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South Dakota

The South Dakota page provides the following links to basic South Dakota information:

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Help Files and FAQs
Info for Volunteers

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  • State:
  • County:
  • Your "display" name: ("Suz-eQ" ... "Sue" ... "Susanna Smith," etc.)
  • Volunteer Services: (Describe your services -- i.e., tombstone photos, obituaries, public records lookups, etc.)
  • Reimbursements (if any) for: gas/mileage, copies, fees, postage, parking, etc.

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SOUTH DAKOTA Volunteers

The Volunteer table below provides a list of South Dakota volunteers who will provide research assistance in the specified counties.

County Volunteer's Name Volunteer Services
ALL Art Suever CITY DIRECTORIES & FAMILY HISTORIES
  • Can help with family histories listed in the Allen Co. Public Library Genealogy Catalog (ACPL). If there is a listing for a book, provide me with a list of titles/call numbers, family surname(s), and what family information you're looking for. (Also check the availability of ACPL microtext records (microfilm and microfiche).
  • The ACPL is the foremost repository for city directories. I can research hard cover city directories found in the ACPL Genealogy Catalog or microfiche and microfilm city directories found in the ACPL microtext catalog. (Please specify city, date range needed, and person(s) of interest.)

Note: I do not live in South Dakota ... I live in Allen Co., IN.

ALL Shelli Steedman I can lookup censuses for any state. I can also help w/ BMD in SD.
ALL Jerry SOUTH DAKOTA MINING ACCIDENTS, 1880-1994, fatal and 1891-1926 nonfatal; with miner's name can provide date, mine name or location, and reference source.
Custer Ellen Bishop I can do look ups in County History's,and Cemeteries
Fall River Ellen Bishop Public Records look ups and copying.Burial information Obit look ups Local history
Lawrence Ellen Bishop I do research in Pennington, Lawrence and Meade Counties in South DAkota, I have county histories and other information for many other counties in South Dakota. I am a local historian in the Black Hills also and do research for people as a volunteer..Cemeteries are my speciality espeically in Western SD, I do findagarve memorials and pictures.
Meade Ellen Bishop Public Records lookups and copying. Burial information Obit lookups Local history
Moody Jan Lahr Photos of tombstones, Public Records lookups and copying. As a member of the Moody Co Gen Soc we have an extensive library of information plus family histories and family files.
Pennington Ellen Bishop Public Records lookups and copying. Burial information Obit lookups Local history


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