This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0gB.2ACI/281.1 Message Board Post: 1902 is before records were required in South Dakota. The Newspaper in Dell Rapids is The Dell Rapids Tribune, 414 E 4th St., Dell Rapids, SD 57022. Phone 605 428 5441. The public library is at 513 N Orleans, Dell Rapids, SD 57022. Phone 605 428 3280. The Lutheran Church is at 701 N Orleans St, Dell Rapids. Phone 605 428 3197. St Mary Catholic Church, 608 8th St, Dell Rapids. Phone 605 428 3390. Have you checked with the Register of Deeds Office at the Minnehaha County Courthouse for their marriage records? Sometime they have records older that the June 1905 manditory date. The address there is 415 N Dakota Ave, Sioux Falls SD 57104. Phone 605 367 4223. Hope this helps. Donna