Are you just beginning your ancestry research in South Dakota? Why not hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search? South Dakota became a U.S. state on July 10, 1890 and many types of records including land deeds, family wills, military records, family histories, and vital records are widely available for more than 120 years of the state's history. Contact our researchers today and learn how we might help you with your family tree search.

Many ethnic groups and nationalities settled or lived in South Dakota in the past including Native American tribes like
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South Dakota is an exciting state to do research in because
of the extensive and high quality records available to the professional genealogist at the various libraries, county courthouses, archives, and other repositories located throughout the state, and at places like the LDS Family History Library in Utah. Contact our genealogists today to learn how we might help you with your genealogy search in South Dakota using many of these great records and resources.

If you would like a professional genealogist to undertake a tailor-made genealogy search for you and your family, please contact us today to learn more about our unique ancestry research services. Our researchers are looking forward to assisting you with your South Dakota family tree search. Genealogy research can be carried out for you in all South Dakota towns, cities, and counties.

Our South Dakota genealogy research team consists of expert genealogists who live and work in Cheyenne (doing research at the South Dakota State Archives, etc.), another group that works in the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C. (at places like the U.S. National Archives and Library of Congress), and a third team of researchers that works full time at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The records collection of the Family History Library is the single most important resource for family tree research since it consists of literally billions of genealogy records from all parts of the globe, making it the largest and most important collection of genealogical information available in the world. Included in the Family History Library's collections are literally millions of genealogical records related to the state of South Dakota which can be a great help to your ancestry search. Click here to read what our clients are saying about our genealogists and our unique family tree research services.

Did you know that millions of genealogy
records are NOT available on the internet?

Many people are unaware that many important records which are crucial to their family tree search cannot be found online. Many South Dakota records, for example, are only available to researchers who physically visit repositories at the local level in South Dakota, at the federal level in Washington, D.C., or at the LDS Family History Library in Utah. Our genealogy researchers have access to all of these records and are ready to assist you with your genealogy search in South Dakota. So, if you have limited your past family tree research to exhaustive internet searches at Ancestry.com, Rootsweb, and other online databases and web sites, you may have reached a brick wall because you're missing out on the literal gold mine 
of records available to our genealogists on microfilm, in books,
and in other published works at these important locations.

    Many genealogical records related to your ancestry search, important records like family wills, court records, obituaries, death certificates, military records and land deeds are generally not available online and can only be obtained by mailing research requests to places like local public libraries or cemeteries, or by visiting the LDS Family History Library in Utah. These records are critical to any comprehensive ancestry search and should not be overlooked if high quality and thorough research results are to be achieved during your project. For these and other reasons, it's sometimes a great idea to hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search.

Because of the time and expense involved in doing your own research, it is often a great help to enlist the services of a professional genealogist who can undertake this hard work on your behalf, saving you hundreds of hours of time and money in the process. We know where to go to get the records you're looking for, we have people on the ground in the places of interest to you, we get fantastic results for our clients, and we love what we do! Hire a genealogist today and let us help you uncover the secrets of your family's past by allowing us to create an ancestry search that is custom made for you and your family.

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"Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history" -Cicero (106-43 B.C.

Family Tree Research - South Dakota (*If you don't know exact dates, please state circa 1880, 1881, etc.) Current genealogy research goals (i.e. trace ancestors, find family, etc.) Full name of ancestor Date of birth of ancestor Birthplace of ancestor Marriage date of ancestor Marriage place of ancestor Spouse's name (If more than one please give details) Ancestor's siblings' names Ancestor's children's names Additional details about ancestor(s) which might be helpful Type of ancestry research you have conducted in the past Home phone number where you can reached Mobile number Please send the information above to helpdesk@mygenealogist.com If you'd like to speak to a professional genealogist today about your  ancestry research in South Dakota, please feel free contact us: 1-800-416-3497 (USA and Canada) We are looking forward to helping you trace your genealogy and family history in South Dakota. Thanks so much for visiting MyGenealogist.com!

