Probably not many from around here need this site, but you may know someone who does. This state has put birth records online, 80,000 of them and more coming, that date to the onset of their record keeping, plus,it includes some even older ones because they allowed those born before 1905 to come in and register their births, too. So, check out Vital Records of South Dakota, if you need to. bj http://www.state.sd.us/doh/vitalrec/birthrecords/index.cfm