Genealogy
Our Services
- We will provide on-site access to databases and other material to help you during your visit.
- You are encouraged to call us first before making a trip to the library.
- Reference staff will help you determine if the library's collection contains the material needed for your research.
- Limited quick searches are offered for those unable to travel to the library in person.
- Huron Public Library staff does not do in-depth family history research.
South Dakota Room Collection
- Huron newspaper on microfilm (19 July 1883 - present). NOTE: Newspapers are not indexed.
- Huron High School Yearbooks
- Huron College / Huron University Annuals
- City of Huron Directories
- Huron Area Telephone Books
- Beadle County Directories
- Family History Files
- McEwen Township Books
- McEwen Pioneer Books
Microfilm Copies
- Black and white - $ 0.15 per page
Photocopies
- Balck and white - $ 0.15 per page
- Color - $ 0.25 per page
Not Available at the Library
- Baptismal records
- Cemetery records
- Land records
Please contact the South Dakota Department of Health for information on ordering birth, marriage, divorce, and death records. The Department charges a $15 fee per certified or informational copy of birth, death, marriage, or divorce record, verification, or notification of record searched.
For land records contact the Beadle County Register of Deed
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Reference Librarian
Physical Address
521 Dakota Ave S
Huron, SD 57350
Phone: : 605-353-8530
- Beadle County Genealogy Group
- Beadle County, SD Genealogy and History Blog
- Cyndi's List, a must for any genealogist
- FamilySearch.org: Must have an email address to register; has SD State Census records and school census records
- Find-A-Grave: Select search for cemetery
- HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
- Heritage Quest for in-library use or remote access with a valid Huron Public Library card
- Newspapers.com for remote access: 3,500+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the early 2000s.
- Sanborn Maps for in-library use or remote access with valid Huron Public Library card
- USGenWeb: select South Dakota, then select Beadle County
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