolls, 1913-1914
- Annuity rolls, 1890-1932
- Annuity rolls, 1907-1931
- Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency]
- Census matters, 1927-1931
- Census of the Yankton Reservation, 1931, and undated
- Census records, 1874-1932
- Census records, 1876-1939 [Standing Rock Agency]
- Census, 1926
- Court proceedings and Indian genealogies, 1910
- Economic survey of the Lower Brulé Reservation, 1937
- Estates-heirships, 1926-1934
- Family enrollment reports, 1929 and where children went to school
- Family statistics ledger, late 1800’s – early 1900’s
- Final roll certifications, 1921
- Grazing assignments, 1928-1950
- Heirship and estate records, 1908-1920, 1935-1939
- Heirship records, early 1900’s
- Historical data and tribal council records, early 1900’s
- Indian census rolls, Canton Asylum, 1910-1911, 1921 and 1924
- Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942
- Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942
- Indian census rolls, Flandreau, 1892-1939
- Indian census rolls, Santee, 1885-1917
- Indian census rolls, Yankton, 1885-1931
- Indians of the Dakotas
- Indians transferred from Standing Rock Agency to Rosebud Agency, 1881-1882
- Indians with Jordan’s, Buffalo Bill’s and Pawnee Bill’s shows, 1894
- Inherited interests in estates in other agencies
- Inherited interests in estates of the Crow Creek Reservation
- Inherited interests in estates of the Lower Brulé Reservation
- Land allotment records, 1904-1944
- Land patents, 1912-1920
- Land records, 1887-1936
- Land records, 1904-1914, 1920-1922
- Land transactions, 1914-1939
- The last days of the Sioux Nation
- Lessor-lessee index
- Letters sent to the Office of Indian Affairs by the agents or superintendents at the Pine Ridge Agency, 1875-1914
- List of deaths reported between June 30 and Oct. 1, 1904
- List of Indian names
- List of Indians drawing beef on the hoof and Indians to whom heifers were issued
- List of males over 18, undated
- Lists of males over 18 years of age, 1889
- Marriage licenses, 1906-1917
- Marriage records, 1888-1936
- Marriage register, 1847-1878
- Military records, 1944-1945
- Miscellaneous listings, early 1900’s
- Notes on the life of Crazy Horse (Oglala Sioux)
- Probate records, 1902-1942
- Proceedings of Indian council, 1889
- Ration books, 1892-1906
- Record of births and deaths–Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1881-1918
- Record of employees, 1938-1940
- Record of marriage licenses–Crow Creek Agency, 1888-1922
- Record of rations issued, 1877-1908
- Records of employees, 1879-1914
- Records of the Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1813-1878
- Register of Lower Yanktoniai Sioux families–Crow Creek Agency, ca. 1901
- Registers of Indian families, 1894-1902
- Reports and correspondence relating to the Army investigations of the battle at Wounded Knee and to the Sioux campaign of 1890-1891
- School census, 1892, 1895, 1910-1912, 1915-1916, 1918-1919, 1926
- School census, 1924-1936
- School records, 1886-1941
- School records, 1904-1933
- School records, 1906-1937
- School records, 1922-1939
- School records, 1925-1958
- School records, 1930-1936
- Special census of Indians, 1880
- Special census of Indians; Ihanktonwan Sioux, Crow Creek Agency, 1880
- Special census of Indians; Rosebud Agency, 1880
- Supplemental census, all births and deaths, 1946-1948
- Supplies & stores transported from the Mo. River by Indian train & freighters, 1878-1881
- Three years among the Indians in Dakota
- Tribal adoptions, 1905-1923
- Tribal census of the Lower Brule Reservation, 1919-1940
- Tribal census of the Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1895-1940
- Tribal census, 1877-1942
- Tribal relations, 1898-1936
- Wotanin Waste : Good news
- Yankton Reservation school census of Indian children 1927, 1930-1931
- Blue Cloud quarterly, 1966, 1968-1973
- FIS newsletter, 1967-1973
- Flandreau spirit, 1971-1973
- News report and bulletin, 1955-1973
- Red Cloud country : the home of the Oglala Sioux Indians, 1963-1973
Minorities
Genealogy
- South Dakota – Pioneer certificates (birth, marriage, baptism, death, naturalization, deeds, biographical, genealogy charts)
- Court proceedings and Indian genealogies, 1910
- Family enrollment reports, 1929 and where children went to school
- Family statistics ledger, late 1800’s – early 1900’s
- Miscellaneous genealogical records from South Dakota
- Pioneer certificates
- Prairie progress in west central South Dakota, 1968
- Registers of Indian families, 1894-1902
- Black Hills nuggets
- South Dakota Genealogical Society quarterly
- Tree climber : newsletter of the Aberdeen Area Genealogical Society
Government & Politics
- History and government of South Dakota
- South Dakota legislative manual
- South Dakota legislative manual
History
- Black Hills nuggets, commemorative edition, 1776-1876-1976 : United States of America bicentennial, Black Hills of South Dakota centennial
- The Black Hills trails : a history of the struggles of the pioneers in the winning of the Black Hills
- A brief history of South Dakota
- Frontier and Indian life and kaleidoscopic lives
- History and government of South Dakota
- History of Dakota Territory
- History of Dakota Territory
- History of South Dakota
- History of South Dakota
- A history of South Dakota : from earliest times
- History of the great northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life
- The Minnesota : forgotten river
- Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs : historical, biographical, and incidental from far-off days, down to the present
- Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs : historical, biographical, and incidental, from far-off days down to the present
- Outlines of history of the Territory of Dakota, and emigrant’s guide to the free lands of the Northwest
- Some pioneers and pilgrims on the prairies of Dakota : or from ox team to the aeroplane
- South Dakota : fifty years of progress, 1889-1939 (with picture section) containing articles by prominent authorities – reviewing a half century of development, in commemoration of fifty years of statehood
- South Dakota de luxe supplement to the History of Dakota Territory and South Dakota: its history and its people
- South Dakota in World War II : an account of the various activities of the people of South Dakota during the period of World War II, both in South Dakota and where South Dakotans and South Dakota units were active throughout the world
