Fall River County Reference Books and Volunteers

To request a lookup from any of the references, click on the address of the owner and ask them politely.

As you can see, volunteers are needed.

I would like to remind you that the volunteers listed below have their own lives and responsibilities. They offer their information and assistance, because they feel it is as important to you as it is to them, but they are "volunteers". Please be courteous and patient.
Thank you, and Thanks to Lucille.

 

For Obituary Lookups in the
Hot Springs Star, please click  
HERE

 PLEASE NOTE: Before contacting one of the volunteers below, please be sure to provide as much information as possible to aid them in their research. Also, please include the county (Fall River) and town (if you know). Some of these volunteer researchers also volunteer for other counties, so they need to know which area to search in. Thank you!

If others would like to help Lucille Birkholts, Marianne Busher and Ellen Bishop, we would love to have your imput and assistance. Please, just contact me and I will make arrangements to have you listed as a source of information for the Fall River website.

My sincere thanks to Lucille, Marianne and Ellen for their willingness to help us all trace our families back. -Stu-

 

 

Hot Springs Star Obituary LOOK-UPS

Lucille Birkholtz contacted the State Archives and they will perform searches for a modest fee. Here is their response, and a clickable URL to take you to their website.
As Always - thank you, Lucille!

RESPONSE: We have the Hot Springs Star and its predecessors, 1887-present.

There are a few gaps and missing issues, and some of the older film is poor quality.

We would be glad to have obituary searches referred here. We charge $5.30 to search one name and we need at least a month and year.

We can also loan the microfilm through interlibrary loan for $5.30 per roll for 30 days, up to 4 rolls at a time. For interlibrary loan it's best to call or e-mail here and get the correct title and roll numbers, then give that information to your local librarian. Of course you need access to a microfilm reader.

And, we sell copies of the film for $25.00 per roll. Several libraries in the state have received special appropriations or gifts so that they could obtain sets of film for their local newspapers.

Some additional information is located at our website,

State Archives:

Let me know if you have any other questions.
Richard Popp S.D. State Archives