Online South Dakota Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online South Dakota Death Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials

South Dakota Death Index, 1879-1955 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription) coverage varies prior to July 1905

South Dakota WPA Grave Surveys, Pre-1940s (These are not complete listings of all South Dakota burials in this time frame.)
- South Dakota State Archives - WPA Cemeteries Search pre-1940s
- FamilySearch WPA Cemetery Records (These two databases can be searched online with free registration. To view the images you must be at a Family History Center or FamilySearch affiliate library.)
  - South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, Gathered by the WPA in 1940 and 1941 at FamilySearch
  - South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, Gathered by the WPA in 1940 and 1941 at FamilySearch
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

South Dakota Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

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Online South Dakota Death Records & Indexes