- South Dakota under four flags
- South Dakota’s Hutterite colonies, 1874-1969
- South Dakota, sui generis : stressing the unique and dramatic in South Dakota history
- The sunshine state; a history of South Dakota
- South Dakota historical collections
- South Dakota historical collections
- The Wi-iyohi : monthly bulletin of the South Dakota Historical Society
- Wi-iyohi index
- Major James McLaughlin papers, 1855-1937
- The Black Hills South Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918-1919
- Grant County, South Dakota, in the World War : 1917-1918-1919
- South Dakota in World War II: an account of the various activities of the people of South Dakota during the period of World War II, both in South Dakota and where South Dakotans and South Dakota units were active throughout the world
Libraries, Museums, & Archives
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 02, Federal Courts, no. 40, South Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 03, Department of the Treasury, no. 40, South Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 04, Department of War, no. 40, South Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 07, Department of the Navy, no. 40, South Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 17, Miscellaneous agencies, no. 40, South Dakota
Magazines & Periodicals
Medical
Names & Surnames
- South Dakota – Pioneer certificates (birth, marriage, baptism, death, naturalization, deeds, biographical, genealogy charts)
- List of Indian names
Newspapers
Public Records
- United States Public Records, 1970-2009, index
- Agency pension records, 1926-1930
- Annuity payrolls for the Lower Yanktonai Sioux, 1894-1933
- Annuity payrolls, 1913-1914
- Annuity rolls, 1890-1932
- Annuity rolls, 1907-1931
- Black Pipe Sioux transferred from Pine Ridge Agency ca. 1892
- Letters received by the Department of Justice from the Territory of Dakota, 1871-1884
- List of Indians drawing beef on the hoof and Indians to whom heifers were issued
- List of males over 18, undated
- Ration books, 1892-1906
- Report of the Territorial Auditor to the Governor of Dakota Territory, and the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota : for the period commencing December 1, 1888, and ending November 4, 1889
- Supplies & stores transported from the Mo. River by Indian train & freighters, 1878-1881
Societies
- The American Legion in South Dakota : first quarter century
- Grand Army of the Republic (South Dakota) collection
- South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic membership records, 1861-1941
South Dakota Military Records
- United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
- United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images
- United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images
- United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
- United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images
- United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images
- United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
- South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, 1940-1941, index links to images
- South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941, index links to images
- United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
- United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
- United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
- United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969, index links to images
- Indians in military service, 1918-1940
- Military records, 1944-1945
- South Dakota graves registration service; field data–veterans
Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
- United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images
- United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index & images
- United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875
Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
- United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index & images
- United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images
US Civil War
- United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index links to images
- United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images
- South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1941, index & images
- South Dakota – Dakota Territory Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images
- Grand Army of the Republic (South Dakota) collection
- South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic membership records, 1861-1941
- Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the territory of Dakota
- South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic membership records, 1861-1941
- Grand Army of the Republic (South Dakota) collection
- South Dakota, Grand Army of the Republic membership records, 1861-1941
- United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866
- United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866
- United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865
- United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Indian Wars
- United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images
World War I
- United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images
- South Dakota, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919
- South Dakota, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918
- The Black Hills South Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918-1919
- Grant County, South Dakota, in the World War : 1917-1918-1919
World War II
- United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index
- United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images
- South Dakota, military records : World War II 4th draft registration cards, 1942
- South Dakota in World War II : an account of the various activities of the people of South Dakota during the period of World War II, both in South Dakota and where South Dakotans and South Dakota units were active throughout the world
South Dakota Modern Helps
Family Search Articles
- Guided Research
- How to Find Birth Records
- How to Find Marriage Records
- How to Find Death Records
- Step-by-Step South Dakota Research:
- Research Strategies
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