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South Dakota State Vital Records
South Dakota State Vital Records Office Vital Records: Department of Health 600 E. Capitol Pierre, SD 57501 (605) 773-3355 Records include birth, marriage, divorce, and death records since July 1905. Check out our FREE sample letter you can use to send to vital records offices!

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Family History Centers
What is a Family History Center? Family History Centers are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Centers provide access to many of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help you identify your ancestors. Location and Hours There are more than 3,400 centers worldwide. To find a Family History Center near you, see the list of addresses below. Before you visit, you should contact the center to verify when it is open. Services Staff members will show you around the center, answer some research questions (research expertise in each center varies), help you use center resources, and order microfilms and microfiche from the Family History Library. Many centers offer classes on different genealogical research topics. Resources Most centers have a computer with FamilySearch, which helps you search for information about your ancestors. FamilySearch includes Family History Library Catalog, International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File, Social Security Death Index, Scottish Church Records and the United States Military Index Most also have Personal Ancestral File, a computer program that allows you to organize your family history information. Most centers also have a variety of resource files, microfilms, microfiche and published material such as genealogies, histories, gazetteers, atlases and maps at your disposal.
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Other Resources Information about state archives and libraries: Write to: South Dakota Archives Cultural Heritage Center 900 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2217 Telephone: (605) 773-3804 Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00-4:30, closed Saturday, Sunday, and state holidays They currently have newspapers dating back to the 1860's, naturalization records, federal census records from 1850-1910, atlases, territorial and state census records from 1905-1945, land indexes, probate records, church records, records from the Civil War, the Korean War, and World War I, maps, photographs, and tax records. Information about state genealogical societies: Write to: South Dakota Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1101 Pierre, SD 57501 Publications: South Dakota Genealogical Society Quarterly, South Dakota Genealogical Society Newsletter State Historical Society 900 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2217 Telephone: (605) 773-3458 Tri-State Genealogical Society 905 Fifth Avenue Belle Fourche, SD 57717 See also: South Dakota Genealogy at Live Roots, and Original South Dakota Documents