March 29, 2023
If you are researching your ancestry from South Dakota, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online SD newspaper archives: 121 titles to help you search your family history in the “Mount Rushmore State,” providing coverage from 1861 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online South Dakota newspaper archives!
Dig deep into our online archives and search for articles about your ancestors from South Dakota in these newspapers. Our SD newspapers are divided into two collections, each with their own search page:
- Newspaper Archives (complete paper with all articles, including historical obituaries, with a number of very rare single-issue newspapers – many of them are the only known issues of the paper)
- Obituaries (including both historical and recent obituaries, if obits are specifically what you are searching for)
Search South Dakota Newspaper Archives (1861 – 2002)
Search South Dakota Obituaries (1885 – Today)
Here is the complete list of South Dakota newspapers in the online archives. Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The SD newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
| Aberdeen | American News | 01/01/2001 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Aberdeen | Farm Forum | 05/27/2005 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen American | 07/07/1904 – 01/04/1917 | 116 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen American | 06/07/1906 – 04/30/1925 | 5208 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen Daily News | 11/27/1886 – 03/31/2002 | 31782 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen Journal | 03/28/1921 – 12/30/1922 | 547 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen Weekly News | 02/13/1885 – 03/30/1922 | 1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Dakota Pioneer | 11/24/1881 – 06/14/1888 | 142 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Northwest Square Deal | 03/17/1920 – 03/25/1921 | 314 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Sun | 08/07/1891 – 08/03/1893 | 70 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | Aberdeen Democrat | 10/24/1902 – 04/09/1909 | 325 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | State Democrat | 08/19/1898 – 08/17/1900 | 104 | Newspaper Archives |
| Aberdeen | American News, The: Blogs | 07/17/2007 – 11/15/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Aberdeen | Star | 01/18/1894 – 01/18/1894 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Artesian | Diana Sentinel | 11/23/1883 – 08/01/1884 | 37 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bangor | Bangor Rustler | 05/28/1885 – 05/28/1885 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Belle Fourche | Butte County Post | 10/31/2008 – 11/08/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Blunt | Medicine Valley Times | 08/11/1883 – 08/11/1883 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Bowdle | Bowdle Pioneer | 03/29/1888 – 03/29/1888 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Britton | Dakota Daylight | 04/24/1885 – 04/24/1885 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Brookings | Collegian | 10/09/2002 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Brookings | Brookings register | 07/06/1905 – 02/08/1923 | 905 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canton | Sioux Valley News | 02/17/1876 – 02/17/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canton | Canton advocate | 05/23/1877 – 04/05/1888 | 426 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canton | Canton daily leader | 10/31/1896 – 11/02/1896 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canton | Daily Dakota farmers’ leader | 09/10/1890 – 09/13/1890 | 4 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canton | Dakota farmers’ advocate | 07/11/1890 – 08/15/1890 | 6 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canton | Dakota farmers’ leader | 08/29/1890 – 06/30/1916 | 1251 | Newspaper Archives |
| Canton | Lincoln County advocate | 04/26/1876 – 05/16/1877 | 49 | Newspaper Archives |
| Deadwood | Black Hills Daily Pioneer | 01/15/1878 – 03/31/1882 | 453 | Newspaper Archives |
| Deadwood | Black Hills Daily Times | 11/23/1877 – 11/23/1877 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Deadwood | Black Hills Weekly Pioneer | 11/02/1878 – 11/02/1878 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Deadwood | Black Hills Weekly Times | 05/15/1880 – 05/15/1880 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Eagle Butte | West River Eagle | 05/14/2015 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Elk Point | Daily courier | 09/25/1890 – 09/26/1890 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Elk Point | Union County Courier | 09/06/1876 – 09/06/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Elk Point | Union County Courier | 11/21/1877 – 03/20/1913 | 1443 | Newspaper Archives |
| Eureka | Eureka Post | 06/06/1912 – 06/06/1912 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Forest City | Forest City Press | 10/01/1903 – 06/26/1919 | 667 | Newspaper Archives |
| Forest City | Forest City Press | 06/05/1885 – 06/05/1885 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Fort Randall | Independent | 01/18/1865 – 12/20/1865 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Frankfort | Spink County Spy | 02/16/1883 – 02/16/1883 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Gettysburg | Potter County News | 01/04/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Hot Springs | Hot Springs Star | 08/26/2008 – 11/13/2019 | – | Obituaries |
| Hot Springs | Hot Springs star | 05/13/1887 – 02/19/1892 | 243 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hot Springs | Hot Springs weekly star | 02/26/1892 – 11/09/1917 | 1188 | Newspaper Archives |
| Hurley | Turner County herald | 05/10/1883 – 06/27/1918 | 1807 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kadoka | Kadoka press | 11/09/1923 – 05/23/1924 | 27 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kadoka | Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter | 11/25/1910 – 11/02/1923 | 660 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kimball | Kimball enterprise | 04/13/1883 – 08/10/1883 | 18 | Newspaper Archives |
| Kimball | Kimball graphic | 08/17/1883 – 08/04/1905 | 914 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lead | Daily Tribune | 02/03/1887 – 09/18/1889 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lemmon | Lemmon herald | 01/12/1912 – 04/04/1917 | 254 | Newspaper Archives |
