Hand County Genealogy Resources

Birth Records
- Standard birth records
Death Records
- Standard death records
Marriage Records
- Standard marriage records
- Records from 1883 – July 1905
Burial and Cemetery Records
- WPA burial records prior to 1940
- Burial permits beginning 1932
- Burial index cards by cemetery – Sextons also have records
Other Records
- Real estate records back to November 1881
- List of US Government patentees alphabetically by township – available at Register of Deeds or State Archives
- 1910 atlas of landowners
- 1931 map of landowners
- School records 1901-1954 by township and school name or number
- Countywide newspapers on microfilm – Library, 402 N. Broadway,
  Miller, SD 57362, phone (605) 853-3693
- Probate records and divorces – Clerk of Courts
- Naturalization records – State Archives
- Military discharge records
- Historical memorabilia – McWhorter House Museum
  605 N. Broadway, Miller SD 57362
- History books
  - Bring on the Pioneers – A History of Hand County by Scott Heidepriem – Heidepriem Law Office, Box 129 Miller, SD 57362 (605) 853-2456
  - St. Lawrence Then and Now – A History of St. Lawrence compiled by Phyllis Resel, Box 5, St. Lawrence, SD 57373 (605) 853-3760
Available Web-sites
- None stated