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= Step-by-step South Dakota research 1905 to the present=
'''[[user:hanna5974/Sandbox/a South Dakota plan|South Dakota]]''' [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Step-by-step research 1905--present''' <br>
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[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page 3|'''Step-by-step research 1817--1849''']][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Step-by-step research 1905--present'''
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A suggested approach to genealogy research in South Dakota family history records.
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:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step_1._Find_out_everything_you_can_from_living_relatives_and_their_family_records:|1. Living relatives.]]''' <br>
:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step 2. Find your ancestors in every possible census record, 1905-1945, online.|2. Online census records.]]'''
:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step_3:_Find_birth.2C_marriage.2C_and_death_certificates_for_your_ancestors_and_their_children online.|3. Births, marriages, and deaths online]]'''
:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step_4:_Using_all_the_death_date_information.2C_try_to_find_additional_details_about_your_ancestors_in_Social_Security.2C_obituary_and_cemetery_records online.|4. Obituary and cemetery records online]].'''
:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step 5: Search school records for birth dates online.|5. School records online.]]
:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step 6: If your ancestor was an immigrant, search immigration and naturalization records online.|6. Immigration and naturalization records online.]]
:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step 7: Analyze each record for other possible searches.|7. Analyze records.]]
:'''[[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page#Step 8: Move ahead to the instructions for 1880-1905 and use searches described there, applying them to this time period.|'''8. Records for 1880-1905.''']]
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</center>'''What sets this era in South Dakota genealogy apart are the advent of civil registration (state birth, marriage, and death certificates) and the possibility that you have older living relatives who can provide memories and family records. Added to that, U. S. census records every 10 years--1900-1940, state censuses, and good collections of Social Security, obituary and cemetery records, make it possible to find a large part of your genealogy in just these few rich record types.'''
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=====See also, [[User:hanna5974/Sandbox/How to use computer-generated hints|How to use computer-generated hints.]]=====
=== '''Step 1. Find out everything you can from living relatives and their family records:''' ===
Every good genealogy project starts with finding all the clues you can gather from [[Finding Living Relatives (National Institute)|living relatives]] —both from their [[Gather Family Information|memories]] and from [[Gather Family Information#Family_Records|documents or memorabilia]] in their homes. <br>
==== '''What should you ask?''' ====
Fleshing out all the rich details of your family's stories and culture will be fun. But most importantly, in order to extend your records back further, you are looking for '''names, dates, and places'''. ''Everything you learn that tells you a relative lived at a certain place at a certain time is a clue to a new record search''. So be sure to ask questions that lead to that information. See also:
*[http://genealogy.about.com/cs/oralhistory/a/interview.htm Fifty Questions for Family History Interviews What to Ask the Relatives]
*[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865595932/Genealogy-150-questions-to-ask-family-members-about-their-lives.html?pg=all Genealogy: 150 questions to ask family members about their lives]
*[[Creating Oral Histories|Creating Oral Histories]]
==== '''What [[Gather Family Information|documents]] should you look for and ask to copy?''' ====
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*Announcements of births, weddings, <br>and anniversaries
*Baby and wedding books
*Certificates
*Deeds, and property records
*Family Bibles
*Family reunion notices and records
*Fraternal or society records
*Insurance policies
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*Journals and diaries
*Letters and cards
*Licenses (business, marriage, <br>fishing, driving)
*Naturalization documents
*Newspaper clippings and obituaries
*Medical records
*Military service and pension documents
*Occupational awards
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*Passports
*Personal histories and biographies
*Photograph albums
*Printed Notices and Announcements
*Programs (graduation, award ceremonies, funerals)
*School records
*Scrapbooks
*Wills and trusts
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[[Image:SD Family Bible marriage.jpg|thumb|right|350px]] [[Image:SD obituary.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
==== '''Using the clues to lead to census record searches.''' ====
Here are two documents you might find in a home search, a newspaper clipping and a family Bible record:
*In the obituary on the left, notice that Thelma Morrison had six children and lived in Canistota, South Dakota, most of her married life. She married in 1922. We would expect to find Ben W. Morrison with a wife Thelma, and gradually increasing lists of their children in the census records for 1925 to 1945--[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM4Z-Z8K 1925], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQVZ-2QM 1930], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV4T-R6C 1935], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V195-FV8 1940], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZY-NZV 1945].
