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• 1870 Agricultural Census for Dakota Territory

  From the South Dakota Historical Society.

• Access Genealogy - South Dakota Census Records

  Census links for online census research.

• Ancestry.com - Search Census and Voter Lists

  US, UK, and Canadian census records. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • South Dakota Census & Voter Lists

  • South Dakota State Census, 1895

    Original source: Data indexed from images from the South Dakota State Archives microfilm collection.

  • South Dakota Territorial Census, 1885

    Original source: Data indexed from images from the South Dakota State Archives microfilm collection, rolls 9527-9528.

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census Collection

  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription.

  • 1860

  • 1870

  • 1880

  • 1890 Fragment

  • 1890 Veterans Schedules

  • 1900

  • 1910

  • 1920

  • 1930

• Ancestry.com Wiki - Census Records for South Dakota

  This entry was originally written by Laura Hall Heuermann and Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG, FUGA, FASG for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

• Archives.com - Search For South Dakota Census Records $

  Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

• Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - South Dakota

• Census Project (USGenWeb) - South Dakota

  This site lists where volunteers are needed for transcription. The state pages give both links where there are censuses that need to be transcribed and links to completed transcriptions.

• Dakota Territory 1860 Census -- Interactive Search

• Dakota Territory 1885 Census Database

• FamilySearch - South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970 ^FREE

  School records, including teacher's term reports, school census and attendance records located at the South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre. Records are generally arranged by county, year and school district number. This collection is being published as images become available.

• FamilySearch - South Dakota, State Census, 1905 ^FREE

• FamilySearch - South Dakota, State Census, 1915 ^FREE

• FamilySearch - South Dakota, State Census, 1925 ^FREE

• FamilySearch - South Dakota, State Census, 1935 ^FREE

  Name index and images of census cards from the 1935 South Dakota State Census acquired from the South Dakota State Historical Society.

• FamilySearch - South Dakota, State Census, 1945 ^FREE

  Name index and images of census cards from the 1945 South Dakota State Census acquired from the South Dakota State Historical Society.

• FamilySearch - United States Census, 1860 ^FREE

• FamilySearch - United States Census, 1870 ^FREE

• FamilySearch - United States Census, 1880 ^FREE

• FamilySearch - United States Census, 1890 ^FREE