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County	Formation Date	County Seat	Origin
Aurora County	1881	Plankinton	Cragin and Wetmore counties
Beadle County	1879	Huron	Buchard, Clark, Kingsbury, and Spink counties
Bennett County	1909	Martin	Lugenbeel, Shannon, Washabaugh, and Washington counties
Bon Homme County	1862	Tyndall	Unorganized territory
Brookings County	1862	Brookings	Unorganized territory
Brown County	1879	Aberdeen	Beadle County
Brule County	1875	Chamberlain	Charles Mix County
Buffalo County	1873	Gann Valley	Unorganized territory
Butte County	1883	Belle Fourche	Harding County
Campbell County	1873	Mound City	Buffalo County
Charles Mix County	1862	Lake Andes	Unorganized territory
Clark County	1873	Clark	Hanson County
Clay County	1862	Vermillion	Unorganized territory
Codington County	1877	Watertown	Indian lands
Corson County	1909	McIntosh	Indian lands
Custer County	1875	Custer	Indian lands
Davison County	1873	Mitchell	Hanson County
Day County	1879	Webster	Clark County
Deuel County	1862	Clear Lake	Brookings County
Dewey County	1873	Timber Lake	Armstrong County and Indian lands
Douglas County	1873	Armour	Charles Mix County
Edmunds County	1873	Ipswich	Buffalo County
Fall River County	1883	Hot Springs	Custer County
Faulk County	1873	Faulkton	Unorganized lands
Grant County	1873	Milbank	Codington and Deuel counties
Gregory County	1862	Burke	Unorganized territory
Haakon County	1914	Philip	Stanley County
Hamlin County	1873	Hayti	Deuel County
Hand County	1873	Miller	Buffalo County
Hanson County	1873	Alexandria	Buffalo & Deuel counties
Harding County	1909	Buffalo	Unorganized lands
Hughes County	1880	Pierre	Buffalo County
Hutchinson County	1862	Olivet	Unorganized territory
Hyde County	1873	Highmore	Buffalo County
Jackson County	1914	Kadoka	Stanley County
Jerauld County	1883	Wessington Springs	Aurora County
Jones County	1916	Murdo	Lyman County
Kingsbury County	1873	De Smet	Hanson County
Lake County	1873	Madison	Brookings and Hanson counties
Lawrence County	1875	Deadwood	Unorganized territory
Lincoln County	1867	Canton	Unorganized territory
Lyman County	1873	Kennebec	Unorganized territory
Marshall County	1885	Britton	Day County
McCook County	1873	Salem	Hanson County
McPherson County	1873	Leola	Buffalo County
Meade County	1889	Sturgis	Lawrence County
Mellette County	1909	White River	Lyman County
Miner County	1873	Howard	Hanson County
Minnehaha County	1862	Sioux Falls	Unorganized territory
Moody County	1873	Flandreau	Brookings and Minnehaha counties
Pennington County	1875	Rapid City	Unorganized territory
Perkins County	1909	Bison	Butte and Harding counties
Potter County	1875	Gettysburg	Buffalo County
Roberts County	1883	Sisseton	Grant County
Sanborn County	1883	Woonsocket	Miner County
Shannon County	1875	Hot Springs	Fall River County
Spink County	1873	Redfield	Hanson County
Stanley County	1873	Fort Pierre	Unorganized territory
Sully County	1873	Onida	Potter County
Todd County	1909	Winner	Meyer and Tripp counties
Tripp County	1873	Winner	Unorganized territory
Turner County	1871	Parker	Lincoln County
Union County	1862	Elk Point	Unorganized territory
Walworth County	1873	Selby	Buffalo County
Yankton County	1862	Yankton	Unorganized territory
Ziebach County	1911	Dupree	Armstrong, Schnasse, and Sterling counties

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