Click on the links below to search free birth, death, marriage, and divorce record databases in South Dakota.
To order copies of birth and death certificates, and marriage & divorce records, contact:
South Dakota Vital Records, Dept of Health
600 East Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-2536
(605) 773-4961
Records are available since July 1905. The State has access to some records prior to 1905.
Birth, Death and Marriage records are also available from the Register of Deeds in the county where the event took place. Divorce records are available from the Clerk of Courts in the county where the divorce was granted.
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| Births South Dakota Department of Health index of birth records filed more than 100 years ago. |
| Deaths | Cemetery Records Cemetery records in South Dakota from FindAGrave. |
| Deaths | Social Security Administration Search for reported deaths in South Dakota. |
| Divorces Information South Dakota Department of Health information on how to obtain divorce records. |
| Lake County Obituaries Query thus Dakota State University database for Madison Daily Leader obituaries published since 1930. |
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