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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
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Church Records
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Emigration And Immigration
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CHURCH RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Before 1900 the largest religious groups in South Dakota were the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal, and Congregational churches. The Family History Library has very few church records from South Dakota, but it has histories for some denominations.

Many denominations have collected their records in central repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where their records are located:


CongregationalLook this term up in the glossary.

Congregational Library
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Telephone: 617-523-0470
Fax: 617-523-0470

LutheranLook this term up in the glossary.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA Archives)
8765 West Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631-4198
Telephone: 773-380-2818
Many of their records can be borrowed for a small fee. For a list of the church records in their collection, see FHL fiche 6330690-93.

MethodistLook this term up in the glossary.

Archives and History Library
Dakotas Conference
United Methodist Church
1331 West University Boulevard
Mitchell, SD 57301
Telephone: 605-996-6552
Fax: 605-996-1766
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 460
Mitchell, SD 57301

Roman CatholicLook this term up in the glossary.

Diocese of Rapid City
Chancery Office
606 Cathedral Drive
Rapid City, SD 57709
Telephone: 605-343-3541
Fax: 605-348-7985
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 678
Rapid City, SD 57709
Diocese of Sioux Falls
Chancery Office
3100 West 41st Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Telephone: 605-334-9861
Fax: 605-333-3346
A dissertation about the history of the Catholic Church is Mary Claudia Duratschek, The Beginnings of Catholicism in South Dakota (Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1943; FHL book 978.3 K2d; film 1036266 item 4).

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