South Dakota Gravestone

The South Dakota Gravestone Photo Project is a volunteer-supported archive dedicated to preserving and sharing photographs of cemetery gravestones across South Dakota. Established in 2009, the project documents inscriptions on both old and newer stones, helping safeguard information that may become difficult or impossible to read over time. Its collection can also assist genealogists, family historians, and other researchers exploring burial records and local history.

Visitors can search gravestone photographs by name or location, browse cemeteries, and explore surname and research resources. People may contribute by submitting their own photographs, while volunteers are encouraged to help photograph and upload images in areas needing coverage. The project emphasizes that it is not a grave-registration site and accepts original photographs rather than images copied from other websites.

The collection includes more than 270,000 approved photographs, with coverage across counties such as Minnehaha, Codington, and Yankton. Photographers retain copyright to their images, and permission is required before photographs are reused.