South Dakota Archives and Libraries

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The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.



Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in South Dakota
South Dakota State Archives· Library of South Dakota· National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)· Family History Library

South Dakota Archives
South Dakota State Archives 900 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501 Phone: (605) 773-3804 Fax: (605) 773-6041 Website [mailto:archref@state.sd.us/ Email]

The South Dakota Archives collects, appraises, accessions, describes, organizes, preserves, determines significance, and makes available manuscript collections, South Dakota state, county, and town government records, photographs, maps, and other archival materials which have permanent historical and research value. National Archives at Denver 17101 Huron Street Broomfield, CO 80023 Telephone: 303-604-4740 Fax: 303-407-5707 Website [mailto:denver.archives@nara.gov/ Email]


 * Records include:


 * Census Records
 * Ethnic Heritage
 * Military Service Records
 * Immigration Records
 * Naturalization Records

National Archives—Central Plains Region (Kansas City) 400 West Pershing Road Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone: (816) 268-8000 Website Records include:
 * Census Records
 * Ethnic Heritage
 * Military Service Records
 * Immigration Records
 * Naturalization Records

University of South Dakota I.D. Weeks Library 414 E. Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 Phone: (605) 677-5371 Fax: (605) 677-5488 Website [mailto:weeksref@usd.edu/ Email]

Center for Western Studies P.O. Box 727 Augustana College Sioux Falls, SD 57197 Phone: (605) 336-4921 Fax: (605) 336-5447 Website To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of South Dakota counties, use the nine inventories of county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has copies of most of these inventories.

Websites
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from South Dakota in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:


 * USGenWeb A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.


 * Roots-L A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.


 * FamilySearch™ FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.