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Trying to find South Dakota yearbooks? This is the place to find free online yearbooks.
Why? Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun sets of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription, and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some yearbooks are not searchable, but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, it means that multiple sites offer the same school’s yearbooks online.
South Dakota Yearbook Finder
- Aberdeen – Central High School
- Aberdeen – Central High School
- Aberdeen – Central High School Aberdeen
- Aberdeen – Northern Normal and Industrial School
- Aberdeen – Northern State College
- Aberdeen – Northern State College
- Aberdeen – Northern State Teachers College
- Aberdeen – Northern State University
- Aberdeen – Presentation College
- Alcester – Alcester High School
- Alcester – Alcester-Hudson High School
- Brookings – South Dakota State College
- Brookings – South Dakota State College
- Brookings – South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
- Brookings – South Dakota State University
- Brookings – South Dakota State University
- Brookings – South Dakota State University
- Canton – Canton High School
- Colome – Colome High School
- Deadwood – Deadwood High School
- Eureka – Eureka High School
- Flandreau – Flandreau High School
- Frederick – Frederick High School
- Freeman – Freeman Junior College and Academy
- Hurley – Hurley High School
- Huron – Huron High School
- Huron – Huron High School
- Lead – Lead High School
- Lead – Lead High School
- Lead – Lead-Deadwood High School
- Leola – Leola High School
- Leola – Leola High School
- Madison – Dakota State University
- Madison – Dakota Wesleyan University
- Madison – Eastern High School
- Madison – Eastern State Normal School
- Madison – Eastern State Teacher’s College
- Madison – General Beadle State College
- Madison – Madison Central High School
- Madison – Madison State Normal School
- Mellette – Northville-Northwestern High School
- Mellette – Northwestern High School
- Milbank – Milbank High School
- Mitchell – Dakota Wesleyan University
- Mitchell – Notre Dame Academy
- Mitchell – Notre Dame High School
- Montrose – Montrose High School
- Parkston – Parkston Public School
- Pierre – Tf Riggs High School
- Rapid City – Cathedral High School
- Rapid City – Rapid City High School
- Rapid City – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Rapid City – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Rapid City – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Rapid City – St. Martins Academy
- Rapid City – St. Thomas More High School
- Redfield – Redfield High School
- Redfield – Redfield High School
- Salem – Salem High School
- Sioux Falls – Augustana University
- Sioux Falls – Presentation School of Nursing
- Sioux Falls – Sioux Falls High School
- Sioux Falls – Washington Senior High School
- Spearfish – Black Hills State College
- Spearfish – Black Hills State University
- Spencer – Spencer High School
- Springfield – Southern State College
- Springfield – Southern State Normal School
- Springfield – Southern State Teachers College
- Springfield – Springfield High School
- Springfield – University of South Dakota at Springfield
- Thorp – Thorp High School
- Veblen – Veblen High School
- Vermillion – State University of South Dakota
- Vermillion – University of South Dakota
- Viborg – Viborg High School
- Wagner – Wagner Community School
- Wagner – Wagner High School
- White Lake – White Lake School District
- White River – White River School
- Winner – Winner High School
- Yankton – Yankton High School
To see free online yearbooks from other states, please visit the Yearbooks page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Yearbooks Frequently Asked Questions
This page links to thousands of digitized yearbooks by state or province, city, and school, including free collections from public archives and libraries.
Yearbooks typically contain class photos, student names, clubs, sports teams, and messages from peers. Staff photos from teachers and custodians are helpful. You can also discover nicknames, middle, and maiden names.
Browsing through old yearbooks isn’t just for fun. They are legitimate genealogical documents. Names, locations, photos, and interests place a person at a certain time in their life. This discovery can help with their family genealogy.