*Although Thelma was born in Kentucky, Ben might have been born in South Dakota. Since they were married in 1922, he might appear living with his parents in the [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NB-4SQ 1920], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXR-WBV 1910], or earlier census of South Dakota.
*In the family Bible example on the right, Alber Mattson and Ida Thornburg were married in March of 1911, in Lead, South Dakota. Albert and [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHN-33V Ida (1915)] might show up in several successive censuses beginning with [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHN-33J '''1915''' (Albert)].
*Click on the links in each example to see how these searches turned out. Notice the new information found. Later, these clues will help us find them in more records.
=== '''Step 2. Find your ancestors in every possible census record, 1905-1945, online.''' ===
A census is a count and description of the population of a country, state, county, or city for a given date. A census took a "snapshot" of a family on a certain day. For each person living in a household you might find (depending on the year) their name, age, birthplace, relationship to head of household, place of birth for father and mother, citizenship status, year of immigration, mother of how many children and number of children living, native language, and whether they were military veteran.
To learn more about census records, including search strategies, see [[United States Census Records for Beginners|'''United States Census Records for Beginners''']].
Look at the samples of census records below. Then you will want to find your family members in every possible census, using these convenient links:
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 '''1910 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1476041 '''1915 state''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411 '''1920 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1476077 '''1925 state''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731 '''1930 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614831 '''1935 state''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/1940census '''1940 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1747589 '''1945 state''']
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==== '''United States census records''' ====
*Here is a sample of a 1910 United States census record. You can see all the different information you can glean from this record once you find your family in the census. [[Image:1910 United States Census.jpg|thumb|center|800px|1910 United States Census.jpg]]
*You will want to find and keep notes on census records from every census during each ancestor's lifetime. Most of the records you find will be printable.
*With the census records you will be able to estimate approximate birth dates and marriage dates. These records will lead you to new searches because you will find the identities of other members of the family. You will find clues to other states and countries your family lived in before coming to South Dakota.
==== '''South Dakota state census records''' ====
* Searching the South Dakota sate censuses will be slightly different because they have an individual card for each person, whereas the U.S. census shows people organized into households. You will need to search the indexes name by name. Once you find one member of the family and know the county they lived in, try searching the index by leaving the given name blank, filling in only the surname and the county. That should bring up cards for every member of the family.
*Here are some samples of typical state census records:
[[Image:South Dakota 1905 State Census DGS 4207573 10.jpg|thumb|center|500px|South Dakota 1905 State Census DGS 4207573 10.jpg]] [[Image:South Dakota 1945 Census DGS 4520330 782 1088.jpg|thumb|center|500px|South Dakota 1945 Census DGS 4520330 782 1088.jpg]]
*'''Next you will use all the clues you find in the census records to search for birth, marriage, and death records. Possibly the clues you find in the certificates will lead you back to look in the census records again for new names you discover.'''
*For example, remember Ben W. Morrison, from his wife's obituary and the 1910 and 1920 censuses? Here is his [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDD-QWD4 birth record.]
*And then, here is the [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-TL6M birth record] of one of the sons of Albert Mattson and Ida Thornburg who we found in their Bible and several census records.
==== '''Using the clues to lead to a birth certificate search.''' ====
*In the first sample, C.E. Aves is 62 in 1905 and born in Providence, Rhode Island. So he was born in 1843. You can look for him in Rhode Island records. You should be able to find him in Rhode Island, South Dakota, or in another state along the way, living in 1850 in his father's household, and thus identify his parents.
*In the middle sample, Clarence A. Baker, is 39 years old in 1945. So he was born in about 1906 and we might find his birth record in South Dakota.
