Roberts County, South Dakota Genealogy

United States South Dakota  Roberts County

Roberts County, South Dakota genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Roberts County Courthouse 411 2nd Ave East Sisseton, SD 57262 Phone: 605.698.7152 Clerk Courts has birth, death, burial, records from 1905, marriage and divorce records from 1890, probaate and court records from 1889; Register of Deeds has land records

Parent County
1883--Roberts County was created 8 March 1883 from Grant County and Sisseton/Indian Reserve. County seat: Sisseton

Indian Reservation
A portion of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation is in Roberts County. The remainder of the reservation is in Marshall, Day, and Codington Counties in South Dakota and in Richland and Sargent Counties in North Dakota.

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Stone County, Minnesota
 * Day
 * Grant
 * Marshall
 * Richland County, North Dakota
 * Sargent County, North Dakota
 * Traverse County, Minnesota

Census
1905, 1915, 1925 State Censuses --Unique information could include: Ethnic Background, Maiden Name, Church Affiliation &amp; Military Service

  1905 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1915 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1925 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1935 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

  1945 state census with images can be viewed free at FamilySearch Record Search

Lutheran

 * Records of Trondhjem Lutheran Church, Roberts County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.