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Prior to statehood, probate records were kept by the Territorial Probate Court. Contact the Archives Division of the [http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/archives.htm South Dakota Historical Society] for copies of territorial probate records. | Prior to statehood, probate records were kept by the Territorial Probate Court. Contact the Archives Division of the [http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/archives.htm South Dakota Historical Society] for copies of territorial probate records. | ||
Probate records are presently kept by the district county courts. | Probate records are presently kept by the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/South_Dakota_Court_Records district county courts]. South Dakota probate records include probate proceedings, petitions, affidavits, orders for sales, reports of sales, administrators' and executors' bonds, guardianship papers, wills, and letters of administration. | ||
The Family History Library does not have copies of South Dakota probate records. You can obtain copies from the clerk's office in the various district county courthouses. | The Family History Library does not have copies of South Dakota probate records. You can obtain copies from the clerk's office in the various district county courthouses. | ||