*In the last sample, Geanell Baldwin was born in Iowa, and she is 51 in 1945. So she was born in about 1894. You can look for her in Iowa records. You should be able to find her in Iowa, South Dakota, or in another state along the way, living in 1900 in her father's household, and so identify her parents.
==== '''Using the clues to lead to a marriage certificate search.''' ====
*In the middle sample, Clarence A. Baker's record states that he married Alice Simmons in 1938, and we might find their marriage record.
=== '''Step 3: Find birth, marriage, and death certificates for your ancestors and their children online.''' ===
States, counties, or even towns in some states recorded births, marriages, and deaths. You have probably seen these types of certificates and have your own. In addition to the child's name, birthdate, and place of birth, a birth certificate may give the birthplaces of the parents, their ages, and occupations. A death certificate may give the person's birth date and place, parents' names and birthplaces, and spouse's name.
==== '''Analyzing what you have found:''' ====
*Now study everything you have found and see if you are missing information that could be found in a birth, marriage, or death certificate for your ancestors and their children.
*If you are missing the names of parents, remember that they may be given in a person's death certificate. That may be the way you will extend your pedigree one more generation.
*If you find a child listed in a census record, try to find his actual birth certificate to learn his full birthdate.
*If a married couple is shown in the census records and you need the wife's maiden name, search for either her death record, or their marriage record. The mother's maiden name should also be given in the children's birth certificates.
==== '''Obtaining the certificates''' ====
*There are basically two ways to find these certificates, or the information from them: by finding them in an online database, and by by [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/south_dakota.htm '''purchasing them through the mail'''] .
===='''Online databases'''====
*This chart gives links to some online databases for these records:
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<center> [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549807 '''South Dakota, Department of Health, Birth and Marriage Indexes, 1843-2014''' ] <br> (birth records are only indexed if the birth took place more than 100 years ago)</center>
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[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8561 '''South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013'''] ($) </center>
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[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8659&path= '''South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955'''] ($) </center>
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===='''Samples of index entries====
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===='''Ordering certificates through the mail'''====
*[http://doh.sd.gov/records/birth-records.aspx? Click here] for information on ordering birth records. This will require an [http://doh.sd.gov/records/assets/BirthRecordApp.pdf application], a [http://doh.sd.gov/records/fees.aspx fee], and proof of your identification. You will be asking for an '''informational copy,''' not a certified copy (which is only available to next of kin). Provide as many details as possible on the application, but you may leave some fields blank.
*[http://doh.sd.gov/records/marriage-records.aspx? Click here] for information on ordering marriage records.This will require an [http://doh.sd.gov/records/assets/MarriageRecordApp.pdf application], a [http://doh.sd.gov/records/fees.aspx fee], and proof of your identification. You will be asking for an '''informational copy''', not a certified copy (which is only available to next of kin). Provide as many details as possible on the application, but you may leave some fields blank.
*[http://doh.sd.gov/records/death-records.aspx? Click here] for information on ordering death records.This will require an [http://doh.sd.gov/records/assets/DeathRecordApp.pdf application], a [http://doh.sd.gov/records/fees.aspx fee], and proof of your identification. You will be asking for an '''informational copy''', not a certified copy (which is only available to next of kin). Provide as many details as possible on the application, but you may leave some fields blank.
====='''Samples of records'''=====
Here are some samples of South Dakota certificates. Notice the types of information available in each: [[Image:South Dakota birth certificate.bmp|thumb|center|600px]]<br>
[[Image:South Dakota marriage certificate.jpg|thumb|center|600px]] <br>
[[Image:South Dakota death certificate.jpg|thumb|center|700px]] <br>
==== '''If your ancestor was Native American''' ====
*If your ancestor was Native American, there are Indian Agency [[How to Find South Dakota Birth Records#Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs_Birth_Records|birth records]] and [[How to Find South Dakota Marriage Records#American_Indian_Agency_Marriage_Records|marriage records]] and [[How to Find South Dakota Death Records#Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs_Death_Records|death records.]] Click on each type of record in the previous sentence for numbers of microfilm records which can be searched at the [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Family_History_Library Family History Library] or your local [https://familysearch.org/locations/ Family History Center].
