Custer County, South Dakota

Societies and Family History Resources ∣ County Courthouse and Government Records ∣ County Genealogy Links

Custer County was established on January 11, 1857 (organized in 1877) from Indian lands.

Currently the Custer County Seat is located in Custer and the county government website is http://www.custercountysd.com/

Locations adjacent to Custer County are Pennington County, Shannon County, Fall River County, Niobrara County, Wyoming, Weston County, Wyoming.

Custer County has Federal Census Schedules to help in researching your family tree. Federal government Population Schedules are present for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

Custer Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1880. Custer Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules can be found for 1880. Custer Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890. There are free down-loadable not to mention printable census forms to help with your research.

Custer County Society and Family History Resources

A list of Custer County Historical  and Genealogical Societies, Forums, Message Boards, Libraries, Archives.

https://www.archives.gov/research/census
• South Dakota State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
• Custer County, South Dakota Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
• Custer County, South Dakota Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
• USGenWeb Archives for Custer County (usgwarchives.net)

Custer County Courthouse and Government Records

Genealogist often overlook the benefits of Custer County court, probate, and land files as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy details. Hidden away in South Dakota courthouses and archives just about everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of the many South Dakota residents.

The odds are very good that your potential forefathers have left a comprehensive record of at least quite a few elements of their lives in the Custer County court records. Even if your forefathers is not referred to in a Court case, take into consideration all of the other procedures which could have lead to him or her to appear in court records.

• Custer County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
  • Address: 420 Mt Rushmore Rd, Custer, SD 57730
  • Phone: (605) 673-4816
• Custer County Register of Deeds
  • Marriage Records: 1891
  • Land Records: 1875?
• Custer County Clerk of Court.
  • Probate Records: 1875?
  • Court Records: 1875?
• South Dakota Office of Vital Records has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in South Dakota for current fees and application process. Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events.
  • Ordering Vital Records – You can also order Order Electronically Online or You can download an application for South Dakota Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.

Custer County Links

The following are web links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relating to Custer County. Each of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business Sites, Private Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some require a payment. This is simply a directory which has been gathered or submitted. I do not recommend or promote one genealogy site above another. Feel free to furnish your own most liked Custer County genealogy or family history associated sites.

Custer Co. SD Books, Newspapers & Publications

• South Dakota Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
• South Dakota historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
• Historical Newspapers from South Dakota (1861–2002) (genealogybank.com) Immediately discover names and keywords / phrases in over 450 million publications, obituaries, marriage announcements, birth notices and other items written in over 2,800 old U.S. newspapers. All new content and articles added monthly!
• Custer County, South Dakota Books (amazon.com)
• Search South Dakota Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
• Custer County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)

Custer Co. SD Birth, Marriage & Death Records

• South Dakota Vital Records Research Guide
• Social Security Death Index (search.ancestry.com)

Custer Co. SD Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

• South Dakota Court Records Research Guide
• BLM Land Records (glorecords.blm.gov)

Custer Co. SD Census Records

• South Dakota Census Records Research Guide
• Custer County, SD Census Records Links
• Custer County, SD Census QuickFacts

Custer Co. SD Cemeteries & Church Records

• South Dakota Cemetery Research Guide
• Custer Co., South Dakota Graves (findagrave.com)
• Custer County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
• Custer Co., South Dakota Cemeteries (Internment.net)
• Topographic Cemetery List and Map for Custer County, South Dakota
• Custer Co., South Dakota Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
• South Dakota Church & Bible Research Guide
• Topographic Church List and Map for Custer County, South Dakota
• Custer County, South Dakota Church Books (amazon.com)

Custer Co. SD Family Websites, Pictures & Histories

•  South Dakota Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)

Custer Co. SD General and History Websites

• See Also State History for South Dakota
• Custer County, South Dakota Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• Custer County, South Dakota Wiki (familysearch.org)
• Custer Co. SD Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
• Family History Library (familysearch.org)
• Custer County, South Dakota (linkpendium.com)
• Cyndi’s List – United States – South Dakota – Counties – Custer (cyndislist.com)
• Custer County South Dakota (genealogytrails.com)
• Custer Co. SDGenweb (gwtc.net)
• Custer County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
• Custer Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)

Custer Co. SD Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

• See Also Map of South Dakota Links and Information
• 1895 Custer County Map (livgenmi.com)

Custer Co. SD Military Records

• South Dakota Military Records Research Guide
• South Dakota Military Records (fold3.com) delivers easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the South Dakota women and men that served. Just the thing for Custer County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.