| Lemmon | State-line herald | 04/03/1908 – 01/05/1912 | 172 | Newspaper Archives |
| Loyalton | Loyalton Journal | 04/02/1886 – 04/02/1886 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Madison Daily Leader | 07/20/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Madison | Madison daily leader | 04/07/1890 – 09/30/1922 | 9675 | Newspaper Archives |
| Madison | Lake County Leader | 03/04/1881 – 03/19/1881 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milbank | Herald-advance | 04/11/1890 – 05/10/1922 | 1654 | Newspaper Archives |
| Milbank | Advance | 03/21/1890 – 04/04/1890 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
| Miller | Hand County press | 01/04/1882 – 11/02/1893 | 612 | Newspaper Archives |
| Miller | Pioneer press | 11/09/1893 – 02/18/1904 | 484 | Newspaper Archives |
| Miller | Miller press | 12/06/1906 – 04/17/1924 | 835 | Newspaper Archives |
| Miller | Miller sun | 04/13/1904 – 02/01/1908 | 187 | Newspaper Archives |
| Miner | Miner Sentinel | 08/11/1882 – 11/09/1883 | 64 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mitchell | Mitchell capital | 11/27/1885 – 06/20/1918 | 1655 | Newspaper Archives |
| Mobridge | Mobridge Tribune | 08/01/2012 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Newell | Newell reclamation news | 07/29/1915 – 08/02/1917 | 25 | Newspaper Archives |
| Onida | Sully County watchman | 07/07/1883 – 07/13/1894 | 447 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philip | Bad River news | 11/15/1906 – 06/27/1912 | 287 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philip | Philip weekly review | 06/14/1907 – 07/18/1912 | 259 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philip | Philip weekly review | 04/25/1918 – 03/25/1920 | 46 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philip | Philip weekly review and Bad River news | 07/25/1912 – 04/18/1918 | 295 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philip | Pioneer | 10/25/1917 – 06/26/1919 | 38 | Newspaper Archives |
| Philip | Pioneer-review | 07/01/1920 – 12/28/1922 | 129 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pierre | Capital Journal | 12/11/2007 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Pierre | Pierre weekly free press | 01/02/1890 – 06/27/1918 | 927 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pierre | Pierre Daily Capital | 08/20/1890 – 03/31/1891 | 188 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pine Ridge | Oglala light | 12/01/1907 – 04/15/1920 | 25 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rapid City | Native Sun News | 01/07/2015 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Rapid City | Rapid City Journal | 05/02/2000 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Rapid City | Black Hills union | 08/02/1889 – 02/12/1904 | 524 | Newspaper Archives |
| Rapid City | Black Hills union and western stock review | 02/26/1904 – 06/30/1911 | 359 | Newspaper Archives |
| Roscoe | Roscoe Magnet | 07/24/1885 – 07/24/1885 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Scotland | Citizen-Republican | 10/08/1903 – 06/30/1921 | 912 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sioux Falls | Deutscher Herold | 06/27/1918 – 06/27/1918 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls Real Estate Bulletin | 05/01/1886 – 05/01/1886 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sioux Falls | Tri-State Neighbor | 10/04/2015 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sioux Falls | Deutscher Herold | 01/23/1896 – 06/27/1918 | 1142 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls Independent | 09/21/1876 – 09/08/1877 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sioux Falls | Sioux Falls Pantagraph | 08/30/1876 – 08/30/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sisseton | Sisseton weekly standard | 12/23/1904 – 11/04/1921 | 750 | Newspaper Archives |
| Spearfish | Black Hills Pioneer | 12/20/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Springfield | Springfield Times | 08/03/1876 – 08/03/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Sturgis | KBHB – 810 AM | 10/26/2010 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Sturgis | Meade County Times-Tribune | 11/05/2008 – 11/08/2017 | – | Obituaries |
| Sturgis | Sturgis advertiser | 09/21/1887 – 06/04/1896 | 121 | Newspaper Archives |
| Swan Lake | Swan Lake Era | 07/27/1876 – 07/27/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Timber Lake | Dewey County advocate | 10/14/1910 – 09/05/1913 | 5 | Newspaper Archives |
| Vermillion | Dakota Republican | 04/05/1862 – 10/14/1875 | 305 | Newspaper Archives |
| Vermillion | Clay County Register | 08/14/1874 – 08/14/1874 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wagner | Charles Mix new era | 05/05/1905 – 02/24/1911 | 279 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wagner | New era-leader | 03/10/1911 – 01/26/1912 | 45 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wagner | Wagner leader | 02/02/1912 – 03/29/1912 | 9 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wagner | Wagner post | 04/05/1912 – 06/28/1912 | 13 | Newspaper Archives |
| Watertown | Watertown Public Opinion | 08/31/1999 – Current | – | Obituaries |
| Watertown | Saturday news | 02/14/1908 – 06/26/1919 | 565 | Newspaper Archives |
| Webster | Reporter and farmer | 01/17/1884 – 01/09/1913 | 1139 | Newspaper Archives |
| Wessington Springs | Wessington Springs herald | 03/24/1883 – 12/18/1891 | 446 | Newspaper Archives |
| Winfred | Public Ledger | 10/17/1885 – 10/17/1885 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Dakota Freie Presse | 06/10/1876 – 02/24/1920 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Dakota Weekly Union | 06/21/1864 – 08/23/1864 | 10 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Yankton Press | 08/10/1870 – 11/12/1873 | 169 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Yankton Press and Dakotan | 06/06/1861 – 01/15/1891 | 1234 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Daily press and Dakotaian | 04/26/1875 – 04/25/1889 | 4157 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Dakota Advertiser | 08/11/1871 – 08/25/1871 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Dakota Herald | 07/29/1876 – 07/29/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Dakota Outlook | 02/01/1884 – 02/01/1884 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
| Yankton | Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan | 12/15/1875 – 04/25/1891 | 302 | Newspaper Archives |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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