South Dakota Archives: 131 Newspapers for Genealogy Research

By August 8, 2024
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If you are researching your ancestry from South Dakota, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online SD newspaper archives: 131 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!

Photo: bison, Custer State Park, South Dakota. Credit: Guimir; Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: bison, Custer State Park, South Dakota. Credit: Guimir; Wikimedia Commons.

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)

Illustration: South Dakota state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Illustration: South Dakota state flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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 09/10/1903 – 02/08/1923 999 Newspaper Archives
Brookings Brookings County sentinel 03/30/1882 – 12/26/1890 184 Newspaper Archives
Brookings Brookings register 06/13/1890 – 10/19/1894 227 Newspaper Archives
Brookings Brookings weekly register 12/15/1898 – 09/03/1903 243 Newspaper Archives
Brookings Semi-weekly register 10/24/1894 – 12/09/1898 425 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
DeSmet Kingsbury County independent 05/20/1904 – 10/06/1911 373 Newspaper Archives
Eagle Butte West River Eagle 05/14/2015 – Current – Obituaries
Effington Sisseton Posten 11/07/1902 – 06/06/1912 485 Newspaper Archives
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
Kadoka Kadoka press 05/08/1908 – 11/11/1910 131 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
Pollock Prairie Pioneer 01/03/2013 – Current – Obituaries
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
Warner Warner sun 09/25/1885 – 08/24/1888 149 Newspaper Archives
Warner Warner weekly sun 08/18/1883 – 09/18/1885 106 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 1456 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

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Note on the header image: the South Dakota State Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota. Credit: w_lemay; Wikimedia Commons.

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