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=== Availability === | === Availability === | ||
Prior to statehood, probate records were kept by the Territorial Probate Court. Contact the Archives Division of the [http:// | Prior to statehood, probate records were kept by the Territorial Probate Court. Contact the Archives Division of the [http://history.sd.gov/Archives/ South Dakota Historical Society] for copies of territorial probate records. | ||
Probate records are presently kept by the [[ | Probate records are presently kept by the [[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. | ||