South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1903-1942
Index and images of veteran graves registration records gathered by the WPA in 1940 and 1941.
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South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains the index & images of veteran graves registration records (field data) gathered by the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in 1940 and 1941. The records are now at the Veterans Memorial Building, Pierre, South Dakota.
Records are arranged alphabetically by county, then by name of veteran. Includes some typescript lists. Veterans from the Civil War, Spanish American War, Sioux Indian War, as well as others are included in this list.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
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Collection Content
Sample Image
Grave registration 1920 burial
Inventory
| Film | Item | DGS | Collection |
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| 1295766 | Items 2-4 | DGS 8533913 | Aurora County Beadle County Bennett County |
| 1295767 | DGS 8616301 | Bon Homme County Brookings County Brule County Butte County | |
| 1295768 | DGS 8616302 | Charles Mix County Clay County Codington County Custer County Davison County Douglas County | |
| 1295963 | DGS 8616303 | Fall River County Faulk County Gregory County Haakon County Hand County | |
| 1295964 | DGS 8616304 | Hanson County Harding County Hughes County Hutchinson County Hyde County Jackson County Jerauld County Jones County Kingsbury County | |
| 1295965 | DGS 8616305 | Lake County Lincoln County Lyman County McCook County Meade County Mellette County Miner County Minnehaha County (various cemeteries, no alphabetical listing of names) | |
| 1295966 | DGS 8616306 | Minnehaha County (Ackerman - Youngquist [type]; Ackerman - Norton [field data]) | |
| 1295967 | DGS 8616307 | Minnehaha County (Oaks-Youngquist [field data]) Moody County Pennington County Potter County Sanborn County Shannon County Stanley County Sully County Todd County Tripp County | |
| 1295968 | DGS 8616308 | Turner County Union County Washabaugh County Washington County Yankton County (Aien - Ziebach [typescript]; Aien - Meyers [field data]) | |
| 1295969 | Item 1 | DGS 8616309 | Yankton County (Nelson - Ziebach [field data]) |
Collection Details
Location of Original Records
South Dakota graves registration service, multiple counties in South Dakota
"South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1903-1942." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 13 June 2025. South Dakota graves registration service, multiple counties in South Dakota.
