Douglas County SD Genealogy

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Overview of Douglas County Records

• Douglas County was created in 1873 from Charles Mix County.
• Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records from 1905 to the present can be obtained from the South Dakota Department of Health.
• The Douglas County Registrar of Deeds has birth and death records starting in 1905, and land records starting in 1873.
• The Douglas County Treasury has marriage records starting in 1884.
• The Douglas County Clerk Courts has court records starting in 1884, divorce records, and probate records starting in 1887.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.