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Online South Dakota Death Records & Indexes
A Genealogy Guide for Finding Obituaries, Cemetery Burials and Death Records
Online South Dakota Death Indexes 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 State Archives Surname Research Form: Newspapers Index
indexes birth, marriage, death, and other notices in South Dakota newspapers up to about early 2017; not complete
South Dakota Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County
Clark County Death Index, 1885-1920
Corson County: Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Vital Records, 1880-1942
at FamilySearch; includes birth, marriage and death records
Davison County Cemeteries
Hand County, South Dakota Obituaries and Death Notices From Early Newspapers
Lake County...
Lake County: Obituaries Index for the Madison Daily Leader, 1930-recent
Lake County Cemetery Burials
Lawrence County...
Lawrence County: City of Deadwood Cemetery Burials
for Mt. Moriah Cemetery and Saint Ambrose Catholic Cemetery
Lawrence County: South Lead City Cemetery, Card Index of Deaths, 1912-1966
from FamilySearch
Minnehaha County...
Minnehaha County: Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
Minnehaha County: Woodlawn Cemetery Burials
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Moody County Historical Society Cemetery Database
(PDF)
Pennington County and Rapid City...
Pennington County: Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research - Online Indexes
includes: Rapid City Journal Obituaries Index, 1966-2016; Funeral Home Indexes; and Cemetery Burials
South Dakota, Obituaries Card Index, 1870–1997
digitized images from FamilySearch
South Dakota, Extractions of Vital Statistics, 1876-1927
digitized images from FamilySearch
The above two databases appear to be extracted from Rapid City newspapers.
Also Helpful...
Where to Write for Vital Records - South Dakota
(fees and restrictions apply)
South Dakota Birth Index
for births over 100 years old
South Dakota Department of Health Index to Births, 1843-1914; and Marriages, 1950-2016
at FamilySearch
South Dakota Genealogy Records at Ancestry
(requires payment)
includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records and more
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