=== '''Step 4: Using all the death date information, try to find additional details about your ancestors in [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 Social Security], obituary and cemetery records online.''' ===
==== '''U.S. Social Security Death Index''' ====
The U.S. Social Security program began in 1935, and everyone who had a number and/or applied for benefits is listed in this index. The entries give the person's full birth date, last known residence, and residence at the time they first enrolled. Women are listed with their married name, and so it is a little more successful locating men. You can search these records online at {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} begins 1962. Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 Ancestry.com] 1935-2014, ($), index.
[[Image:South Dakota Social Security record.png|thumb|center|500px]]
===='''Obituaries and cemeteries'''====
*Frequently, a death is announced in the newspaper with an obituary.
*These records usually supply missing birth or death dates and name the parents of the deceased.
*Obituaries usually name family members, their spouses, their current residences, and whether they died before the person or are still surviving.
*Cemetery records may only give the names and dates stated on the tombstone, but as in the case of FindAGrave, sometimes pictures of the deceased, children's or parents' names and links to their graves, and marriage information have been added.
*Frequently family members are buried in the same cemetery or even in neighboring plots.
*Try these South Dakota links:
===== '''Obituaries''' =====
*[http://www.ancestorhunt.com/south_dakota_newspaper_obituaries.htm Ancestor Hunt South Dakota Obituaries]
*[http://obituarieshelp.org/south_dakota_newspaper_obituaries.html South Dakota Obituaries Help]. '''Click [http://www.lcherald.com/page.php?22 here] to see an example.''' In this site, you will select a newspaper, then select the "Obituaries" link at that newspaper. Sometimes there is a required subscription fee.
*[http://www.obitlinkspage.com/obit/sd.htm ObituaryLinks South Dakota], index. This site gives lots of death record "how-to" advice before you come to obituary links. Scroll down quite a way to find the obituary links. '''Click [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sdpotter/obitsmain.htm?cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0002390503&o_lid=0002390503&o_sch=Affiliate+External here] to see at example.'''
===== '''Cemeteries''' =====
Different organizations will have recorded different cemeteries. Don't be discouraged if your first search is a dead end. Check out each collection.
*[http://apps.sd.gov/applications/DT58Cemetery/ South Dakota Cemetery Record Search].
*[http://interment.net/us/sd/index.htm South Dakota Cemetery Records at Interment.net]. '''Click [http://interment.net/data/us/sd/harding/shortpine/shortpine.htm here] to see an example.'''
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Findagrave.com South Dakota Cemetery Records]. '''Click [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=138665331 here] to see an example.'''
*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/#country=United+States&state=South+Dakota&county=0&search_text=&action=search_cemetery Billiongraves.com South Dakota Cemeteries].
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/southdakota/sdakota.html USGenWeb South Dakota Tombstone Transcription Project]. '''Click [http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/washabaugh/cemetery/hope.txt here] to see an example.'''
*[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/sd.html I Dream of Genealogy South Dakota Cemeteries]<br>
This example of an online cemetery record is from FindAGrave"
[[File:FindAGrave sample.png|600px|center]]
=== '''Step 5: Search school records for birth dates online.'''===
*School records, including teacher's term reports, school census, and attendance records are located at the South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre, and indexed online. Records are generally arranged by county, year and school district number. This collection is being published as images become available. The child's name, full birthdate, parents' names, and street address are given. Click below to search the records.
*{{RecordSearch|1389778|South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970}} Images.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60158 South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970] ($)
==='''Step 6: If your ancestor was an immigrant, search immigration and naturalization records online.'''===
The census records may show that your ancestor was born in another country. It will be necessary to try to find the town or city they were born in to continue research in that country. So searches of immigration records (usually passenger lists) and naturalization (citizenship) records are the next goal. Immigration refers to people coming into a country, such as the United States, and emigration refers to people leaving a country to go to another. Usually these records are passenger lists of the ships they sailed on. A typical record will show name, age, and country of origin, but many times you can find the actual town of birth, the next of kin still living in the old country and their residence, and the names of relatives in the place they are traveling to.
