Custer Genealogy (in Custer County, SD)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Custer are also found through the Custer County and South Dakota pages.


Custer Birth Records

1856-1917 South Dakota Births Ancestry online

South Dakota, Birth Records, 1905-present South Dakota Department of Health

Custer Cemetery Records

Custer Cemetery South Dakota Gravestones online

Custer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pringle Cemetery Billion Graves online

South Dakota, Cemetery Index, 1831-2008 Ancestry online

Thunderhead Mountain Find a Grave online

Custer Census Records

1905 South Dakota State Census MyHeritage online

1905 South Dakota State Census Ancestry online

1915 South Dakota State Census MyHeritage online

1915 South Dakota State Census Ancestry online

1925 South Dakota State Census MyHeritage online

1925 South Dakota State Census Ancestry online

1935 South Dakota State Census MyHeritage online

1935 South Dakota State Census Ancestry online

1945 South Dakota State Census MyHeritage online

1945 South Dakota State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Custer City Directories

Gazetteer Publishing Co. Business Directory 1909 US Gen Web Archives online

R. L. Polk Business Directory 1916 US Gen Web Archives online

Custer Death Records

1879-1955 South Dakota Death Index Ancestry online

South Dakota, Death Records, 1905-present South Dakota Department of Health

Custer Immigration Records

Declarations of intention,1880-1942 ; naturalization records, 1882-1906 ; miscellaneous records, 1929, 1935 and miscellaneous stub books 1907-1928, Custer County, South Dakota FamilySearch Library

South Dakota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1904-1928 Ancestry online

Custer Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, August 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, June 1923 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, March 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, October 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, October 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, September 1903 Library of Congress online

Custer Marriage Records

1905-2017 South Dakota Marriages Ancestry online

South Dakota, Marriage Records, 1905-present South Dakota Department of Health

Custer Newspapers and Obituaries

Black Hills Herald 1876-1877 Newspapers.com online

Custer Chronicle 1880-1890 Newspapers.com online

Custer Weekly Chronicle 1890-1922 Newspapers.com online

Custer chronicle. (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) (from Sept. 11, 1880 to Jan. 25, 1890) Chronicling America online

Custer weekly chronicle. (Custer City, S.D.) (from Feb. 1, 1890 to March 4, 1922) Chronicling America online

Offline Newspapers for Custer

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Custer Bi Weekly. (Custer, S.D.) 1960-1962

Custer Chronicle. (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890

Custer County Chronicle. (Custer, S.D.) 1931-Current

Custer Weekly Chronicle. (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931

Custer Weekly. (Custer, S.D.) 1962-1974

Custer School Records

Custer High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Custer, SD), 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1971, 1972, 1974 E Yearbook online

Custer High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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