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=== Online Resources ===
*[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]]
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6247 South Dakota, Territorial Census, 1885] Index and images ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6120 South Dakota, State Census, 1895] Index and images ($)
*{{RecordSearch|1477737|South Dakota, State Census, 1905}} index and images. Also at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/south-dakota-state-census-1905 FindMyPast], ($), index/images, and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60159 Ancestry.com], ($), index/images, and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30048/south-dakota-state-census-1905?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index/images
*{{RecordSearch|1476041|South Dakota, State Census, 1915}} index and images. Also at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/south-dakota-state-census-1915 FindMyPast], ($), index/images, and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60160 Ancestry.com], ($), index/images, and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30046/south-dakota-state-census-1915?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index/images
*{{RecordSearch|1476077|South Dakota, State Census, 1925}} index and images. Also at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/south-dakota-state-census-1925 FindMyPast], ($), index/images, and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60161 Ancestry.com], ($), index/images, and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30047/south-dakota-state-census-1925?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index/images
*{{RecordSearch|1614831|South Dakota, State Census, 1935}} index and images. Also at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/south-dakota-state-census-1935 FindMyPast], ($), index/images, and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60162 Ancestry.com], ($), index/images, and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30167/south-dakota-state-census-1935?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index/images
*{{RecordSearch|1747589|South Dakota, State Census, 1945}} index and images. Also at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/south-dakota-state-census-1945 FindMyPast], ($), index/images, and [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60163 Ancestry.com], ($), index/images, and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30215/south-dakota-state-census-1945?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index/images


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South Dakota Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
South Dakota Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources
Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.
  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

South Dakota State Censuses Online[edit | edit source]

Wiki artictes describing online collections are found at:

Online South Dakota indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online South Dakota

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library
1940 N/A 1910 1870 
1930 1900 and Soundex 1860
1920 and Soundex 1880 and Soundex


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624  1870 M593         1840 M704
1930 T626 1900 T623 and Soundex T1071 1860 M653 1830 M19
1920 T625 and Soundex M1587 1890 fragments M407 and index M496 1820 M33
  1880 T9   Soundex T740    

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

Template:Adoption SDGenWeb For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of South Dakota, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for South Dakota

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1890 Veterans - - Link Link Link
1885 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality (Lost) - - - - -
1860 Mortality - - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indian Census Rolls
Supplemental census, births and deaths,1946-1948 Indian census rolls, Crow Creek, 1886-1942
Census of Yankton Reservation, 1931 Tribal census, 1886-1942
Indian census rolls,  1910,1911,1921,1924 Indian census rolls, Yankton, 1885-1931
Register of Lower Yantonai Sioux families, ca.1901 Indian census rolls, Santee, 1885-1917
Tribal census of the Lower Yantonai Sioux, 1895-1940 Tribal census, 1877
Indian census rolls, Flandreau, 1892-1939 Census records, 1876-1939
Lists of males over 18 years of age, 1889 Census records, 1874-1932
Indian census rolls, Cheyenne River, 1886-1942

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of South Dakota, click here.

State and territorial censuses[edit | edit source]

South Dakota often took censuses in the years before and between the federal censuses, the dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.

South Dakota (Dakota Territory 1861-1889) state, territorial, and colonial censuses[1][2]
Exact Date Population Schedules
1945 Exist
1935 Exist
1925 Exist
1915 Exist
1905 Exist
1895 Exist for only the counties of Beadle, Brule, Pratt (now Jones), Presho (now Lyman), Campbell, and Charles Mix.
1885 a Federal census of Dakota Territory; see the chart above for details.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing South Dakota censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 103.
  2. Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 58-59, 72.