This database was created by extracting the data from Concordia Historical Institute's Microfilm #1828.  This microfilm contains the combined records of the Lutheran churches of Rosenberg, Walshtown and Yankton, South Dakota from approximately 1882 to 1937.  Marriages and deaths are all inclusive with births stopping at 31 Dec 1930.  These microfilmed records were compiled in a confusing manner making it difficult to always match a person to a church.   The Record Type is indicated with the following abbreviations:                      B = Birth/Baptism; C = Confirmation; Com = Communion; M = Marriage; D = Death/Burial; Reg = Family Register church unclear; Reg-R = Family Register Rosenberg;  Reg-W = Family Register Walshtown and  Reg-Y = Family Register Yankton.  The early records are written in 1800s script-style German, which presented a challenge for transcribing.  The records are transcribed "as-is" in the German spelling (Heinrich not Henry) and sometimes as a "best guess."   This database may not be reproduced in full or in part as a part of a for-profit publication.