This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/312.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The only records that South Dakota has that I know of are the delayed birth records, pre-1905. There is a federal BLM site for land patents, and those for SD are also available through some county sites. USGenWeb has some information for South Dakota and its counties. The Grave Records of Minnehaha Co. Cemeteries is a book printed by the Sioux Valley Genealogical Society.