====Census clues to Immigration records====
Census records can provide important clues about nationality and immigration. This chart lists data that can be found in each of the census records. Gather the information in the census records specifically about immigration, as it will help narrow down your search.
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*Place of birth for father and mother
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
*How many years lived in U.S.
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
*Year of naturalization
*Native language
*Native language of father and mother
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
*Native language
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*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
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===='''Immigration records'''====
There are too many immigration records to list here. Click [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|here]] to see a complete list of available immigration records online. Notice that they are listed by state, but under the letter "U" there is a long list of records that cover all of the United States. Unless family information tells you the port where family arrived, you will need to search all of the [[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records|United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]] for the time period when your ancestors arrived.
In this [http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NYT715_792-0396/4013594401?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-c%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26gsln%3dhepper%26msapn__ftp%3dNew%2bYork%252c%2bUSA%26msapn%3d35%26msapn_PInfo%3d5-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c35%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c%26cp%3d0%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d7h4%26pcat%3dIMG_PASSLISTS%26h%3d4013594401%26recoff%3d9%26db%3dnypl%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d43&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord example of a passenger list], you see at #22, the family of Eduard Hepper of Gross Liebenthal travelling to Java, South Daokta.
===='''Naturalization (Citizenship) Records====
Naturalization is the process of becoming a citizen. Records can include the immigrant's declaration of intent to become a citizen, applications for citizenship, and final citizenship papers. The records can show birth date and place, spouse's name, marriage date and place, and lists of children with their birth dates. [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-33214-8273-42?cc=2078640&wc=MCYZ-366:357892101,357977101 Click here] to view examples of declaration of intent records and the information they give.
South Dakota naturalization records are organized by county. Look for them in any county where the person lived, unless the census tells you the year they were naturalized, and you have evidence of where they lived that year.
===='''South Dakota Naturalization and Citizenship Online Records'''====
*{{RecordSearch|2078640|South Dakota County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972}}
*[http://history.sd.gov/Archives/Data/Naturalization/FirstPapersSearch.aspx South Dakota Naturalization Records Index:First Papers].
*[http://history.sd.gov/Archives/Data/Naturalization/SecondPapersSearch.aspx South Dakota Naturalization Records Index:Second Papers].
=== '''Step 7: Analyze each record for other possible searches.''' ===
You will probably now go through a process of working back and forth between all the different record types. Most researchers find clues in the census records that alert them to new certificates to obtain. The certificates then give them ideas of new facts to look for in the census. For example, when a marriage certificate gives you a wife's maiden name, you will then want to look for her in earlier censuses listed under with her family as a child. When the census shows you her parents' names, you may then search for their death records. The death records might show their patents' names and take you back to the census to search for them. A declaration of intent listing children's names might lead you back to birth certificate searches, and so on.
=== '''Step 8: Move ahead to the instructions for 1880-1905 <br> and use searches described there, applying them to this time period.''' ===
The steps listed here should work for you almost always, but they are not foolproof. Next, you will try some additional records described in the instructions for [[User:Hanna5974/Sandbox/A SD how to page 2|Step-by-step online South Dakota Research 1880--1905]], many of which can also be applied to this time period if necessary. Records about the next earlier generation of the family might give more clues to other searches also.
==='''Step 9: If your ancestors were German, search Germans from Russia collections online.'''===
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was a mass migration from German colonies in the Black Sea region of Russia to the state of South Dakota. Almost always, if your ancestors were German and lived in South Dakota, they were Black Sea Germans from Russia. You can search a fairly complete collection of the parish registers of German churches in South Dakota at [http://www.odessa3.org/collections/churches/ the Odessa3 website] of the Germans from Russia Society for births, marriages, and deaths. [http://www.odessa3.org/collections/churches/link/java-fgb.txt Click here] to see a sample of the records.
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