Spearfish Genealogy (in Lawrence County, SD)

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


Spearfish Cemetery Records

Crow Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rose Hill Billion Graves online

Rose Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Onge Cemetery Billion Graves online

Spearfish Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Spearfish, South Dakota LDS Genealogy online

Spearfish Church Records

Church records, 1873-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Spearfish Branch (Spearfish, South Dakota)) FamilySearch Library

Spearfish City Directories

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

Polk's Deadwood (South Dakota) city directory FamilySearch Library

Spearfish Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, April 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, August 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, July 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, May 1903 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, October 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, September 1909 Library of Congress online

Spearfish Newspapers and Obituaries

Black Hills Pioneer 12/20/1999 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Black Hills Pioneer 2009-2020 Newspapers.com online

Dakota Weekly Register 1881-1883 Newspapers.com online

Queen City Mail 1890-1984 Newspapers.com online

Spearfish Daily Queen City Mail 1984-1988 Newspapers.com online

Spearfish Star 1984-1985 Newspapers.com online

Spearfish Star 1984-1985 Newspapers.com online

Spearfish Weekly Register 1877-1948 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Spearfish

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.

Daily Bulletin. (Spearfish, S.D.) 1890-1890s

Dakota Weekly Register. (Spearfish, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1881-1885

Queen City Mail. (Spearfish, Lawrence County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1984

Spearfish Daily Bulletin. (Spearfish, S.D.) 1889-1890

Spearfish Daily Queen City Mail. (Spearfish, Lawrence County, S.D.) 1985-1993

Spearfish Enterprise. (Spearfish, S.D.) 1900s-1916

Spearfish Queen City Mail. (Spearfish, Lawrence County, S.D.) 1984-1985

Spearfish School Records

Black Hills State College yearbook, 1964, 1965, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Black Hills State University - Eoicha Yearbook (Spearfish, SD), 1915, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966 E Yearbook online

Black Hills State University yearbook, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Spearfish High School - Spartan Yearbook (Spearfish, SD), 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 E Yearbook online

Spearfish High School yearbook, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Spearfish Normal School Graduates, 1887-1906 (now Black Hills State University) US Gen Web Archives online

Spearfish State Normal School yearbooks, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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