Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

• That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
• We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
• On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Redig (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Redig. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Redig is located in Harding County.

To see how the shape of South Dakota's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harding County: Carter (MT), Fallon (MT), Adams (ND), Bowman (ND), Butte & Perkins.

Below are the counties that are near Redig. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Redig:

• Harding County     (The home county of Redig)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Redig, with the one closest to Redig listed first.
  • Buffalo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Buffalo is located in Harding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <2>
  • Camp Crook
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Crook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Crook
    • Camp Crook is located in Harding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camp Crook <2>
  • Reva
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reva have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reva
    • Reva is located in Harding County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reva <2>
• Butte County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Redig, with the one closest to Redig listed first.
  • Hoover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Hoover is located in Butte County
  • Castle Rock
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
    • Castle Rock is located in Butte County
• Carter County (MT)
  • Capitol
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
    • Capitol is located in Carter County (MT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capitol <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Redig, see our County-by-County Page for Redig.

Newspapers Published in Redig ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redig.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redig, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Redig.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Redig:

• Websites specific to South Dakota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the South Dakota State Archives

• Pages specific to Harding County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Butte County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Carter County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for South Dakota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Harding County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of South Dakota
  • Cemeteries of Harding County

Cemeteries Near Redig ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redig.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Redig covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Redig, with the one closest to Redig listed first.

• Redig Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redig Cemetery
• St. Anthony Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
• Short Pine Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Short Pine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Short Pine Cemetery
• Grand River Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand River Cemetery
• Gustave Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gustave Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gustave Cemetery
• Buffalo Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffalo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffalo Cemetery
• Old Grand River Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Grand River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Grand River Cemetery
• Capitol Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capitol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capitol Cemetery
• Capitol Church Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capitol Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capitol Church Cemetery
• Fairview Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
• Alma Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alma Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Redig in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Redig.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Redig, with the one closest to Redig listed first.

• Capitol
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol
  • Capitol is located in Carter County (MT)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capitol <2>
• Camp Crook
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Crook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Crook
  • Camp Crook is located in Harding County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camp Crook <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Redig. See our List of 1890's Communities around Redig.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Redig. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/