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South Australian Family History

Were your ancestors pioneers of South Australia? Find out by searching our early shipping passenger lists and marriage records. Did they go to the gold fields in the 1850s and return a little better off? Or perhaps they didn't return, leaving their families destitute? Find out with the Adelaide Co-op's gold diggers, and persons lost & found databases. Maybe they purchased South Australian land in the 1870s or 80s? Your questions may be answered by these and our other free databases, informative articles and genealogy resources.

Searchable Databases
Passenger lists of shipping arrivals in South Australia 1803-50
Marriages in South Australia 1836-52
Cemeteries in South Australia

History & Help Articles
19^th century SA history timeline
Accuracy of family history sources
Genealogy database design

What's New
2 May - New article on naturalization & database of naturalizations 24 Apr - WWI deaths database extended to 4,700 servicemen 19 Apr - Cemeteries database now has location information on more than 1,000 SA burial places 26 Mar - Site moved to an Australian host 20 Mar - More passenger list revisions & new lists being progressively added 19 Mar - Burials in Adelaide West Tce Cemetery in 1847 being progressively added 13 Feb - New What's On page of coming SA family history events 28 Jan - Burials in Adelaide West Tce Cemetery extended to end of 1846 10 Jan - WWI deaths database extended to 4,500 servicemen 1 Jan 2008 - Our 12th birthday! 24 Dec - Maps of Australia & the UK are now searchable 1 Dec - WWI deaths database extended to 4,000 servicemen 18 Nov - Deserters database: Persons Lost & Found 1838-80 extended by 2 y 21 Oct - Passenger arrivals from the UK in August 1849 completed 6 Oct - Passenger lists revised up to 1847 11 Sep - Maps of South Australia now searchable 24 Aug - New site search engine 21 Aug - New interactive maps of SA, Australia, & the world 30 May - New bmd resources page including bdm district records locations 24 May - Updated gold diggers database with the names in escort 3 25 Apr - New deserters database: Persons Lost & Found 1838-69 9 Apr - Burials (1837 to 1844) in Adelaide West Terrace Cemetery added to cemeteries database 4 Apr - New database: South Australian gold diggers 1852-3 11 Mar - New article: SA's early days - Gold 26 Feb - German passenger arrivals for 1850 completed 12 Feb - New article: SA's early days - Whaling - including list of 400 whalers 1 Jan 2007 - Our 11th birthday! We are mentioned in the British *Family Tree Magazine* article Internet resources on Australian and NZ genealogy

What's New

2 May - New article on naturalization & database of naturalizations
24 Apr - WWI deaths database extended to 4,700 servicemen
19 Apr - Cemeteries database now has location information on more than 1,000 SA burial places
26 Mar - Site moved to an Australian host
20 Mar - More passenger list revisions & new lists being progressively added
19 Mar - Burials in Adelaide West Tce Cemetery in 1847 being progressively added
13 Feb - New What's On page of coming SA family history events
28 Jan - Burials in Adelaide West Tce Cemetery extended to end of 1846
10 Jan - WWI deaths database extended to 4,500 servicemen
1 Jan 2008 - Our 12th birthday!
24 Dec - Maps of Australia & the UK are now searchable
1 Dec - WWI deaths database extended to 4,000 servicemen
18 Nov - Deserters database: Persons Lost & Found 1838-80 extended by 2 y
21 Oct - Passenger arrivals from the UK in August 1849 completed
6 Oct - Passenger lists revised up to 1847
11 Sep - Maps of South Australia now searchable
24 Aug - New site search engine
21 Aug - New interactive maps of SA, Australia, & the world
30 May - New bmd resources page including bdm district records locations
24 May - Updated gold diggers database with the names in escort 3
25 Apr - New deserters database: Persons Lost & Found 1838-69
9 Apr - Burials (1837 to 1844) in Adelaide West Terrace Cemetery added to cemeteries database
4 Apr - New database: South Australian gold diggers 1852-3
11 Mar - New article: SA's early days - Gold
26 Feb - German passenger arrivals for 1850 completed
12 Feb - New article: SA's early days - Whaling - including list of 400 whalers
1 Jan 2007 - Our 11th birthday! We are mentioned in the British Family Tree Magazine article Internet resources on Australian and NZ genealogy

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Searchable databases Gold diggers from SA 1852-53 Naturalizations in SA 1839-91 Persons lost & found 1838-80 [deserters, deserted & missing] Land purchases by credit selection in SA 1869-90 Gazetted deaths in SA 1845-1941 WWI deaths of South Australian servicemen
Articles (some with name lists [n]) Credit selection of land in SA Counties & Hundreds of SA SA's early days - Gold [n] SA's early days - Naturalization SA's early days - Water SA's early days - Whaling [n] WWI - German place names in SA WWI - Violet Day