This project is part of the State of South Dakota Portal.=

About the Project

Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from South Dakota. You can add profiles for:

• People born in South Dakota
• People who lived in South Dakota
• People who died in South Dakota

When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit.

If you have projects related specifically to South Dakota, like projects for towns or families centered within the county, you can also add those.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or general thoughts to share, please use the "Discussions" link at the upper right corner of the page.

County listing

• South Dakota Counties and County Seats
• Aurora County - Plankinton
• Beadle County - Huron
• Bennett County - Martin
• Bon Homme County - Tyndall
• Brookings County - Brookings
• Brown County - Aberdeen
• Brule County - Chamberlain
• Buffalo County - Gann Valley
• Butte County - Belle Fourche
• Campbell County - Mound City
• Charles Mix County - Lake Andes
• Clark County - Clark
• Clay County - Vermillion
• Codington County - Watertown
• Corson County - McIntosh
• Custer County - Custer
• Davison County - Mitchell
• Day County - Webster
• Deuel County - Clear Lake
• Dewey County - Timber Lake
• Douglas County - Armour
• Edmunds County - Ipswich
• Fall River County - Hot Springs
• Faulk County - Faulkton
• Grant County - Milbank
• Gregory County - Burke
• Haakon County - Philip
• Hamlin County - Hayti
• Hand County - Miller
• Hanson County - Alexandria
• Harding County - Buffalo
• Hughes County - Pierre
• Hutchinson County - Olivet Hyde County - Highmore
• Jackson County - Kadoka
• Jerauld County - Wessington Springs
• Jones County - Murdo
• Kingsbury County - De Smet
• Lake County - Madison
• Lawrence County - Deadwood
• Lincoln County - Canton
• Lyman County - Kennebec
• Marshall County - Britton
• McCook County - Salem
• McPherson County - Leola
• Meade County - Sturgis
• Mellette County - White River
• Miner County - Howard
• Minnehaha County - Sioux Falls
• Moody County - Flandreau
• Pennington County - Rapid City
• Perkins County - Bison
• Potter County - Gettysburg
• Roberts County - Sisseton
• Sanborn County - Woonsocket
• Shannon County - Hot Springs
• Spink County - Redfield
• Stanley County - Fort Pierre
• Sully County - Onida
• Todd County - Winner
• Tripp County - Winner
• Turner County - Parker
• Union County - Elk Point
• Walworth County - Selby
• Yankton County - Yankton
• Ziebach County - Dupree