Tri-State Genealogical Society

WY-MON-DAK Messenger

The purpose of this page to assist individuals searching for ancestors who resided in the so-called Tri-State area. This area encompasses the land around the junction of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana and includes: Crook County, WY; Carter County, MT; Butte and Harding Counties in SD, as well as parts of Perkins, Meade, and Lawrence Cos. in South Dakota. We would like this Home Page to be as useful and informative as possible.
The Society meets at the Belle Fourche Public Library the 4th Thursday of each month, except Nov. Everyone is welcome!

NEW RESEARCH TOOLS AT BELLE FOURCHE LIBRARY

Belle Fourche Library and Tri-State Genealogical Society have purchased a series of old area newspapers:

Govert Advance 1928 to 1939 some issues missing (town in southern Harding County)
Castle Rock Press and Moreau News 1916 – 1926 Northern Butte County
Newell Irrigator and Castle Rock Press -- 1928 – 1930 issues missing 1931
Newell Valley Irrigator 1907 – 1927 some missing
Newell Valley Irrigator 1932-1984 some missing
Butte County Valley Irrigator 1985-2004
Newell Reclamation News 1915-1917

These newspapers are on microfilm – if you know a certain date, the Society will be glad to do look-ups and make copies for $5. Email MaryB or Pat
Anyone is welcome to come to the library to read the microfilm and print research for yourself.
Many of Harding obituaries would have been published in Belle Fourche Post or Bee also at the library.

Index of obituaries published in the Belle Fourche Post and Bee and in the Valley Irrigator (Newell/Vale paper) is available at the Belle Fourche Library. Email Query

Membership to the Society is $10 / year, beginning Oct.
Tri-State Genealogical Society
% Public Library
905 5th Ave
Belle Fourche, SD 57717
Membership includes a subscription to WyMonDak Messenger, our quarterly newsletter.
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, if you have one.

Thanks to the efforts of Howard Ross and Milt Miller, the Society now has available a 15-year index to the WY-MON-DAK Messenger. cost $35.00, includes index, binder & tabs. The Genealogical Society members Howard Ross and Milt Miller have also created a index of the Butte County federal censuses (1880, 1900, 1910, 1920). There is also an index of the earliest tax register for Butte County.

If you would like these Indexes checked for a name, send $2.00 and a SASE. The Messenger Index will be checked and then if the name is found, the page from the newsletter will be sent to you. Send to the above address or the below email. Individual newsletter sell for $1.00 each.

Index from the   A History of Butte County, South Dakota, 1989 --Look-up available

                         Please check the index, then email

PINESLOPE, ST PAUL CATHOLIC AND MINNESELA CEMETERIES

In memory of Ernest Gottschalk ; a man who spent hours searching for unmarked graves in our area. His research is at the Butte County Courthouse.
PIONEERS from PIONEER FOOTPRINTS , copyright 1964 by Black Hills Half Century Club

Go to other genealogical pages:

Butte County GENWEB page

Belle Fourche Home Page

Harding County GENWEB page

Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research

EARLY SOUTH DAKOTA BIRTH -- Great search

South Dakota Genealogical Society Quarterly

www.glorecords.blm.gov South Dakota Bureau of Land Management Database was extracted from data generously provided by the Bureau of Land Management. It includes every homestead, mining and timber claim, as well as cash sales and Indian allotments from 1859 to 1995. Not included are parcels still owned by the U. S. Government, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Forest Service, and the National Park System. The database comprises over 600,000 individual land records--totaling over 65 MB of raw text data! The data is arranged by county, then surname of the land patent purchaser. Each file contains information on how to order the patent files from the National Archives. The BLM homestead site is back on-line Check it out . . .

Tri-State Museum