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South Dakota is a state
located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. It
is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian
tribes. South Dakota was carved out of the southern half of the Dakota
Territory and admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889.
Centrally-located Pierre is the state capital
and Sioux
Falls is the state's largest city. As of 2008, South Dakota had an
estimated population of 804,194. South Dakota is bisected by the Missouri
River, dividing the state into two socioeconomically distinct
halves, known to residents as "West River" and "East River". Fertile
soil in the eastern part of the state is used to grow a variety of crops,
while ranching
is the predominant agricultural activity in the west. The Black
Hills, a group of low pine-covered mountains, is located in the
southwest part of the state. The area is of great religious importance to
local American Indian tribes. Mount
Rushmore is a major state tourist
destination in the Black Hills.
Historically dominated by an agricultural economy and a rural lifestyle,
South Dakota has recently sought to diversify its economy to attract and
retain residents. However, it is still largely rural and has the fifth-lowest
population density
among U.S. states. |
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GENEALOGICAL
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South Dakota State Archives, Cultural Heritage
Center, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217 Hours: 9-4:30
Mon.-Fri. and first Sat. of each month. Call (605) 773-3804. www.sdhistory.org/arc/archives.htm
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Phone: (605) 773-3804; Fax: (605) 773-6041; E-Mail: [email protected] ·
Historical
Museum Guide for South Dakota (Source: Census
Finder) ·
South
Dakota Genealogy Records (Source: The
Records Project)
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South
Dakota Public Libraries (Source: Public Libraries Library
Directory) |
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Association of South Dakota Museums
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The
Historical Society of the United States Courts in the Eighth Circuit
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Jewish Historical Society
of the Upper Midwest ·
Preserve South Dakota
Protecting South Dakota's Historic Treasures ·
South Dakota Chapter
The Mayflower Society |
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South Dakota State
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HISTORICAL
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Aurora
Beadle
Bon Homme
Brookings
Brown
Brule
Buffalo
Butte
Campbell
Charles Mix
Clark
Clay
Codington
Corson
Custer
Davison
Day
Deuel
Dewey
Douglas
Edmunds
Fall River
Faulk
Grant
Gregory
Haakon
Hamlin
Hand
Hanson
Harding
Hughes
Hutchinson
Hyde
Jackson
Jerauld
Jones
Kingsbury
Lake
Lawrence
Lincoln
Lyman
Marshall
McCook
McPherson
Meade
Mellette
Miner
Minnehaha
Moody
Pennington
Perkins
Potter
Roberts
Sanborn
Shannon
Spink
Stanley
Sully
Todd
Tripp
Turner
Union
Walworth
Yankton
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The
following are surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or
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To find out more about
each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information
regarding these surnames may also be found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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Use this free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" |
that will
likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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The following named counties are associated with
the history of our DIRECT ancestors.
To select a specific ancestral county, click on the following link.
Here you will find additional links to our county pages where you can obtain
information about our family gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of
persons, in our database, who have lived in the selected county. |
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Resources
which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are
almost as important as their names.
The LINK |
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the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers, and other helpful resources
that will assist you in discovering Ancestral Locations. |
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The links below may assist you
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The following Links will take you to
gazetteers that identify places within this U.S. State. These resources feature profiles of cities,
towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions.
In addition this site contains maps, data and directions for a wide
variety of physical, cultural and historic features. |
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South Dakota
Cities - profiles of 920 South Dakota cities, towns & neighborhoods South Dakota Physical Features such as lakes,
islands & steams South Dakota Cultural Features such as schools,
parks, hospitals & airports South Dakota Civil Features such as Native
Areas and Political Subdivisions |
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Clicking on
a Link
(below) will take you to the County’s website. Here you will find additional links to more
information specific to that location.
The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects, at the national level, that
were created to collect and disseminate data that goes beyond county and
state lines. |
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Wikipedia is a multilingual,
Web-based,
free-content
encyclopedia
project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Clicking on a Link (below) will take you to the Wikipedia
article about the county. Here you will find additional links to guide the
user to related pages with additional information. |
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The Google search engine button
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with additional information to assist with your research about this
U. S. State. |
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium > Genealogy
> USA ·
Ancestry.com
(Reference Materials & Finding Aids) |
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Cyndi's List - United States Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers - British Isles & North America ·
Libweb - Libraries
on the Web ·
50states.com - States and Capitals |
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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