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Online South Dakota Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide

Online South Dakota Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries

South Dakota Death Index 1905-1955 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)

South Dakota State Archives - WPA Cemeteries Search pre-1940s (not complete)
South Dakota Gravestone Photos (ongoing project)

South Dakota Obituaries Archive (recent) (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Aberdeen American News Obituaries 2001-Current & Aberdeen Farm Forum Obituaries 5/27/2005-Current (Brown County)
- Pierre Capital Journal Obituaries 12/11/2007-Current (Hughes County)
- Rapid City Journal Obituaries 5/2/2000-Current (Pennington County)
- And more South Dakota newspapers

Clark County Genealogy: Cemeteries, Death Index 1885-1920, and Other Indexes
Hand County, South Dakota Obits & Death Notices From Early Newspapers
Lake County: Obituary Index of the Madison Daily Leader 1930-present also has a link to Lake County cemetery burials
Lawrence County: Mt. Moriah Cemetery Burials (City of Deadwood)
Minnehaha County: Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
Moody County Historical Society Cemetery Database (PDF file)
Pennington County: Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research - Online Indexes includes: Rapid City Journal Obituaries Index 1970-2010 and Behrens' Mortuary Indexes 1879-1971

South Dakota Dept of Health - Ordering Vital Records by mail (fees and restrictions apply)

Also Helpful...

South Dakota Birth Index for births over 100 years old (beginning with 1856)
South Dakota Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories

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