Research Materials Available in Local Records Probate & Will Index - $15 access fee at courthouse, copies .25 per page
Naturalization & Immigration Index - Records are on file at State Historical Society,
     900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217, (605) 773-3458
Homestead Patent Records - Additional $1 per page for copies at courthouse
Death & Marriage Index - 1879-1905 from newspapers; 1905-current from courthouse
     records
Obituaries from newspapers on microfilm at Grant County Library, .25 per page
Cemetery records - courthouse, WPA, funeral homes
1899 Grant County map with index of property owners
Family history files - museum
Family histories from 100 Years in Grant County , Centennial Book
Grant County School Census 1899
Civil War Veteran Index
World War I and II, Grant County soldiers
Photos available from museum collection - $3 per photo
Land records - Copies $1 per page at courthouse
Assessor's and Tax Lists at courthouse
Grant County Teacher List 1900-1968
Microfilms at Grant County Library - copies .25 per page:
Grant County Herald, 1879-1888; Milbank Index, 1887, Jan-Dec.; Grant County
Review, 1880-current; Milbank Herald Advance, 1888-1992; Milbank Newsletter,
1882-1885; Big Stone Headlight, 1903-1952; Big Stone Shopper, 1955;  Grant
County Teacher, 1896-1901; Harris Graphic, Revillo, 1887-1888; Revillo Weekly
Item, 1904-1913, 1953-1965; Marvin Monitor, 1915-1924; Grant County Tribune,
Strandburg, 1915-1918.  Not in Grant County but served the people:  Southshore
Republican, 1903-1912; Summit Signal, 1909-1910; Summit Independent, 1915-1937.
Grant County Atlasses - 1884, 1904, 1910, 1929, 1954
U. S. Federal Census - 1880, 1900, 1910
           Books Available for Purchase from Museum
100 Years in Grant County - $20                           Grant County Scandanavians - $7.50                               For God and Land - Brown Earth, A Dakota Community , Elwin Rogers - $5
LaBolt Centennial Book - $10                                    Strandburg Centennial Book - $5
                                                   Mailing Charges Additional
Grant County Historical Society - P. O. Box 201, Milbank, SD  57252
Phone:  (605) 432-2351, 432-9332    E-mail:   ssteeg65@itctel.com Home Page Back Next