This is a list of South Dakota Probate Records online and may include estates, wills, guardianships, lists of assets, death dates, names of heirs and other family members, and more. Probate records are one place to search for substitute death records because they record how a deceased person’s estate was handled and will usually include a death date or possibly a death certificate.

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South Dakota Probate Records online at federal and state level

South Dakota – Probate Records – , at FSEstates-heirships, 1926-1934, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Heirship and estate records, 1908-1920, 1935-1939, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Heirship records, early 1900’s, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Heirships, ca. 1894-1929, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Inherited interests in estates in other agencies, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Inherited interests in estates of the Crow Creek Reservation, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Inherited interests in estates of the Lower Brulé Reservation, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Land records, 1904-1914, 1920-1922, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – Probate records, 1902-1942, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records, 1873-1935, at FS

South Dakota – Probate Records – South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files, 1880-1937, at FS

South Dakota Probate Records online at the county level

Lawrence County – Probate Records – South Dakota, Lawrence County, Probate Case Records, 1919-1928, at FS

Minnehaha County – Probate Records – South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1873-1935, at FS

Minnehaha County – Probate Records – South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records, 1873-1885, at FS

Minnehaha County – Probate Records – South Dakota, Minnehaha County, Probate Case Records, 1873-1935, at FS

Pennington County – Probate Records – South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files : COLLECTION RECORD, 1880-1937, at FS

Pennington County – Probate Records – South Dakota, Pennington County Probate Case Files, 1880-1937, at FS