Dewey County SD Genealogy

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Overview of Dewey County Records

• Dewey County was created in 1873 from unorganized territory.
• Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records from 1905 to the present can be obtained from the South Dakota Department of Health.
• The Dewey County Registrar of Deeds has birth, marriage, and land records starting in 1910, death records starting 1911, cemetery records starting in 1941, and military records starting in 1919.
• The Dewey County Clerk Courts has divorce records, probate records starting in 1911, and court records starting in 1910.
• The Dewey County Auditor has school census records from 1911 to 1972.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.